Rule of Law
Scholarly Publications
Zouping Revisited: Adaptive Governance in a Chinese County
February 2018
China has undergone dramatic change in its economic institutions in recent years, but surprisingly little change politically.
Office of the Director of National Intelligence: From Pariah and Piñata to Managing Partner
June 2017
This is a chapter in the second edition of The National Security Enterprise, a book edited by Roger Z.
Rethinking Historical Injustice and Reconciliation in Northeast Asia: The Korean Experience
December 2006
The Northeast Asian region has witnessed phenomenal economic growth and the spread of democratization in recent decades, yet wounds from past wrongs - committed in times of colonialism, war, and...
News
ASEAN’s Five-Point Consensus ‘Not Appropriate’ for Myanmar: Ex-US Ambassador
May 2022
The Irrawaddy spoke to Scot Marciel, former United States ambassador to Myanmar and currently a visiting scholar at APARC, about the current state of regional and international efforts to tackle the...
Southeast Asia: China’s Long Shadow
June 2021
Chinese foreign policy in Southeast Asia affects, and is affected by, the more despotic character of ASEAN’s mainland compared with its maritime member states. But the destiny of even the already...
Postdoc Spotlight: Nhu Truong Compares Government Responsiveness in China and Vietnam
May 2021
2020-21 Shorenstein Postdoctoral Fellow Nhu Truong, who studies how authoritarian regimes like China and Vietnam respond to social pressure, explains why understanding differences in governance is...
Old Events
Myanmar Back into Darkness: 2021 Shorenstein Journalism Award Discussion Featuring Award Recipient Swe Win
October 13, 2021
This event is available through livestream only.
The Politicization of the Judiciary in South Korea
December 4, 2020
This event is part of Shorenstein APARC's winter webinar series "Asian Politics and Policy in a Time of Uncertainty." Judiciary independence is explicitly prescribed in the constitutions of many...
Is Korean Democracy in Crisis?
October 12, 2020
In recent years, we have witnessed a worldwide trend of "democratic depression" in both young and established democracies, where the backsliding from democracy is facilitated by various forces such...
Projects
An Expanding Toolkit: The Evolution of Governance in China
China has undergone historic economic, social and cultural transformations since its Opening and Reform.
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