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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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Featured Publications

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

Expanding the Boundaries of Agricultural Development

Direct Impacts on Local Climate of Sugarcane Expansion in Brazil

The Origins of Political Order: From Prehuman Times to the French Revolution

Agriculture and Structural Transformation in Africa

Efficiency of Land Allocation through Tenancy Markets: Evidence from China

Where is North Korea’s Nuclear Program Heading?

The United States, NATO's Strategic Concept, and Nuclear Issues

Climate variability and crop production in Tanzania

Thermal Rise Time in Nuclear Reactors after Loss of Coolant or Loss of Power Accidents

Nonlinear Heat Effects on African Maize as Evidenced by Historical Yield Trials

What I found in Yongbyon and Why It Matters

The Post-Washington Consensus

Lessons Learned from the 2010 Nuclear Posture Review

Australia's Black Coal Industry: Past Achievements and Future Challenges

Worrying About Washington: China's Views on the US Nuclear Posture

Getting to Zero: The Path to Nuclear Disarmament

Testimony of Robert Carlin before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, March 1, 2011

Indian Reactions to the US Nuclear Posture Review

Introduction: Reviewing the Nuclear Posture Review

Spending Without Taxation: FILP and the Politics of Public Finance in Japan

Russia and the 2010 Nuclear Posture Review

Direct Climate Effects of Perennial Bioenergy Crops in the United States

Numerical Modeling of Aquaculture Dissolved Waste Transport in a Coastal Embayment

The cost of climate policy uncertainty

Global Migration Governance