Benjamin Lai is an expert on modern Chinese military and the author of The Dragon’s Teeth. Here, he talks about why China continue to tolerate North Korea’s aggression. On 11th February 2017, just as Donald Trump was entertaining Prime-Minister Abe of Japan with a round of golf, North Korea launched another ballistic missile as a means of… Read More »Why Won’t China Stop North Korea?
Benjamin Lai is an expert on modern Chinese military and the author of The Dragon’s Teeth. Here, he talks about the startlingly far-right views of modern Japanese leaders. On 15th January, two New York University students posted a 10-minute homemade video on Weibo, China’s top blogger website highlighting the controversial reading material that they had… Read More »Nanking Massacre Denial – How the Far Right in Japan Kept Power
Benjamin Lai is an expert on modern Chinese military and the author of The Dragon’s Teeth. Here, he explains why Abe Shinzo’s visit to Pearl Harbour is more than a remembrance event. Abe Shinzo, the current Japanese Prime Minister’s visit to Pearl Harbour is much heralded as a giant step towards reconciliation between two… Read More »Abe Shinzo visits Pearl Harbour to pay his respects, but what about Japanese atrocities in China?
Benjamin Lai is an expert on modern Chinese military and the author of The Dragon’s Teeth. Here, he explains why Taiwan’s phone call with Trump was so controversial. Even before he took office, President-elect Donald Trump didn’t need to wait to be inaugurated to put his foot in— a 10 minute phone call was… Read More »Trump and Taiwan, the “forgotten part of” China
Benjamin Lai is an expert on modern Chinese military and the author of The Dragon’s Teeth. Here, he explains why the Chinese government probably favoured a Trump win. The election of Trump was a shock to many after the vast majority of political pundits and pollsters predicted a Clinton victory. So terrified of Trump,… Read More »How Will China React to President Trump?
To celebrate today’s publication of our exciting new book ‘The White Sniper’ we want to test how much you know about the world’s deadliest ever sniper…
Kim Hjardar, the author of the landmark book, Vikings at War, wants to find out how much the public knows about the notorious raiders. Get your ores ready, your swords sharpened, and attack the quiz like a crazy berserker!
The busiest week of the publishing calendar is the Frankfurt Book Fair, which takes place every October. There, publishers from all across the world can make deals with each other to ensure that all the great books published can be read anywhere. This year, Casemate are in Hall 6.2, B34. If you’re in Frankfurt,… Read More »Frankfurt Book Fair 2016
Koos Stadler, author of Recce, did a Q&A recently with the members of the 22,000 strong ‘SWA / Angolan Border War 1966-1989’ Facebook group. These are the questions which were asked. From Chris – Are elite soldiers born or made? Firstly I have to honestly and truthfully state that I have never considered myself an… Read More »Koos Stadler – Q & A
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