Yanzhong Huang discusses the impact of chronic, noncommunicable disease on development in the BRICS nations.

Jerome A. Cohen and Mizuki Koshimoto ask, "Has Japan found the best way for ordinary citizens to take part in criminal cases?"

As Vice President Joseph Biden begins a visit to China, analysts say both the United States and China will have to restructure their economies to lessen global imbalances and strengthen recovery.

Nicholas Consonery, Evan A. Feigenbaum, Damien Ma, Michael Meidan, and Henry Hoyle argue that China's capital-intensive, export-oriented growth model is delivering diminishing returns and threatens to become a major political vulnerability for the government, and China's leaders must overcome political restraints to implement a comprehensive and ambitious rebalancing agenda.

CFR's Director of Studies James Lindsay and Director of the International Institutions and CFR.org Editor Robert McMahon preview major world events in the week ahead.

In this week's podcast: Iowa Republicans cast their ballots in the Ames Straw poll; Vice President Joe Biden visits Asia; The trial of former Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak resumes in Cairo; Germany marks the 50th anniversary of the construction of the Berlin Wall.

Elizabeth Economy argues that China's energy challenges show no signs of abating while Chinese leaders are working feverishly, if imperfectly, to meet them.

Sheila A. Smith says the short-term prognosis for Japan's electricity supply is uncertain, yet it is the longer term effort to reform energy policy that is vital to resolving the current impasse in Japan's nuclear debate.

Elizabeth Economy argues that the biggest challenge that China faces may be lack of access to clean water.

Hackers have attacked America's defense establishment, as well as companies from Google to Morgan Stanley to security giant RSA, and fingers point to China as the culprit. Michael Joseph Gross gets an exclusive look at the raging cyber-war--Operation Aurora! Operation Shady rat!--and explains why Washington has been slow to fight back.

Jerome A. Cohen says the Chinese government's assurances for due process in its prosecution of Lai Changxing, the mastermind behind a smuggling and bribery scandal, are far from being 'strict, clear, and unequivocal.'

Evan A. Feigenbaum argues that while a rebalancing of China's economy will mean a more competitive and powerful China, it will also create new opportunities for those countries in Asia that get manufacturing and investment policies right.

Jerome A. Cohen says the consultative jury system in South Korea can serve as a model for both sides of the Taiwan strait.

Jerome A. Cohen states, "It's open season on lawyers in China today."

In light of a recent slowdown in China's economic growth, a coterie of China commentators at the New York Times discusses the question of whether massive public spending is contributing to an incipient debt crisis.

Jerome A. Cohen and Yu-jie Chen say progress has been made so far under an agreement between Beijing and Taipei on law enforcement and judicial
cooperation, but several key issues demand attention.

Peter Orszag shows how better water pricing could help China avoid an environmental crisis.

Henry Kissinger's new book argues that the United States should yield gracefully to China's rise; Aaron Friedberg's gives the opposite advice.

Should the United States maintain its commitment to Taiwan, or should it consider disengaging in order to accommodate China?

Jerome A. Cohen argues that without reforms to its criminal justice system, Beijing risks repeating the embarrassment surrounding the release of artist Ai Weiwei.