Event Summary by Richard C. Longworth Modern China is a dizzying place of change and contradiction defined by its ambitions, both national and personal, and by its search for a still evolving “Chinese dream,” Evan Osnos told The Chicago Council Tuesday ev ...
With a combined GDP of more than $2.2 trillion and a population of 620 million people, the ten member states of Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN) represent a power bloc of critical economic and geostrategic importance to the United States. Sp ...
The world is grappling with China’s emergence as an economic, diplomatic, and military power. And few leaders are closer watchers of the Chinese scene, or have more experience with the country, than Kevin Rudd and Henry Paulson. What is the outlook for eco ...
Event Summary by Richard C. Longworth Continued Chinese growth puts it on a collision course with its neighbors and, ultimately, with the United States, John Mearsheimer told The Chicago Council Tuesday evening. Mearsheimer, a political scientist at the U ...
Three years ago, Japan's magnitude 9.0 earthquake and resulting tsunami caused a meltdown at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant. In an effort to document the events and response efforts by plant operators, government officials, and company exec ...
The slowdown of the Indian economy in the last two years has dampened spirits after a decade of growth. However, with 1.2 billion people and proven successes in sectors like technology, pharmaceuticals, and outsourcing operations, India can possibly compet ...
After decades of isolation, Burma’s transition to civilian rule in 2011 yielded three simultaneous developments: political reforms that have led to the lifting of some Western sanctions, economic reforms aimed at modernizing the country, and negotiations t ...
The 21st Century is already witnessing a stark contest for power and influence. After three decades of stunning domestic growth, China is starting to channel itself outward into areas of concern for the United States. In recent years, they have launched a ...
Living by Gandhi’s famous words, “be the change you wish to see in the world,” Kiran Bir Sethi, this year’s Patricia Blunt Koldyke Fellow, has dedicated her life to finding innovative solutions to challenges in India’s schools, the education system, and ed ...
“Authoritarian capitalism” is how James McGregor defines China’s complicated economic model. Capital controls, a managed currency, and colossal state-owned enterprises have constituted an essential part of the country’s job growth and economic stability. B ...
