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Politics of China

War From Cyberspace

Richard Clarke | Dec 22, 2009
As Obama appoints Howard A. Schmidt to a new cybersecurity post, former cyberczar Richard Clarke shows America is the most vulnerable country in the world.

Future War: Taiwan

Ted Galen Carpenter | Jun 01, 2006
A plausible scenario for a Sino-American clash in the Taiwan Strait.

Wagging the Dog

Nikolas K. Gvosdev
Travis Tanner
| Sep 01, 2004
In an unequal friendship, does the weaker have the whip hand? America is the stronger partner in any relationship. But the Taiwanese, the Israelis and the Georgians don't seem to know this.

Odom's Russia: A Forum

Martin Malia
Jack Matlock, Jr.
Jerry Hough
Geoffrey Hosking
Alexey Pushkov
Robert Legvold
Henry Trofimenko
William E. Odom
| Dec 22, 2001
Seven seasoned observers react to William Odom's interpretation of post-Soviet Russian reality, and Odom replies.

Two Sides of the Same Coin

Joshua Muravchik | Jun 01, 2000
Communism and fascism, cousins in disrepute.
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Commentary

Xi's Reforms Face Big Obstacles

Robert Keatley | May 02, 2013
The old ways are too entrenched for the new president to uproot.

The Next Hu

Zheng Wang | Dec 19, 2012
There are already signs that Xi Jinping's successor will be Guangdong's new party secretary, Hu Chunhua.

China's Laissez-Faire Authoritarians

Doug Bandow | Nov 30, 2012
The Chinese are becoming more opinionated. They may not want democracy, but they often want change.
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Blogs

Would China Really Just Shrug at U.S.-Sponsored Taiwan Independence?

Justin Logan | Jun 24, 2011
"Strategic ambiguity" isn't perfect, but it beats plunging two countries into war.

The Ticking Taiwan Time Bomb

Ted Galen Carpenter | Apr 20, 2011
China and Taiwan may be quiet now—but it's the calm before the storm.

Globo-Cop

Doug Bandow | Aug 25, 2010
Why China can't threaten the U.S. anytime soon.

Books & Reviews

China's Power Paradox

Warren I. Cohen | Mar 01, 2006
China has striven to moderate at least the appearence of its global ambitions.

Off-Center on the Middle Kingdom; Review of Richard Bernstein's and Ross H. Munro's The Coming Conflict with China

Henry S. Rowen | Jun 01, 1997
Bernstein and Munro reject the view that Sino-American relations are fundamentally sound because China is weak, needs us as a trading partner, and relies on the United States to hold back Japan.

Beyond Bolivar

Richard Gott | Sep 01, 1994
Just why is Latin America the way it is? Indeed why is it not like anywhere else? The questions are addressed by three Latin American authors.
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