There is no better vantage point for understanding Chinese leadership politics than to analyze the nine individuals who make up the Politburo Standing Committee (PSC). Despite the highly diverse and divergent assessments of… Read More
The composition of the new Politburo, including generational attributes and individual idiosyncratic characteristics, group dynamics, and the factional balance of power, will have profound implications for China’s economic priorities, social stability, political trajectory,… Read More
In April 2012, the Defence Review Committee, appointed by the South African Minister of Defence, Lindiwe Sisulu, issued a 423-page draft report and scheduled a series of public imbizos and meetings with interested… Read More
This report sets out a range of recommendations to further deepen the economic relationship between the EU and the US. The report argues that only through joint effortS can Europe and the United… Read More
Rosa Balfourhead of the Europe in the World Programme, European Policy Centre The poverty of leadership or, more particularly, the absence of a “new Jacques Delors” is lamented as one of the causes… Read More
One day Prime Minister Wen Jiabao makes a strong call for political reform. The next day Bo Xilai, the charismatic head of the megalopolis of Chongqing, is axed. A rare public firing by… Read More
BEIJING — A deep vein of intrigue has always pulsed through the messy process of sorting out power in China’s Communist Party. The former president, Jiang Zemin, supposedly strengthened his position in 1995… Read More
Rev Kenneth Tanaka spoke about Steve Jobs, co-founder and former CEO of Apple Inc, who grew up in a town called Mountain View California where Rev Tanaka also grew up. Steve Jobs’ early… Read More
1- The Missing Link in the State of the Union Energy Agenda 2-The Arab League’s Political Horizons for Syria 3-Chancellor Angela Merkel Asks “Do We Dare More Europe” Amidst Widespread Skepticism 4-Measuring the… Read More
