Democracy and Federalism in Greater China
In the past decade, federalism has become popular as a way to make sense of the evolving relationship among...
A Nation Must Think Before it Acts
Democracy and Federalism in Greater China
A nation must think before it acts.
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Taiwan’s Best-Case Democratization
Democratization is never easy. The United States, buffered by two oceans and blessed with an abundance of land, resources,...
Taiwan’s Democratization and Cross-Strait Security
The most important development in cross-Strait relations since the late 1980s has been Taiwan’s democratization. A large literature has...
At Last unto the Breach: The Logic of a U.S. Military Command in West Africa
Candidate George Bush’s claim that Africa ‘‘doesn’t fit into the national strategic interest’’ has been betrayed by President Bush’s...
The United States in Southeast Asia: Deepening the Rut?
Even before the Bush administration recognized Southeast Asia as a theater in its war on terrorism, the nature and...
The Implications of Missile Defense for Northeast Asia
Congress and the Bush administration are committed to building a defense against ballistic missiles. The current U.S. plan calls...
Radical Islam in the Maghreb
The Maghreb (from the Arabic word for ‘‘West’’) region is made up fives states: Algeria, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, and...
The Next Gulf Crisis?
Sleeping with the Devil: How Washington Sold Our Soul for Saudi Crude By Robert Baer. (New York: Crown, 2003)....
Reading the Past into American Foreign Policy
The Savage Wars of Peace: Small Wars and the Rise of American Power. By Max Boot (New York: Basic...
China’s New Leadership: A One-Year Assessment
At the 16th Party Congress, convened in November 2002, then 59-yearold Hu Jintao was named general secretary of the...