In this issue we take a closer look at China’s inherent power and paradox by analysing the processes shaping it.
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Daniel Treisman is a political scientist specialising in Russian politics and authoritarianism. A UCLA Professor and NBER Research Associate, he co-authored Spin Dictators and co-directs UCLA’s Center for European and Russian Studies.
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Book Review by Vidisha Madan
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by Germán Patiño Orozco
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by Manashjyoti Karjee
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by Abhilasha Semwal & Neeti Goutam
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by Shivani Singh
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Klaus Mühlhahn is a German historian and sinologist specializing in modern Chinese history and culture. Former President of Zeppelin University and Vice President at the Free University of Berlin, he authored Criminal Justice in China, winner of the 2009 John K. Fairbank Prize.
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Book Review by Adil Thanveer
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by Kerry Brown
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by T.G. Suresh
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by Chee Meng Tan
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by Manashjyoti Karjee
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Power rarely announces itself. It hides in familiar places: in markets, indicators, contracts, and code, while shaping the decisions that govern lives. It is not always loud or violent. Sometimes it speaks through silence, through procedure, through what is no longer questioned. This edition of Decypher asks: what does power
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Book Review by Poulami Saha
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Cahal Moran is a behavioural economist, author, and public thinker.
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Rajat Nag is a distinguished policy leader and educator. A former Managing Director-General at the Asian Development Bank and Distinguished Fellow of the Emerging Markets Forum, he focuses on governance, public policy innovation, and institutional development in emerging economies.
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Book Review by Sumedha Sharma
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Book Review by Mahnish Kashyap
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Book Review by Neeti Goutam
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by Sharon Dewitte
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by Priyanka Garodia
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by Sachchidanand Joshi
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by Rafiqul Islam Montu
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The SenseMaker Interview with Peter Heather and John Rapley: Why Empire Fall - Rome, America and the Future of the West
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by Manashjyoti Karjee
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A Conversation with Peter Turchin
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by Emily Merchant
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by Indu Bhushan
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by Paul Morland
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Book Review by Amogh Dev Rai
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Book Review by Khushi Kesari
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Book Review by Priyanka Garodia
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Book Review by Manashjyoti Karjee
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by Farheen
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by Amit K. Suman
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by Sejal Sharma
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by Shivani Singh
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Joe Adam George Delves in on Trudeau’s Alienating Foreign Policy
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Professor Eugene Rogan is a Professor of Modern Middle Eastern History and the Director of the Middle East Centre; Fellow of St Antony’s College. He is the author of The Arabs: A History, which has been translated into ten languages and was named one of the best books of
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by Najeeb H. Jung
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by Aurko Chakrabarti
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“Not my President,” echoed through the streets of California, New York, and other Democratic strongholds on election day in 2016, a repudiation of the results that saw Donald Trump secure victory despite losing the popular vote by millions. Eight years later, Trump finds himself declared the victor once again, but
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by Priyanka Garodia
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by Ajay Darshan Behera
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Book Review by Shivani Singh
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by Khushi Kesari
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Prof. Yasheng Huang is Epoch Foundation professor of global economics and management at MIT's Sloan School of Management . From 2013 to 2017, he served as an associate dean in charge of MIT Sloan's global Partnership Programs and its action learning initiatives. His previous appointments include faculty
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by Kambaiz Rafi
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by Amogh Dev Rai
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by Jyoti Rahman
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by Shadique Mahbub Islam
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By Special Arrangement with Tortoise Media with inputs from Shivani Singh
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by Shuang-Ye Wu
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