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Autocrats vs. Democrats: China, Russia, America, and the New Global Disorder

A clear-eyed look from Michael McFaul at how the rise of autocratic China and Russia are compelling some to think that we have entered a new Cold War—and why we must reject that thinking in order to prevail.

Autocrats vs. Democrats

The Great Retreat: How Political Parties Should Behave and Why They Don't

Didi Kuo looks into the history of how Western political parties developed and what can be done to make them better serve those they aim to represent.

THE GREAT RETREAT

The Four Talent Giants

Gi-Wook Shin explores how Japan, Australia, China, and India achieved economic power and sustained momentum by responding to risks and challenges such as demographic crises, brain drain, and geopolitical tensions.

TALENT GIANTS

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Autocrats vs. Democrats: China, Russia, America, and the New Global Disorder

The Great Retreat: How Political Parties Should Behave and Why They Don't

The Four Talent Giants

The Swiss Miracle? Beyond Chocolate, Cheese, and Banking

Longer Q&A on North Korea

Shooting down the Star Wars myth

Wind, Coal, and the Cost of Environmental Externalities

Social Fragmentation, Public Goods and Elections: Evidence from China

Thirty Years Connecting Asia with Stanford University

The Ethnic Question: How Do We Integrate Today's Immigrants In Our Globalized World

Authoritarian Parochialism: Local Congressional Representation in China

Understanding the Quality of Government in China: The Cadre Administration Hypothesis

Analyzing Screening Policies for Childhood Obesity

Household environmental conditions are associated with enteropathy and impaired growth in rural Bangladesh

Internal Government Assessments of the Quality of Governance in China

Land Takings and Political Trust in Rural China

Perverse Complimentarity: Political Connections and the Use of Courts among Private Firms in China

The Fukushima Nuclear Disaster and the DPJ: Leadership, Structures, and Information Challenges During the Crisis

"Pay-for-Performance Incentives in Low-and Middle-Income Country Health Programs," in Tony Cuyler (ed.)

The Quality of Governance in China: A Citizen's View

Rural China: Poor Governance in Strong Development

Political Participation and Democratic Transition in the Arab Word

Republic of Government vis-a-vis Republic of Science: Analyzing China's Scientific Knowledge Production

Performance Legitimacy, State Autonomy and China's Economic Miracle

Does it Pay to be a Cadre? Estimating the Returns to Being a Local Official in Rural China

The Economic Consequences of Drug Trafficking Violence in Mexico

Economic Research on Elderly Health and Implications for Analysis of Aging China

Errors in climate datasets and their effects on statistical crop models