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People watch a television broadcast showing a file image of a North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un at the Seoul Railway Station on June 5, 2022, in Seoul, South Korea. (Chung Sung-Jun/Getty Images)

Commentary

To Disarm North Korea, Focus on Human Rights

Melanie Kirkpatrick

Senior Fellow

Melanie Kirkpatrick

Mar 5, 2023

Commentary

2 Min Read

The Israeli Knesset on February 16, 2022. (US Embassy Jerusalem via Flickr)

Commentary

The Shepherd Boy, the Wolf, and the Threat to Israeli Democracy

Jonathan Schachter

Senior Fellow, Center for Peace and Security in the Middle East

Jonathan Schachter

Mar 1, 2023

Commentary

3 Min Read

Podcast

China Insider #11 | Retiree Protests Spread, China's Top Tech Investor Disappears, and Wang Yi at the Munich Security Conference

Miles Yu

Senior Fellow and Director, China Center

Wilson Shirley

Former Media Fellow, China Center

Miles Yu & Wilson Shirley

Feb 21, 2023

Podcast

China Insider #10 | Wuhan Protests, the Chinese Healthcare System, and the “Hong Kong 47”

Miles Yu

Senior Fellow and Director, China Center

Wilson Shirley

Former Media Fellow, China Center

Miles Yu & Wilson Shirley

Feb 14, 2023

Podcast

(Screenshot via CNN)

In the Media

Kim Jong Un Reveals Possible Successor

Patrick M. Cronin

Asia-Pacific Security Chair

Patrick M. Cronin

Feb 14, 2023

In the Media

The Commonwealth Observer Group, chaired by the former President of the United Republic of Tanzania Jakaya Kikwete, witnessed the general elections in Nigeria.

Ballot boxes for the 2019 Nigerian general elections. (Commonwealth Secretariat via Flickr)

Commentary

A Lack of Security Could Undermine Elections in Nigeria

James Barnett

Research Fellow

James Barnett

Feb 13, 2023

Commentary

12 Min Read

Protesters holding up a banner outside the West Kowloon Magistrates Court before the trial against 47 pro-democracy activists on February 6, 2023, in Hong Kong. (Vernon Yuen/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

Commentary

Hong Kong’s Anti-freedom Show Trials Prove Beijing’s Promises Mean Nothing

Miles Yu

Senior Fellow and Director, China Center

Miles Yu

Feb 9, 2023

Commentary

3 Min Read

Pervez Musharraf at the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting in Davos, Switzerland, on January 24, 2008. (Wikimedia Commons)

Commentary

Musharraf Told Pakistanis Not to Be India-Centric but Also Called India a Permanent Threat

Husain Haqqani

Senior Fellow

Husain Haqqani

Feb 5, 2023

Commentary

4 Min Read

(Getty Images)

In the Media

The US Will No Longer Ignore the Fundamental Political and Ideological Differences between the Two Systems

Michael R. Pompeo

Former Distinguished Fellow

Michael R. Pompeo

Feb 2, 2023

In the Media

An Iranian woman walks past a mural showing Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in the capital Tehran on March 9, 2022. (Photo by ATTA KENARE / AFP) (Photo by ATTA KENARE/AFP via Getty Images)

An Iranian woman walks past a mural showing Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in Tehran, Iran, on March 9, 2022. (Atta Kenare/AFP via Getty Images)

Commentary

Why Iran’s Uprising Is Doomed to Fail

Ahmad Hashemi

Former Research Fellow

Ahmad Hashemi

Jan 31, 2023

Commentary

5 Min Read

TAIPEI, TAIWAN - NOVEMBER 26: Chiang Wan-an, Taipei mayoral candidate of the opposition Kuomintang (KMT), celebrates his victory in local elections on November 26, 2022 in Taipei, Taiwan. Taiwan holds local elections to appoint mayors, councillors and magistrates in several counties on Saturday. The local elections are a litmus test for the popularity of the ruling DPP as young candidates including the grandson of Chiang Kai-shek, Chiang Wan-an, seek to turn the tide. (Photo by Louise Delmotte/Getty Images)

Chiang Wan-an, Taipei mayoral candidate of the opposition Kuomintang (KMT), celebrates his victory in local elections on November 26, 2022, in Taipei, Taiwan. (Louise Delmotte/Getty Images)

Commentary

Republic of China’s 2024 Presidential Race Shaping up as Referendum on Communist China