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Politics of the People's Republic 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.

China's Rise, Asia's Dilemma

Chung Min Lee | Sep 01, 2005
America's Asian allies don't always share our assessments of China. We shouldn't make them choose between Washington and Beijing.

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.

Colombia: Crossing a Dangerous Threshold

Brian Michael Jenkins | Dec 01, 2000
America may indeed have a strategic interest in aiding Colombia. But it should not do so without a clear-eyed assessment of a complex situation.

German Fictions

Jan-Werner Mueller
James Davis
Stefan Sullivan
Jacob Heilbrunn
| Dec 01, 2000
An exchange on Jacob Heilbrunn's recent portrait of Germany's new literary Right.

Human Nature and Human Rights

Robin Fox | Dec 01, 2000
"Human rights" as understood today bear little relation to what it means to be human; but that does not faze their advocates.
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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.

Three Priorities of Chinese Leaders

Robert Keatley | Nov 21, 2012
Helping the people is the lowest priority, and little of it was done at the recent 18th Party Congress.
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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.

Communist Crowd Control

George Walden | Jun 01, 2001
The secretly constructed record of the Communist Party decision to crack down on Tiananmen protesters rings true to an old China hand.

Subverting Kant

John O'Sullivan | Dec 01, 2000
An Irishman of indefatiguable mind and rare sensibilities.
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