Fighting Poverty Through Targeted Measures
To achieve its goal of poverty alleviation, China’s government should first ensure that individual poverty alleviation programs are not captured by elites.
Hong Kong’s Chief Executive Election and Political Future
With the lack of a truly democratic government, a leader sympathising with the people and representing their interest might be the best Hong Kong can currently hope for.
Railing Relations from the UK to China
In perspective, a train carrying freight from the UK to the eastern side of China shows that such a link is possible, but whether it can be sustainable is another matter.
Xi and the North Korea Challenge in the Trump Era
The United States and China must jointly address the North Korea challenge, based on the consensus that North Korea is a common security threat and peace is possible.
Sino-UK Relations and the Impact of Trump
There are going to be some rocky moments between the US-UK and UK-China equations. The UK’s attempts to lie between the US and China may prove the wisdom of the adage.
Pakistan and the Nuclear Suppliers Group
International arrangements promoting and facilitating the peaceful uses of nuclear technology demand revision in light of increased demand for nuclear energy security.
Trump, China, and the History of Hawkish Republican Campaign Rhetoric
Trump may ‘normalise’ his attitude to China after inauguration. If he does not, the consequences of such a strategy of provocation are potentially catastrophic.
War with China: Ascending Powers, Expansionism and the Use-of-Force
The current state-of-affairs suggests that as China is exhibiting a pre-WWI German paradigm a war will happen as it exponentially increases its expansionism.
Deliberation and Strategic Action: How they Mutually Enhance Norm Diffusion
Norm diffusion involves the cost–benefit calculations of strategic behaviour enhancing the communicative reasoning of deliberative behaviour, and vice versa.
China: New Steps Forward in Africa
By understanding China’s approach as pragmatic, not altruistic, those working with China can come out with economic gains.
