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Scandal Exposes Technocracy, Nepotism, and Control Among PRC Elite

06.21.2025 Shijie Wang

Executive Summary: Elite privilege and lack of transparent checks and balances mean that corruption scandals are a feature of the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) system...

Publication China

Assessment of PLA Leaders at the End of 2024

01.17.2025 Kenneth Allen

Executive Summary: The size and scope of the Central Military Commission (CMC) has reduced dramatically since 2004, and the makeup of the military leadership is...

Publication China

Georgia’s Civilizational Dilemma: For or Against Europe?

06.21.2024 Rahim Rahimov

Executive Summary: Georgia faces a civilizational dilemma between democratic and non-democratic worlds specifically exemplified with the developments surrounding the recent adoption of the law “On...

Publication Armenia

Peng Liyuan Rises Up the Ranks: Implications for Xi’s Despotic Rule

05.24.2024 Willy Wo-Lap Lam

Executive Summary: Recent behavior by General Secretary Xi Jinping suggests a contradiction in his approach to leadership. While he has sacked protégés, suggesting a reckoning...

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