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Back to the Future: The Rise of Militarization in China in the 2020s

Policy Brief / Tai Ming Cheung

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Five Questions on How Dictators’ Clubs are Defending Autocracy

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Tai Ming Cheung

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Neil Narang

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Emilie M. Hafner-Burton

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Stephan Haggard

Research Director for Democracy and Global Governance

Christina Schneider

Professor, UC San Diego; Chair, IGCC Steering Committee

Eli Berman

Research Director for International Security Studies
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James Goldgeier

Professor of International Relations and Former Dean
School of International Service, American University

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