Publications

Browse FSI scholarship on geopolitics, global health, energy, cybersecurity and more.

Featured Publications

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

Publications

Conference Memos

How Can We Know if Russia is a Threat to Western Democracy? Understanding the Impact of Russia's Second Wave of Election Interference

2019

Conference Memos

Whither Non-Alignment? Indian Ocean Zone of Peace and New Delhi’s Selective Alignment with Great Powers during the Cold War, 1964–1979

Diplomacy and Statecraft, 2019

Journal Articles

Assessing the Quality of Primary Healthcare in Seven Chinese Provinces with Unannounced Standardised patients: Protocol of a Cross-sectional Survey

BMJ Open, 2019

Journal Articles

Can Bureaucrats Really be Paid like CEOs? Substitution Between Incentives and Resources Among School Administrators in China

Journal of the European Economic Association, 2019

Journal Articles

Are Infant/Toddler Developmental Delays a Problem Across Rural China?

Journal of Comparative Economics, 2019

Working Papers

Benchmark Regulation of Multiproduct Firms: An Application to the Rail Industry

National Bureau of Economic Research, 2019

Publications

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

The Dark Arts of Deception: What’s Old? What’s New? What’s Next?

Cyber negotiation: a cyber risk management approach to defend urban critical infrastructure from cyberattacks

The Nationalist International

The World Social Media Survey (WSMS)

Democracy’s Dilemma

Civil Wars, Intrastate Violence, and International Responses

Great Powers and Autocratic Diffusion

How Can We Know if Russia is a Threat to Western Democracy? Understanding the Impact of Russia's Second Wave of Election Interference

Doxing Political Leaders: The German ‘Advent Calendar’ Case and the Role of Cybersecurity

The Two-Sided Sword of Russian Propaganda

Constructing the Field of Terrorism

Russia's Promotion of Illiberal Populism: Tools, Tactics, Networks

Responding to the Illiberal Toolkit: From Turkey to Central Europe

Whither Non-Alignment? Indian Ocean Zone of Peace and New Delhi’s Selective Alignment with Great Powers during the Cold War, 1964–1979

North Korea in 2018: Kim’s Summit Diplomacy

Luxury or Priority? Ethiopia Wants a Light Rail

North Korea: Peace? Nuclear War?

Tax brown energy or subsidize green? The choice is easy

Mapping Missing Population in Rural India: A Deep Learning Approach with Satellite Imagery

Can Incentives to Increase Electricity Use Reduce the Cost of Integrating Renewable Resources?

Bridging Regions, Strengthening Ties: The East Coast Rail Line (ECRL) in Malaysia

Assessing the Quality of Primary Healthcare in Seven Chinese Provinces with Unannounced Standardised patients: Protocol of a Cross-sectional Survey

Can Bureaucrats Really be Paid like CEOs? Substitution Between Incentives and Resources Among School Administrators in China

Are Infant/Toddler Developmental Delays a Problem Across Rural China?

Benchmark Regulation of Multiproduct Firms: An Application to the Rail Industry