Publications

The study of democratization often elicits wishful thinking, from both advocates, who can always find reasons why it is coming soon, and resisters, who make excuses why a nation is not ready for it. In recent years, China has...

The impressive economic growth of the People’s Republic of China over the past quarter-century has led many analysts to predict that China will soon be the world’s largest market, have one of the world’s largest GDPs, and become the...

Given the requirements of China’s increasingly affluent and well-informed society and its dynamic economy, political change in the People’s Republic of China is probably coming sooner than many would expect and may well take the form of steps toward...

Is sustainable democracy possible in “greater China”? If the PRC, the Hong Kong SAR, or Taiwan can—or cannot—create durable democratic polities, what are the implications for regional and global affairs, including international security and great powers’ foreign policies? In...

The War on Terrorism is now two-and-a-half years old. As the candidates prepare for the 2004 Presidential election, the fog of partisanship will soon obscure much of what has been done, and not done. That in mind, a few...

This FPRI E-Note is a condensed version of the Kissinger Lecture delivered by former Secretary of State George P. Shultz on February 11, 2004, at the Library of Congress. We are at one of those special moments in history:...

My charge today, I gather, is to address the referendum and perhaps more broadly the “new constitution” issues in Taiwan in the context of international legal questions of Taiwan’s status. The referendum and the constitutional reform discussion can best...

Freedom of speech permits the support of terrorism, as long as you are only providing “expert advice and assistance” to groups the federal government has designated as “foreign terrorist organizations.” So says a California district judge, in a decision...

This essay is based on a talk to the FPRI Sponsors Forum on January 29, 2004. The Forum is regularly hosted by Pepper Hamilton LLP (www.pepperlaw.com).  The Middle East has been divided for decades between radical forces challenging the...

I have a truly bizarre assignment of talking about property rights in China. As many of you know, a big part of the discussion of constitutional reform right now, is about the inclusion of provisions relating to property rights....