Events
The Bomb and the Missiles: Whither North Korea?

This year has seen North Korea test more than 20 missiles, including intercontinental ballistic missiles. North Korean state-run media and American experts now claim that much of the United States is in range for a nuclear strike. The rhetoric between the ...

Events
The Trap: China and the US Map Their Future

Sparta and Athens grew toward a conflict that neither wanted – what Graham Allison calls Thucydides’s Trap. Named for the classical Greek historian, Thucydides’s Trap describes the structural stresses that result when a rising power threatens to displace ...

Events
Blue Skies in Beijing: An Evening with China's Environmental Activist

Prosperity or health – does one have to choose? With massive industrialization and urbanization, China’s environment pays a heavy price. China’s most recent annual environmental report notes that three quarters of Chinese cities cannot meet the nation’s a ...

Blog entry
Deep Dish: Who Will Help the Rohingya?

Bernie Reyes's blog “Textbook ethnic cleansing” of the Muslim Rohingya minority continues in Western Myanmar. How do the internal politics of Myanmar, and it’s fragile democracy under Aung San Suu Kyi, explain the tepid response of the international ...

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A Global Strategy for Southeast Asian Cities

Evan Fazio's blog Being a global city is more than simply dominating an important industry or having a recognizable brand. Global cities have multifaceted economies, vibrant cultural environments, world-class universities, and lively atmospheres. The ...