In this model, Kim Ju Ae functions less as a trainee for rule than as a reserve source of legitimacy. Even if the leadership ...

What does the recent upheaval in the top ranks of China’s military tell us about politics, security and Xi Jinping’s China?

Beijing’s efforts to tighten control over technology outflows are increasingly in tension with the need to sustain domestic ...

As Western donors increasingly tie development aid to political conditions, Japan’s quiet partnership with Rwanda raises a ...

From initial denials, through later partial acknowledgment and “legalization,” to rapid downsizing and eventual formal ...

The rights group Amnesty International says that the government is doing nothing to deal with the mounting “humanitarian ...

Non-participation carries costs, both for China’s influence in the Middle East and for its broader role in shaping an emerging mechanism of global governance.

At first glance, the criminal code appears to be a typical legal framework. But the state’s goal is not to protect citizens, ...

India has secured tariff-free access to the EU’s garment market even as Bangladesh’s loss of preferential status looms.

The country’s growth has become increasingly expensive to maintain, and its dividends are reaching ordinary households with ...

Paradoxically, formally abandoning the goal of immediate unification is the only realistic means of securing long-term ...

From 2021-2026, despite massive vacancies leaving 35 empty seats in the Central Committee (due to disciplinary dismissals or ...