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11 January 2023
My reading list in 2022:
I successfully tried to read 50 books in 2022.
According to Former US Secretary of Defense, General Jim Mattis:
“If you haven't read hundreds of books, you are functionally illiterate, and you will be incompetent, because your personal experiences alone aren't broad enough to sustain you.”
And so, I battle on trying to read as many books as I can. Here is my list of readings in 2022.
2. The Four Ages of American Foreign Policy: Weak Power, Great Power, Superpower, Hyperpower by Michael Mandelbaum
3. Tumultuous Times: Central Banking in an Era of Crisis by Masaaki Shirakaw.
4. Line of Advantage: Japan’s Grand Strategy in the Era of Abe Shinzō by Michael J. Green
5. The Japanese Economy by Takatoshi Ito and Takeo Hoshi.
6. Lost Horizon: A Novel by James Hilton
7. The World of Suzie Wong. by Richard Mason
8. The World According to China by Elizabeth C. Economy
9. Economic Survey of Japan by OECD.
10. Australia’s China Odyssey: From euphoria to fear by James Curran.
11. How Religion Evolved: And Why It Endures by Robin Dunbar
12. The Party and the People: Chinese Politics in the 21st Century by Bruce Dickson
13. Daring to Struggle: China's Global Ambitions Under Xi Jinping by Bates Gill.
14, The Avoidable War: The Dangers of a Catastrophic Conflict between the US and Xi Jinping's China by Kevin Rudd.
15. There Is Nothing For You Here: Finding Opportunity in the Twenty-First Century by Fiona Hill
16. The Age of the Strongman by Gideon Rachman.
17. Weak Strongman: The Limits of Power in Putin's Russia by Timothy Frye
18. Butler to the World: The book the oligarchs don’t want you to read - how Britain became the servant of tycoons, tax dodgers, kleptocrats and criminals by Oliver Bullough
19. Diplomatic: A Washington memoir by Joe Hockey
20. Dancing Before Storms: Five revolutions that made today's world by Robert T. Harris
21. World Politics since 1989 by Jonathan Holslag.
22. Putin's People: How the KGB Took Back Russia and Then Took On the West by Catherine Belton
23. We Need to Talk About Putin: Why the West gets him wrong, and how to get him right. by Mark Galeotti.
24. A Short History of Russia by Mark Galeotti.
25. Going for Growth 2018 by OECD.
26. Russian Federation: 2018 Article IV Consultation-Press Release; Staff Report.
27. Ill Winds -- SAVING DEMOCRACY FROM RUSSIAN RAGE, CHINESE AMBITION, AND AMERICAN COMPLACENCY By Larry Diamond.
28. What Putin Fears Most by By Robert Person and Michael McFaul.
29. Origins, Evolution and Future of Global Development Cooperation: The Role of the Development Assistance Committee.
30. The Struggle for India’s Soul: Nationalism and the Fate of Democracy by Shashi Tharoor
31. The Case for Nationalism: How It Made Us Powerful, United, and Free Hardcover by Rich Lowry.
32. The Business Reinvention of Japan: How to Make Sense of the New Japan and Why It Matters by ULRIKE SCHAEDE.
33. What Ails France? By Brigitte Granville.
34. Collision Course: Carlos Ghosn and the Culture Wars That Upended an Auto Empire by Hans Greimel and William Sposato
35. Indian Migrants in Tokyo -- A Study of Socio-Cultural, Religious, and Working Worlds By Megha Wadhwa.
36. The Abe Legacy -- How Japan Has Been Shaped by Abe Shinzo EDITED BY JAMES BROWN; GUIBOURG DELAMOTTE AND ROBERT DUJARRIC
37. The Great Influenza: The Story of the Deadliest Pandemic in History by John M. Barry.
38. Navalny: Putin's Nemesis, Russia's Future? by Ben Noble, Jan Matti Dollbaum, and Morvan Lallouet
39. The Lucky Laundry. by Nathan Lynch
40. The Gates of Europe: A History of Ukraine by Serhiy Plokhy
41. The Making of the Modern Philippines: Pieces of a Jigsaw State by Philip Bowring.
42. The Last President of Europe: Emmanuel Macron's Race to Revive France and Save the World By William Drozdiak.
43. The French Exception: Emmanuel Macron - The Extraordinary Rise and Rise by Adam Plowright.
44. Borderland by Anna Reid
45. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind by Yuval Noah Harari
46. Homo Deus: A Brief History of Tomorrow by Yuval Noah Harari
47. The tragedy of great power politics by John Mearsheimer.
48. Play by the Rules: The Short Story of America's Leadership: From Hiroshima to COVID-19 by Michael Pembroke.
49. The Folly and the Glory: America, Russia, and Political Warfare 1945–2020 by Tim Weiner
50. Killer in the Kremlin Hardcover by John Sweeney.
51. A New Foreign Policy: Beyond American Exceptionalism by Jeffrey Sachs
“If you haven't read hundreds of books, you are functionally illiterate, and you will be incompetent, because your personal experiences alone aren't broad enough to sustain you.”
