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Saving Socialism: What North Korea Learned from the Collapse of the Soviet Union

Cold War History Summer 2026

The sudden collapse of the Soviet Union in the early 1990s sent shockwaves through the remaining communist world, confronting states like China and North Korea with an existential challenge. While scholars have extensively examined how Beijing interpreted and…

Choosing Orbits: China’s Space Diplomacy in the Middle East

Diplomacy Summer 2026

R. Lincoln Hines, Lawrence Rubin, Dayana Alagirova

China’s engagement with Africa, Asia, and the Middle East has drawn significant attention from the international community and American policymakers. One understudied dimension of this engagement is China’s expanding space diplomacy in the Middle East.…

25 Years of the US-China Commission: Taiwan, Tech Competition, and Over-the-Horizon Risks

Podcast Summer 2026

Mike Kuiken, Randall G. Schriver, Sheena Chestnut Greitens

Twenty-five years after its creation, how does the US-China Economic and Security Review Commission evaluate the evolving threat landscape? TNSR Editor-in-Chief Sheena Chestnut Greitens hosts Randall Schriver (Chairman of the Board, Institute for Indo-Pacific…

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