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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

The Quality of Governance in China: A Citizen's View

Rural China: Poor Governance in Strong Development

Analyzing Screening Policies for Childhood Obesity

The Fukushima Nuclear Disaster and the DPJ: Leadership, Structures, and Information Challenges During the Crisis

Internal Government Assessments of the Quality of Governance in China

Republic of Government vis-a-vis Republic of Science: Analyzing China's Scientific Knowledge Production

Performance Legitimacy, State Autonomy and China's Economic Miracle

Does it Pay to be a Cadre? Estimating the Returns to Being a Local Official in Rural China

Wind, Coal, and the Cost of Environmental Externalities

Social Fragmentation, Public Goods and Elections: Evidence from China

Thirty Years Connecting Asia with Stanford University

Authoritarian Parochialism: Local Congressional Representation in China

Understanding the Quality of Government in China: The Cadre Administration Hypothesis

The Ethnic Question: How Do We Integrate Today's Immigrants In Our Globalized World

Political Participation and Democratic Transition in the Arab Word

The Economic Consequences of Drug Trafficking Violence in Mexico

Economic Research on Elderly Health and Implications for Analysis of Aging China

Errors in climate datasets and their effects on statistical crop models

Providing Quality Infrastructure in Rural Villages: The Case of Rural Roads in China

Transitions to Democracy: A Comparative Perspective

Ready-to-use food-allocation policy to reduce the effects of childhood undernutrition in developing countries

The North Korea Problem and the Necessity for South Korean Leadership

Accuracy of Rural Refractionists in Western China

The critical role of extreme heat for maize production in the United States

Dreams of Waking: An Anthology of Iberian Lyric Poetry (1400-1700)