And so, I battle on trying to read as many books as I can. Here is my list of readings in 2022.
My reading list in 2022
1. No Limits: The Inside Story of China's War with the West by Andrew Small2. The Four Ages of American Foreign Policy: Weak Power, Great Power, Superpower, Hyperpower by Michael Mandelbaum
3. Tumultuous Times: Central Banking in an Era of Crisis by Masaaki Shirakaw.
4. Line of Advantage: Japan’s Grand Strategy in the Era of Abe Shinzō by Michael J. Green
5. The Japanese Economy by Takatoshi Ito and Takeo Hoshi.
6. Lost Horizon: A Novel by James Hilton
7. The World of Suzie Wong. by Richard Mason
8. The World According to China by Elizabeth C. Economy
9. Economic Survey of Japan by OECD.
10. Australia’s China Odyssey: From euphoria to fear by James Curran.
11. How Religion Evolved: And Why It Endures by Robin Dunbar
12. The Party and the People: Chinese Politics in the 21st Century by Bruce Dickson
13. Daring to Struggle: China's Global Ambitions Under Xi Jinping by Bates Gill.
14, The Avoidable War: The Dangers of a Catastrophic Conflict between the US and Xi Jinping's China by Kevin Rudd.
15. There Is Nothing For You Here: Finding Opportunity in the Twenty-First Century by Fiona Hill
16. The Age of the Strongman by Gideon Rachman.
17. Weak Strongman: The Limits of Power in Putin's Russia by Timothy Frye
18. Butler to the World: The book the oligarchs don’t want you to read - how Britain became the servant of tycoons, tax dodgers, kleptocrats and criminals by Oliver Bullough
19. Diplomatic: A Washington memoir by Joe Hockey
20. Dancing Before Storms: Five revolutions that made today's world by Robert T. Harris
21. World Politics since 1989 by Jonathan Holslag.
22. Putin's People: How the KGB Took Back Russia and Then Took On the West by Catherine Belton
23. We Need to Talk About Putin: Why the West gets him wrong, and how to get him right. by Mark Galeotti.
24. A Short History of Russia by Mark Galeotti.
25. Going for Growth 2018 by OECD.
26. Russian Federation: 2018 Article IV Consultation-Press Release; Staff Report.
27. Ill Winds -- SAVING DEMOCRACY FROM RUSSIAN RAGE, CHINESE AMBITION, AND AMERICAN COMPLACENCY By Larry Diamond.
28. What Putin Fears Most by By Robert Person and Michael McFaul.
29. Origins, Evolution and Future of Global Development Cooperation: The Role of the Development Assistance Committee.
30. The Struggle for India’s Soul: Nationalism and the Fate of Democracy by Shashi Tharoor
31. The Case for Nationalism: How It Made Us Powerful, United, and Free Hardcover by Rich Lowry.
32. The Business Reinvention of Japan: How to Make Sense of the New Japan and Why It Matters by ULRIKE SCHAEDE.
33. What Ails France? By Brigitte Granville.
34. Collision Course: Carlos Ghosn and the Culture Wars That Upended an Auto Empire by Hans Greimel and William Sposato
35. Indian Migrants in Tokyo -- A Study of Socio-Cultural, Religious, and Working Worlds By Megha Wadhwa.
36. The Abe Legacy -- How Japan Has Been Shaped by Abe Shinzo EDITED BY JAMES BROWN; GUIBOURG DELAMOTTE AND ROBERT DUJARRIC
37. The Great Influenza: The Story of the Deadliest Pandemic in History by John M. Barry.
38. Navalny: Putin's Nemesis, Russia's Future? by Ben Noble, Jan Matti Dollbaum, and Morvan Lallouet
39. The Lucky Laundry. by Nathan Lynch
40. The Gates of Europe: A History of Ukraine by Serhiy Plokhy
41. The Making of the Modern Philippines: Pieces of a Jigsaw State by Philip Bowring.
42. The Last President of Europe: Emmanuel Macron's Race to Revive France and Save the World By William Drozdiak.
43. The French Exception: Emmanuel Macron - The Extraordinary Rise and Rise by Adam Plowright.
44. Borderland by Anna Reid
45. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind by Yuval Noah Harari
46. Homo Deus: A Brief History of Tomorrow by Yuval Noah Harari
47. The tragedy of great power politics by John Mearsheimer.
48. Play by the Rules: The Short Story of America's Leadership: From Hiroshima to COVID-19 by Michael Pembroke.
49. The Folly and the Glory: America, Russia, and Political Warfare 1945–2020 by Tim Weiner
50. Killer in the Kremlin Hardcover by John Sweeney.
51. A New Foreign Policy: Beyond American Exceptionalism by Jeffrey Sachs