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The Frustrated World Order and the Choices for Small States: the Case of Singapore (10.01.26)
In recent years the issue of the rules-based order (RBO) has come under increased scrutiny with concerns that such an order is in danger of unraveling and uncertainty over what might come next. In this talk, Dr Benjamin Ho examines the "myth" of the RBO and argues that it has come under heightened stress because states are viewing their foreign policies through the vantage point of domestic myths. Using the case of Singapore, Ho will share... More
Announcing the 2026-27 Non-Resident Global Health Politics Fellows
The Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future is pleased to announce its 2026-27 Global Health Politics Fellows. The distinguished group of Non-Resident Fellows were selected by the Global Health Politics Workshop's (GHPW) Steering Committee. Fellows will participate in GHPW events throughout the course of the academic year and receive feedback and mentorship from a Steering Committee member on a research paper in the field of global health politics. Meet the 2026-27 Global... More
Chinese Industrial Parks in South East Asia: Who is Building Them and Why? (10.08.26)
Beginning in the early 1990s—well before the Belt and Road Initiative—Beijing encouraged Chinese firms, both state-owned and private, to “Go Out/Go Global” (走出去). Research shows many companies responded, but we still know little about how they choose where to go and where they settle within host countries. Do firms from the same Chinese locality co-locate abroad? Do they cluster by sector—and if so, through what mechanisms? Through this talk Jean Oi will present preliminary findings that... More
The Power of Ideas and Discourse in Political Analysis: A Discursive Institutionalist Perspective (09.09.26)
Please join us at 4 PM on Wednesday, September 9, as we celebrate the release of The Power of Ideas and Discourse in Political Analysis: A Discursive Institutionalist Perspective by our colleague Vivien A. Schmidt, Professor Emeritus of International Relations at the Pardee School and Founding Director of BU's Center for the Study of Europe. In this masterful book, [Prof. Schmidt] provides a sweeping appraisal of the many different ways in which scholars in political science and... More
In the Shadow of Survival: Autocrats, Democrats, and Two-Level Games in Asia (09.02.26)
As elsewhere, countries in Asia have experienced increasingly polarized domestic politics alongside growing geopolitical tensions. How do Asian states—authoritarian and democratic, large and small—respond to these two power plays simultaneously? Do these dynamics intensify security flashpoints in the region, or can they help mitigate them? Join us on Wednesday, September 2 at 2 PM for answers to these questions and more as part of our panel discussion chaired by Lynn T. White III, Professor of Politics and... More