Category: Regional Politics in Asia
Before Age Three: The Hidden Roots of China’s Human Capital Challenge
Dr. Scott Rozelle is the Helen F. Farnsworth Senior Fellow at the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies and the Institute for Economic Policy Research at Stanford University. His research... Read More
Why Russia Invaded: Identity Narratives, Elite Loyalty, and the Costs Putin Is Willing to Bear
Dr. Yoshiko M. Herrera is a Professor of Political Science at the University of Wisconsin–Madison and a leading scholar of identity, nationalism, and Russian politics. Her work spans the study of et... Read More
Dr. Elizabeth Wishnick on the Russia–North Korea Military Partnership
Dr. Elizabeth Wishnick is a Senior Research Scientist in China and Indo-Pacific Security Affairs at CNA and a Senior Research Scholar at the Weatherhead East Asian Institute, Columbia University. Dr.... Read More
Kathryn March on the Gen Z Uprising in Nepal
Kathryn S. March is a Graduate Professor and Professor Emerita of Anthropology, Feminist/Gender/Sexuality Studies, and Public Affairs at Cornell University, where she has been a faculty member since 1... Read More
Debak Das on the Global Nuclear Order and the Proliferation of Nuclear Delivery Systems
Debak Das is an assistant professor in peace and security at the Josef Korbel School of Global and Public Affairs at the University of Denver. His research interests lie at the intersection of intern... Read More
Democracy, Polarization, and Resilience: Taiwan’s 2025 Recalls in Global Perspective
Kharis Templeman is a Research Fellow at the Hoover Institution and a lecturer at Stanford University’s Center for East Asian Studies. His research focuses on democratic transitions, comparative ele... Read More
Professor Patricio Abinales on Dynastic Feuds in the Philippines
Professor Patricio Abinales grew up on the northwestern side of the Philippine island of Mindanao. He graduated with a degree in History from the University of the Philippines-Diliman (UP), and Ph.D... Read More
Suk-Young Kim on Millennial North Korea: Forbidden Media and Living Creatively with Surveillance
Suk-Young Kim is the Associate Dean for Academic Affairs and External Engagement, Head of Theater and Performance Studies, and Professor at the University of California, Los Angeles. Professor Kim is ... Read More