[hackuser]

Are you professionally connected to this field? I'm just someone who reads as much of the best sources I can (about international relations, not just China).

I agree about FP; I don't read it regularly but I'll follow a link there. I'd love to know what you do read. I've actually found a lot of quality sources over the years (depending on how you define it); I can send you a spreadsheet listing most of them if it interests you. I'm always interested in finding more and better sources.

Here's one of my favorite hidden gems:

* The Lowy Interpreter

https://www.lowyinstitute.org/the-interpreter

The Lowy Institute is Australia's leading foreign policy think tank, as far as I can tell. They provide expert insight and often a much different perspective than U.S. and European peers, both about the issues we know and also about which issues are important. And it's relatively well written.

[jwtadvice]

Yes. I would love to see your spreadsheet.

Some sources that may interest you: The Federation of American Scientists (fas.org), the Strategic Studies Institute (strategicstudiesinstitute.army.mil), OpenCourseWare (ocw.mit.edu/courses/political-science/), the Center for Strategic and International Studies (csis.org).

Reddit /r/geopolitics maintains a wiki with a list of open source references that you may find interesting: https://www.reddit.com/r/geopolitics/wiki/index

There's too many things to recommend: foreign news outlets, official press briefings, leaked documents, academic and military history, think tanks and their analysis.

Basic advice: read everything and don't believe any of it.

[hackuser]

Thanks for the tips. Where do I send the spreadsheet?

Also, if you know a forum with valuable, intelligent, somewhat sophisticated discussion of international relations (i.e., non-partisan, non-ideological, non-Internet-style ranting and hyperbole), I would love to know about it.

> read everything and don't believe any of it.

Unfortunately, I lack the time to read even the good stuff. My RSS feed is up to 500+ items per day and I try to be picky about what is included.

[jwtadvice]

How do you feel about base64 encoding it and putting it on something like pastebin?

If you want to keep the link secret, here's a public key you can encrypt the link to:

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Or, if all of that is too complicated how do you feel about https://filetea.me/?

[hackuser]

I'll figure something out and post here. It won't be until tomorrow or the next day before I have time.

[jwtadvice]

No problem. Looking forward. :)

[hackuser]

Here it is. Beware there is no UI here; it's just a bunch of data in a table. The first sheet is a guide.

https://filetea.me/n3wYtvASptWSLuUxURLHFMhtw

I wish there was something like it for the publications I haven't read, which makes me think that maybe (a very few) others might find use for what I've done. If you have an idea of how to reach them or utilize it, I'd appreciate it. Please don't share it yourself.

I hadn't used FileTea before; it's perfect for many uses. Does the shared file expire at some point?

EDIT: I should add that it omits some sources that I subscribed to before I started the spreadsheet, including the leading think tanks (Brookings, CSIS, Rand, etc.), the Financial Times ... that's all I can think of off the top of my head.