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December 8, 2005

China
Hong Kong Pushes Beijing Back as Democracy Demands Continue

This publication is now archived. What’s the latest in the political sparring between Hong Kong and China?On December 21, Hong Kong politicians turned down a Beijing-backed proposal to reform Hong Ko…

August 15, 2013

Diplomacy and International Institutions
Governing the Resource Curse: Advancing Transparency

Below is a guest post by Alexandra Kerr, program coordinator in the International Institutions and Global Governance program. Ahead of the G8 summit this June, economist Paul Collier remarked that “…

Smoke rises after a blast in a quarry at the Ariab mine

March 3, 2014

Global Governance
The Group of Eight (G8) Industrialized Nations

After more than three decades of existence, the Group of Eight (G8) is struggling to defend its relevance amid criticism of its limited membership and lack of a compliance mechanism.

October 17, 2003

Asia
Council’s Asia Expert Says Bush to Stress War on Terror at APEC Meeting in Bangkok

Elizabeth C. Economy, the C.V. Starr Senior Fellow and Director of Asia Studies at the Council on Foreign Relations, says President Bush will press issues high on his political agenda such as the im…

December 19, 2013

China
What Happened to the Asia Pivot in 2013?

Experts weigh in on what happened to Obama’s Asia "pivot" in 2013, and give their projections of what 2014 will bring for regional policy.