Abstract: This article surveys China’s strategic governance approach to the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), Beijing’s hallmark foreign policy program, in terms of its implications for the liberal international order. China employs a form of quasi-multilateral […]
Abstract: The ongoing Hong Kong protests have been characterised by the movement’s unprecedented scale as it resists the encroachment of mainland China. As the movement has progressed, protestors have established new uniforms for protest, consisting of […]
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Abstract In recent years, the musical genre of Korean pop (K-Pop) has gained massive international popularity. This trend is part of the greater trend of “hallyu”, or the international spread of South Korean culture and […]
Abstract: This paper argues that since 1970, Canadian relations with the People’s Republic of China has been on a trajectory of increasing political and economic significance, and that this trend is evident in three of the most […]
Abstract: After Japan’s surrender in World War II, its political system faced many changes. With the help of the United States, Japan rewrote their Constitution, changing the way the Prime Minister was selected and voting eligibility […]
On March 4, 2020, the Munk School of Global Affairs hosted a panel presentation entitled “Japan: Leader in Climate Change?” on the topic of Japan’s contemporary climate change policy challenges and possible solutions. This event […]
Abstract: There is a multiplicity of narratives in Japan about WWII, each of which casts wartime Japan in a different light – typically as either victim or aggressor. This paper examines these differing narratives in […]
On January 24, 2020, the Munk School of Global Affairs invited Dr. Ching Kwan Lee, a Dr. Chung Sze-yuen Professor of Social Science at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology and Professor of […]
Abstract: This paper aims to evaluate one of the domestic feasibility challenges the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) faces, namely the lack of central coordination and oversight. By applying the principal-agent theory and the two-level […]
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