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China’s Tianxia: Do All Under Heaven Need One Arbiter?

October 30, 2014
Some Chinese scholars point to the 5th century BC as possible model that “under a virtuous China one could return to the golden age,” explains political science professor June Teufel Dreyer in her excerpt from a longer paper to be published by The Journal of Contemporary China. As suggested by...

India’s Anti-Corruption Movement Wins – For Now

September 1, 2011
Anna Hazare organized his public fast in New Delhi to strengthen anti-corruption legislation that was already winding its way through India’s parliament. Widespread public support, in particular among the middle class and youth, attracted immediate global attention and stunned India’s political...

Authoritarians Fool the World, But for How Long?

June 27, 2019
A number of trends contributed to two world wars during the last century: protectionism, delusions about national capabilities, isolationist tendencies on the part of some and expansionism from others, scapegoating ethnic groups, rejection of critical thinking and demonization of the opposition....

The South – Ultimate Pandemic Victim

June 11, 2020
Covid-19 has paralyzed much of the global economy, with varying levels of health and economic crises around the world. The pandemic will hit the global South particularly hard, explains Börje Ljunggren, former Swedish ambassador to China. A decline in global poverty rates will reverse while...

Disrupting US-China Relations Will Incur High Costs

February 28, 2017
The United States and China, the world’s largest markets, are major trade partners. The relationship provides numerous benefits including affordable goods for households and millions of jobs for both nations: China has an estimated 16 million, albeit many with low wages, engaged in exports to the...

Review of Fire and Fury: The International Implications

January 8, 2018
Michael Wolff insists he had no agenda in writing Fire and Fury: Inside the Trump White House. In television interviews, Wolff claims that he wishes he could have written that “this unexpected president is actually going to succeed,” before adding “This is worse than everybody thought.” Susan...

Day of Reckoning Looms for US Republicans

March 14, 2017
US lawmakers tried to rein in government spending by imposing a debt ceiling that must be lifted occasionally in order for the country to pay its bills. In October, US Congress suspended the US federal debt limit until March 15 of this year, explains economist David Dapice, though the ceiling has...

Chinese Cell Phone Breaches North Korean Hermit Kingdom

January 17, 2005
International interest in Northeast Asian affairs has focused primarily on the stalemate between Pyongyang and Washington. Across North Korea's northern and southern borders, however, business and technology - particularly in the telecommunications industry - are booming. With Chinese telecom...
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