Deadline: January 15, 2023
https://www.jis3.org/callforpapers2023
Suggested Themes:
It is by now legendary that the 20th century was “the American Century.”
But, did the West celebrate prematurely the implosion of the Soviet
empire? Apart from the “Havana Syndrome,” Putin’s Russia, and its war
in Ukraine, remains a major geopolitical rival, with its hackers holding
U.S. companies hostage for ransom. Among communist one-party
states–People’s Republic of China, N. Korea, Vietnam, Laos, and
Cuba–“China” poses the greatest challenge. China’s hackers steal U.S.
civilian and military tech secrets, while its trade and investment
policies, 5G broadband, quantum communications, and Artificial
Intelligence aim to create dependent “vassal” states, undermining
democracies abroad, and suppressing dissent at home (laogai–the Chinese
Gulag).
Thus, U.S. companies are constrained by lack of parts that are
manufactured abroad, including strategic high tech and medicines. A
2020 student petition demanded the closure of Confucius institutes in
U.S., most of which reopened under different names reflecting China’s
Playbook of disinformation, censorship, and control, enticing foreign
entities with gifts (Trojan Horses), with strings attached. The
question arises: Can the U.S. heal its unprecedented internal social
divisions of identity politics, and find the courage to withstand
China’s “smoke-and-mirrors” gambit for world domination? According to
David P. Goldman’s You Will Be Assimilated: China’s Plan to Sino-Form
the World, “China” has seized the Fourth Industrial Revolution and
thrown down the gauntlet globally, seeking the ultimate triumph of its
“Made in China” strategy. Can democracies compete with dictatorships in
the 21st century without becoming like their adversaries? And, can the
U.S. declare its economic independence, rebuild its manufacturing, and
strengthen democratic institutions, while reclaiming its technological
leadership?
JIS Mss. Deadline: January 15, 2023. Send 1 electronic file (MS Word or
RTF), including ca. 150-175 word Abstract, typed, double-spaced
(single-spaced from abroad), in-text citation format via e-mail
attachment + 1 Both-Sided copy of: 15-25 page mss. (ca. 5,000-7,500
words), author identification on a separate sheet (with postage for mss.
return/SASE) to: Dr. O. Gruenwald, JIS Editor, Institute for
Interdisciplinary Research, 1065 Pine Bluff Drive, Pasadena, CA 91107,
USA. Early mss. submissions recommended. Web site:
https://www.jis3.org. E-mail: info@jis3.org.