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Understanding China’s Political Governance

Tony Saich, Director of the Rajawali Foundation Institute for Asia, gives an expert interview for the Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies at Harvard University on understanding China’s political governance. 

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Q & A with Ning Leng, Author of “Politicizing Business: How Firms Are Made to Serve the Party-State in China”

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India: Leaning to One Side (Cautiously)

In a new study for the Middle Powers Project, C. Raja Mohan assesses how India’s national ascent towards global influence faces developmental constraints, maintaining that the country must balance ties with China and the United States to harness its economic potential and situate itself as a leader in the Global South. The Middle Powers Project is in collaboration with the Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs.