Del Tito, Gina Michele

Krusell, Brian Spencer.

State capitalism, as adopted by the People’s Republic of China, represents a growing threat to the United States’ primacy in the international system. The Beijing Consensus, as it has been termed, represents a direct assault on...

Wojcik, Courtney Eve

China has risen from the subject of Western neo-colonialism to a rising hegemon that is beginning to buck the U.S.’s monopoly of the Asia-Pacific arena. Traditionally, Chinese society spurned the economic elite, Confucian-era...

Dressel, Timothy Eric

The US is the dominant power in the Middle East. Between 1946 and 1991, the US gradually became the dominant power in the region to defend against Soviet influence, maintain regional stability, and ensure the flow of oil from...

Elkin, Caroline Erin

Since 1991 Kazakhstan has sought national security through economic growth and energy security fostered on its immense wealth of oil, natural gas, and other natural resources. Simultaneously Kazakhstan seeks to position itself...

Yu, Merin Klingel

On January 1, 2009, the fears of many European policymakers were confirmed. After a payment dispute could not be resolved, Russia shut off natural gas supplies to Ukraine, leading to widespread gas disruptions across Europe....