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The Role of Corruption in China's Speedy, Risky Boom
May 2021
Is corruption the reason behind China's booming economy? Professor Yuen Yuen Ang explains its role in China's massive economic growth.
When Beijing Goes to Washington: Autocratic Lobbying Influence in Democracies
April 2021
Professor Erin Baggot Carter tells us how autocratic lobbying affects political outcomes and media coverage in democracies.
Gi-Wook Shin Discusses South Korean Ruling Party’s Local Election Losses on CNBC
April 2021
“The South Korean people gave the Moon administration a red card,” says APARC Director Gi-Wook Shin, predicting that containing soaring housing prices and other domestic challenges will be the...
A Balance of Power: The Role of Vietnam’s Electoral and Legislative Institutions
January 2021
As the 13th National Congress of Vietnam's Communist Party is selecting a new leadership team that will set the country’s course for the next five years, Vietnamese politics expert Paul Schuler...
APARC Experts on the Outlook for U.S.-Asia Policy Under the Biden Administration
January 2021
Ahead of President-elect Biden’s inauguration and on the heels of the attack on the U.S. Capitol by a pro-Trump mob that has left America shaken, an APARC-wide expert panel provides a region-by-...
Democratic Erosion in South Korea
October 2020
Gi-Wook Shin discusses the state of democracy in South Korea, and how democratic backsliding there fits into larger patterns of democratic decline underway across the globe.
Five Ways in Which Japan's New Prime Minister Suga is Different From Abe
September 2020
Yoshihide Suga has promised to continue many of Shinzo Abe's policies and goals, but APARC's Japan Program Director Kiyoteru Tsutsui explains how Suga's background, experience, and...
Suga Is Fit to Lead, But Are Voters Ready to Like Him?
September 2020
Japan's next prime minister is a deeply pragmatic, self-made man.
Three Hits and Three Misses: What is Prime Minister Abe’s Legacy?
September 2020
Despite this long period as prime minister, it is not entirely clear that Abe accomplished major policy goals.
Democracy in South Korea is Crumbling from Within
July 2020
South Korea is following global trends as it slides toward a “democratic depression,” warns APARC’s Gi-Wook Shin. But the dismantling of South Korean democracy by chauvinistic populism and political...
Gi-Wook Shin Offers Analysis of 2020 Korean National Election
April 2020
The Korea Society hosts APARC's director for a timely discussion of the recent South Korean national election.
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