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December 19, 2011
North Korea
North Korea’s Uncertain Succession
Will Kim Jong-il’s twenty-seven-year-old son assume power in a smooth transition or is a destabilizing succession struggle ahead for reclusive North Korea? CFR’s Scott Snyder says the next few weeks …
September 27, 2010
China
Counting from one to two in China—a bigger leap than it seems
Something is afoot with China’s one-child policy, but no-one seems entirely sure what might be changing and when (see here and here). Everyone agrees that the policy has been "successful" in its orig…
October 20, 2016
Health
Podcast: The Next WHO DG: What Skills and Experiences are we Looking For?
The following is a guest post by my colleague Yanzhong Huang, senior fellow for global health at the Council on Foreign Relations. The Ebola epidemic undermined the confidence that states and the in…
August 31, 2009
Capital Flows
Treasuries vs. GSEs
This chart shows the yearly change in purchases of securities backed by U.S. government-sponsored enterprises (GSEs) and in securities issued by the U.S. Treasury. In late 2008 and early 2009, U.S…
