With broad powers over the direction of the Chinese economy, Liu He MC/MPA 1995 will be one of the most influential Chinese vice premiers…
In ditching decades of policy, the US president has chosen the wiser path. Donald Trump is right about North Korea, of course. It never…
The rise of China will undoubtedly be one of the great spectacles of the twenty-first century. More than a dramatic symbol of the…
Nation 1 is seeking to join the nuclear club. Nation 2, its enemy, would like to prevent this, and has the potential to destroy 1’s bomb-…
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An emerging diplomatic off-ramp or just a pause in nuclear tensions?
For decades, fears of energy scarcity drove American energy diplomacy. The dependence of the global economy on oil, and America’s need to…
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To coincide with the 19th Party Congress, Professor Tony Saich explains the challenges facing China’s leadership.
In a new paper, Anthony Saich argues that China is encountering a moment in its contemporary history when the reforms of earlier…
President Donald J. Trump’s tweet this weekend that the U.S. might terminate all trade with countries doing business with North Korea was…
This analysis argues that the period of easy reforms in China has ended, and
the time of difficult reforms that touch core political…