A nation must think before it acts.
FPRI’s Jacques deLisle Interviewed by HuffPost Live About Hong Kong Protests
“One of the real issues here is a misalignment in both perceptions and agendas. There are a lot of people in Hong Kong; the protesters are the foremost among them, but there is certainly a broader group that has expected greater and more rapid progress toward democracy. There were goals to move towards universal suffrage, both for the Chief Executive and for the legislature in Hong Kong that were built into the basic law. This sort of constitutional framework was put in place to govern Hong Kong after it went back and people have taken that seriously.”