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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

NSA's Creative Interpretations of Law Subvert Congress and the Rule of Law

Impact of the Chiranjeevi Yojana Program on Institutional Deliveries and Birth Outcomes in Gujarat, India

Nuclear Energy and Nuclear Security in South Korea

Is the Sky the Limit? Can Japanese Government Bonds Continue to Defy Gravity?

Digital Media as a Catalyst for Political, Cultural, and Economic Change in the Asia-Pacific Region

Syncretism

Limitations of using same-hospital readmission metrics

Nuclear Weapons and the Cold War in Europe (essay)

The role of oversight committees in closed rule legislation

Feed and fishmeal use in the production of carp and tilapia in China

Poor Man’s Atomic Bomb? Exploring the Relationship between “Weapons of Mass Destruction”

Leveraging Information Technology to Improve Control of Neglected Tropical Diseases

The Tortuous Trajectories of Democracy and the Persistence of Authoritarianism in Africa

Tristan’s Shadow: Sexuality and the Total Work of Art after Wagner

Converting a civilian enrichment plant into a nuclear weapons material facility

Is the nonproliferation agenda stuck in the Cold War?

Climate, conflict, and social stability: what does the literature say?

Poverty in China's Colleges and the Targeting of Financial Aid

The Art of Counting the Governed: Census Accuracy, Civil War, and State Presence

The Mexican War on Drugs: Crime and the Limits of Government Persuasion

Automating Quality Review For Heart Failure Through a Performance Measurement System

How do Crime and Violence Impact Presidential Approval? Examining the Dynamics of the Mexican Case

To Promote Adoption of Household Health Technologies, Think Beyond Health

The Logic of Violence in Drug Wars: Cartel-State Conflict in Mexico, Brazil and Colombia

A Hole at the Center of the State: Prison Gangs and the Limits to Punitive Power