What the West gets wrong about China

By on    China, Cold War - Old and New, Economics, EU countries' trends, EU foreign policies, Future world - imagination/real, GLOBAL DEVELOPMENT, History, Politics, US EMPIRE/WEST DECLINE, World future  

What the West gets wrong about China

Rana Mitter and Elsbeth Johnson August 23, 2021 Many people have wrongly assumed that political freedom would follow new economic freedoms in China and that its economic growth would have to be built on the same foundations as in the West. The authors suggest that those assumptions are rooted in three essentially false beliefs about modern China: […]

Populism – A Notion Rising Above Its Content

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Populism – A Notion Rising Above Its Content

  By Tibor Várady April 19, 2018 Some introductory remarks concerning the use of the term “populism” The term “populism” is becoming increasingly popular in public discourse. It is difficult to deny – and I have no intention to try to deny – that the designation tackles (or tries to tackle) a serious problem. But […]