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Zhu Rongji and China’s Lost Developmental Alternative: Statism without National Economic Integration
Jianyong Yue challenges the conventional view of Zhu Rongji as a successful developmental reformer, arguing that his reforms strengthened state capacity without completing…
Gezim Vllasi argues that small states can preserve autonomy and influence by investing in resilience, diversified partnerships, and networked cooperation in an increasingly…
Intelligence matters. Robert Schuett offers a first set of reflections on his experience in intelligence and the questions it continues to raise.
I never stopped liking the…
Yeta Purnama and Muhammad Zulfikar Rakhmat argue that ASEAN remains Indonesia’s primary strategic platform for shaping regional norms and managing collective security challenges.…
Kristin Bergtora Sandvik commentary argues for a return to humanitarian ethics to deal with AI in aid in 2026.
The ongoing restructuring of the humanitarian sector is happening…
Is the present juncture a crisis or an opportunity for international cooperation? Len Ishmael, Stephan Klingebiel and Andy Sumner argue that the answer is: both.
Is…
Contender States and Modern Chinese International Thought: From the Republican Era until the ‘Chinese School of International Relations’ by Ferran Perez Mena. Palgrave Macmillan…
John Ferguson argues that damage control is not the same as building long-term prosperity.
Last week's US-India trade agreement should be good news. It stops American shoppers…
Russia's war of aggression against Ukraine, coupled with the U.S.’s increased focus of on its own hemisphere, has fundamentally altered European security and defense policy.…
Eduard Vasilj argues that the European Union’s capacity to act as a strategic power is constrained not only by institutional weaknesses, limited military independence, and the…