dear korean friends - thank you i would like to talk a lot too - do you use whatsapp my mobile is + 1 240 316 8157 ; 3 thoughteaders of 2nd half of 20th c who had similar views were my father the economist's norman macrae, peter drucker, ezra vogel; i believe they all hoped japan and south korea would be strong partners by now; at least for subjects younger half of world need tech to get locally right including health, climate, livelihood edu; i am tracking 5 end of years summits starting with home town glasgow cop26; do you know who in korea wants korean youth scottish youth and other youth to be action informed from glasgow - quite recently scot gordon brown helped launch this korean education network- https://educommissionasia.org/about-us-why-we-work-background/?lang=en - do you know any of its people - and do you know anyone in korea who continues positive goals of the jeju aiib summit the first international space moon-jae-in spoke at with such optimism back in 2017 ps because of anonymous contributions to the economist my father was only well known in japan where he was awarded empire order of rising sun- can we use that to bridge a few people in korea/japan? or what way forwards do you see as most optimistic given the deep urgent challenges peoples/communities face everywhere - is there one korean university whose leadership you are closest to?
Friday, April 30, 2021
saving myanmar
to save myanmar 4 countries needed to meet privately being the biggest inward investors
japan china usa and someone representing rest of asean
while these countries quarrel they are an even bigger threat than the military
myanmar suffers from the world not joining together to connect a superport though the bay of bengal- an ideal time/place/space could have been a joint port near cox's bazaar uniting bangladesh and myanmar-
this along with future of health, money etc was discussed back in 2008 at the royal automobile club where sub editors of the economist , those who had served in allied bomber command in ww2 stationed in myamar valued dr muhammad yunus geopolitical insight
who could have convened this private meeting in 2008? why did obama/biden fail ? what does kamala harris have to say 12years later given she is just about the only leader in usa whose family came from an indian city overlooking the great bay of bengal
if usa was not going to take the lead couldnt japan and china have jointly done so
big finance in west since death of kennedy seems to has never helped invest in infrastructure at borders- we needed transparent sumjits hosted by 21st c new develomemt banks connected by ai thought leaders - jaan and china could have co-hosted lead of such summits precisely where washington dc had zero relevant knowhow
saving south asia
perhaps its no surprise that one of the greatest superport opportunities in the world today is the coastal belt bangladesh occupies- a superport at cox's bazaar could if designed with china india and myanmar give bangladesh peoples a huge leap forward and benefit the peoples of the border areas with myanmar; china's belt road is already restoring win-win trades across the europe (med sea) suez djibouti-uae - pakistan coast at Gwadar -where would india like to join in; sri lanka is alread a big part of Belt Road Imagination
if you go east of china on a similar latitude to bangaldesh's coastline you would reach mexico, which could soon have the largest ports in the americas- psst dont tell trump but nobody could be doing a better job of marketing china and mexicos mutual win-wins
