Asia
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Can China Tip the Balance? The Security Dilemma in East Asia
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The “rise of China” has been one of the most popular headlines of the 21st century. Books like Destined For War: Can America and China Escape Thucydides’s Trap? and Easternization: Asia’s Rise and America’s Decline have topped best-seller lists. Authors of these texts, as well as other scholars and policymakers,…
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How China’s Neighbors Are Reacting to Its Rise as a World Power
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Over the course of the Obama administration, particularly under former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s leadership, the emphasis of American foreign policy shifted from Europe and the Middle East to Asia. Asia has become an important region due to its rapid economic growth, particularly driven by the rise of China,…
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The 2008 Beijing Olympic Games: Spillover Effects on Air Quality and Health
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A study links special government controls on pollution enacted during the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing to significant increases in air quality and significant decreases in mortality rates associated with cardiovascular and respiratory diseases.
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What’s Dragging Down the Asian Economy? A New Look at Determinants of Growth
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Researchers find that private and public investments, lower financial risk, and flexible exchange rate regimes appear to support the economic growth of Asian countries, while more open capital accounts marginally reduce growth.
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Mutual Interests: Why Myanmar Embraced FATF Regulations
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A new study suggests Myanmar’s domestic policy goals, not international condemnation, drive adherence to international financial regulations.
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Widening the Gap: China’s Land Reform and Gender Disparities
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The main culprit for China’s gender gap expansion in the early 1980s might have been the post-Mao land reform rather than the One Child Policy.
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Closing the Gender Gap in Agricultural Productivity
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Women are key to global agriculture, but social and economic barriers severely limit their productivity.
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Open Borders: Collaboration Between Mexico and the U.S.
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Israel Hernández Seguin, Deputy Director of the Mexican Council on Foreign Relations (COMEXI), discusses bilateral relations between the United States and Mexico
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Speak Softly and Share the Big Stick
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A recent survey by the Chicago Council on Global Affairs provides an opportunity to evaluate America’s new vision of U.S. global leadership.
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Is China Rebalancing?
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A new report from the International Monetary Fund explores the future of the Chinese trade surplus.