While, over the last 30 years, the global economy's center of gravity has shifted to East Asia, the region has remained surprisingly free of interstate military conflict. Yet this era of peace and growth has been punctuated by periodic reminders of enduring security problems in …
China today confronts challenges as daunting as any it has faced since the reform era began at the end of the 1970s. This book examines some of the most important and urgent of these social, political, economic, legal, and international challenges and prospects for addressing th…
When the "fifth generation" of Communist Party leaders in China assumed top political positions in 2012-2013, they took the helm of a country that has achieved remarkable economic growth, political stability, and international influence. Yet China today confronts challenges at l…