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Umberto Eco Ur-Fascism June 22, 1995

An ode to a city that knows who it is

Zhang Youxia had been seen as a close ally of China's leader, Xi Jinping.

For all the hand-wringing about the controversial recall efforts in early 2025, there was never any question about their legality. The procedures for our recalls were clearly laid out in the electi…

New data reveal how China’s foreign police training programs have become an integral part of Beijing’s strategy to remake global security.

The university ran budget deficits for 14 years straight, spending big to raise its profile and enrollment. The plan worked, but now the bill’s come due and cuts are under way.

Historical data shows putting leaders on trial is a healthy democratic practice.

If you were a graduate student in political science between 1990 and 2010 or so, you probably experienced some heated debates about the future of area studies and its role in the discipline. This w…

Using Wang Anshi's Reform as a case study, Yuhua Wang's "Blood is Thicker Than Water" (American Political Science Review, 2022) argues that geographic

The Chinese stock market captured headlines in August 2015 for two reasons: its dramatic collapse and the efforts of the Chinese government to prop it up.

The impeachment of President Yoon Suk Yeol is a critical first step in reversing the country’s authoritarian slide.