While this year's disaster at Japan's Fukushima Daiichi plant, the worst since Chernobyl in 1986, was caused by the one-two punch of a huge…
China urbanization is associated with both increases in per capita income and greenhouse gas emissions. This article uses micro data to…
In a much-publicized statement apparently aimed at China, during her recent visit to Africa U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton warned…
This paper identifies emerging trends in the world economy during the next decade. The first is that China will overtake the U.S. in terms…
Book abstract: Between 1978 and 2006, GDP growth in China maintained an annual average rate of 9.7%, meaning the Chinese economy increased…
The United States had never lost a war—that is, until 1975, when it was forced to flee Saigon in humiliation after losing to what Lyndon…
Many small countries on the periphery have experimented with policies and institutions that could usefully be adopted by others.
Two…
Despite significant advances in education and political participation, women remain underrepresented in leadership positions in politics…
Lavish spectacles such as the Beijing Olympics and Expo 2010 have raised China's global profile and echoed predictions of a rise to the…