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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

Ungoverned Spaces: Alternatives to state authority in an era of softened sovereignty (edited volume)

"Westworld” and the Dawn of Baroque TV

Aspirational Power: Brazil on the long road to global influence

American Crossings: Border Politics in the Western Hemisphere (edited volume)

Prevalence and Predictors of Malnutrition among Guatemalan Children at 2 Years of Age

A Silk Road for the Twenty-First Century?

Peace as Cold as Siberia

The Structure of American Income Tax Policy Preferences

Sources of variation in under-5 mortality across sub-Saharan Africa: a spatial analysis

Association of a Bundled-Payment Program With Cost and Outcomes in Full-Cycle Breast Cancer Care

"Political Logic of Poverty Relief" Electoral Strategies and Social Policy in Mexico

Edgar Salin and Social Theory in the Circle around Stefan George.

Parental Behavior and Social-Emotional Development among Infants in Rural Shaanxi Province, China

iGovernance: The Future of Multi-Stakeholder Internet Governance in the Wake of the Apple Encryption Saga

Factors explaining the low and variable profitability of fertilizer application to maize in Zambia

The Weaker Sex? Vulnerable Men, Resilient Women, and Variations in Sex Differences in Mortality since 1900

An exploration of China’s mortality decline under Mao: A provincial analysis, 1950–80

How the Mexican Drug War Affects Kids and Schools? Evidence on Effects and Mechanisms

Research Handbook on Digital Transformations (Book Chapter)

The French Enlightenment Network

The Gender Gap Among School Children in Poor Rural Areas of Western China: Evidence From a Multi-Province Dataset

Unclear Physics: Why Iraq and Libya Failed to Build Nuclear Weapons

How economic, humanitarian, and religious concerns shape European attitudes toward asylum seekers

Geographic variation in surgical outcomes and cost between the United States and Japan

Cost-effectiveness of improvements in diagnosis and treatment accessibility for tuberculosis control in India