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Security Through Cooperation: Space, Nuclear Weapons, and U.S.-Russia Relations after the Cold War

Rose Gottemoeller uses lessons learned from U.S.-Russia relations during the George H. W. Bush and Clinton administrations to offer insights into how Russia today may be convinced to end its war against Ukraine and resume cooperation for the sake of global security.

SECURITY THROUGH COOPERATION

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

Cover of The Highest Exam by Hongbon Li and Ruixue Jia, with Claire Cousineau.

The Highest Exam: How the Gaokao Shapes China

The National College Entrance Examination shapes the future of millions of students in China each year, but Hongbin Li and Ruixue Jia illuminate how this test of all tests is also shaping education, labor markets, political legitimacy, and social values beyond the PRC.

THE HIGHEST EXAM

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Security Through Cooperation: Space, Nuclear Weapons, and U.S.-Russia Relations after the Cold War

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

The Highest Exam: How the Gaokao Shapes China

Two “Popes” to Speak for the World: The Pope and the United Nations Secretary General in World Politics

‘Sons of the soil’: A model of assimilation and population control

Oil palm expansion in Cameroon: Insights into sustainability opportunities and challenges in Africa

Hoist on their own petards? The reinvention and collapse of authoritarian successor parties

Increasing drought and diminishing benefits of elevated carbon dioxide for soybean yields across the US Midwest

The Education Gap of China's Migrant Children and Rural Counterparts

Populism is a Symptom Rather than a Cause: The Decline of the Center-left and the Rise of Threats to Liberal Democracy

Populism: Content and Form

Parties, Policy Convergence and the Challenges of Finance Capitalism

When the Banal Becomes Political: The EU in the Age of Populism

Vladimir Putin’s Populism, Russia’s Revival, and Liberalism Lost

The Views of Populists: What Trump Voters’ Perspectives and Perceptions of Trump Voters Tell Us About U.S. Democracy

Populism in Comparative Perspective: America and the 2016 Presidential Election

Populism, Partisan Convergence and Redistribution in Western Europe

Bipolar Disorders: Varieties of Capitalism and Populist Out-flanking on the Left and Right

Is Russia a Threat to Western Democracy? Russian Intervention in Foreign Elections, 1991-2017

The Putin Regime, Populism Promotion and the 2016 U.S. Presidential Election

Populism and Identity

Labor Unions as Critical Intermediate Associations

Anti-anti Populism, or: The Threat of Populism to U.S. Democracy Is Exaggerated

From Competition to Polarization: How Populists Change Party Systems to Concentrate Power

The Political Geography of American Populism

When Does Populism Become a Threat to Democracy?

The Paradoxes of American Populism

Economic Nationalism as a Driving Force of Populism in the U.S.