During the Second World War, China was stretched to its utmost as it sought to resist the Japanese invasion: troops, resources, and…
The Resilient Society by Markus Brunnermeier is a creative, wide-ranging book that aims and often succeeds at providing a new perspective…
Martin Wolf begins The Crisis of Democratic Capitalism by observing: “As the Cold War ended, in 1989, many agreed … that the Western…
This publication is a multifaceted analysis of the global monetary regime's evolution, from the disintegrating impacts of the Great…
Unlike Nuremberg, which continues to be a name associated with postwar justice, Tokyo's status as a location that shaped Asia after the war…
This short book, with just 202 pages of text, is an update of the author’s 2011 book, Wine Wars. Written for a general audience, it is an…
Democracy is often described in two opposite ways, as either wonderfully resilient or dangerously fragile. Both characterizations can be…
The Real Roots of Xi Jinping Thought: Chinese Political Philosophers’ Long Struggle With Modernity
In 2023, Hunan TV, China’s second-most-watched television channel, unveiled a series called When Marx Met Confucius. The conceit was…
Many demands for democratic inclusion rest on a simple yet powerful idea. It's a principle of affected interests. The principle states that…
In today’s increasingly interconnected global economy, place-based development strategy must be strategic towards leveraging global…