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September 28, 2023

China
CFR Fellows' Book Launch Series: Sparks—China’s Underground Historians and Their Battle for the Future by Ian Johnson

Ian Johnson discusses his new book, Sparks: China’s Underground Historians and Their Battle for the Future, which describes how some of China’s best-known writers, filmmakers, and artists have overco…

Play Statue of a filmmaker on the Avenue of Stars in Hong Kong
Virtual Event by Ian Johnson, Ian Johnson, Shannon K. O'Neil, and Shannon K. O'Neil CFR Fellows' Book Launch

January 7, 2020

China
What Motivates Chinese Peacekeeping?

China’s unusual status as a top contributor of both funds and troops to the UN's peacekeeping program has stirred suspicion that Beijing uses the peacekeeping program to protect its economic assets a…

Chinese peacekeepers participate in an oath-taking rally before leaving to join the United Nation peacekeeping operations in Lebanon, in Yuxi, Yunnan province, China May 10, 2019. (Wong Campion/Reuters)
Blog Post by Guest Blogger for Asia Unbound Asia Unbound

November 21, 2022

Diplomacy and International Institutions
Diplomacy Debrief: COP27, ASEAN, and G20 Summits

President Biden just completed an important diplomacy tour with stops at the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP27) in Egypt, the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) summit in Ca…

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Virtual Event by Alice C. Hill, Miles Kahler, Zongyuan Zoe Liu, and Heidi Crebo-Rediker Energy Security and Climate Change Program

April 1, 2016

China
Friday Asia Update: Five Stories From the Week of April 1, 2016

Ashlyn Anderson, Rachel Brown, Lincoln Davidson, Gabriella Meltzer, Gabriel Walker, and Pei-Yu Wei look at five stories from Asia this week. 1. Anger, grief, and questions linger over debris of coll…

Kolkata-collapse
Blog Post by Guest Blogger for Asia Unbound Asia Unbound

December 4, 2020

Transition 2021
Transition 2021: The Looming Iran Crisis

Each Friday, I look at what is happening in President-Elect Joe Biden’s transition to the White House. This week: Iran will likely provide an early test for Biden and his national security team.

The Iranian flag flies in front of a nuclear power plant.
Blog Post by James M. Lindsay The Water's Edge