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 Understanding the Authoritarian State: Neopatrimonialism in Central AsiaDavid LewisRead ArticleThere Goes the Neighborhood: Afghanistan's Challenges to China's Regional Security GoalsElizabeth WishnickRead Article Arctic Politics in an Era of Global ChangeOran YoungRead ArticleSecurity and Human Rights in Central AsiaJoshua FoustRead Article International Education: Diplomacy in ChinaJames ParadiseRead Article Balancing Act: Foreign Policy in a New Middle EastStephen WaltRead ArticleThe Arctic Council: A Testing Ground for New International Environmental GovernanceTimo KoivurovaRead Article China, the World Bank, and Hegemonic WeakeningGregory ChinRead Article
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In an interview, Stephen Walt discusses the imperative that the United States scale back its involvement in the affairs of the Middle Eastern nations. |
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Kathleen Collins explores challenges to democratic deepening in Kyrgyzstan following the Kyrgyz spring. Joshua Foust investigates U.S. security policy and human rights in Central Asia. Richard Pomfret discusses the economic future of the five Central Asian countries. Emmanuel Karagiannis focuses on how Central Asian leaderships have maintained a dichotomous policy vis-à-vis the Muslim faith. Elizabeth Wishnick focuses on the challenges posed by Afghanistan to China’s goals for economic integration and discusses the threats to security raised by U.S. withdrawal. Niklas Swanström examines how the Central Asian states are increasingly breaking out of the orbit of Russia, focusing on economic relations. David Lewis examines the complex dynamics of the Central Asian regimes through the idea of neopatrimonialism. |
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Timo Koivurova explains how international cooperation in the Arctic has influenced protection of the Arctic environment. Paul Berkman investigates the geopolitical implications of decreasing sea ice in the Arctic. E. Carina Keskitalo describes how international events and political procedures influence the way sovereign governments conduct the agenda-setting process for the Arctic region. Oran Young examines the impact of an increasing policy focus on the Arctic for the region’s human inhabitants and ecosystems as well as the global consequences of these developments. |
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In an
interview Philip Altbach provides detailed insight into the costs and benefits of educational opportunities abroad. James Paradise adds to the discussion with a close analysis of the Chinese Politburo’s efforts to use education as a tool of statecraft.
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Gregory Chin examines China's changing relationship with the World Bank, catalyzed by its rise as a creditor nation to the Global South. Richard Sakwa explores how Russia is trapped in a “systemic and developmental stalemate” and how this stalemate might be broken. |
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