The global challenges of sustainability are encapsulated in the UN Sustainable
Development Goals (SDGs), to which 193 member states are committed. However, a key …

This article offers a contextualised examination of whether Xi Jinping Thought, the latest
rendition of Marxism-Leninism that functions as China's ideology, has made China's political …

Confucian political theorists show increasing interest in 'political meritocracy', a model that
some present as a superior alternative to democracy and a viable path forward for China …

In this article I defend a new argument against moralist theories of legitimacy and in favour of
realist theories. Moralist theories, I argue, are vulnerable to ideological and wishful thinking …

Palgrave Studies in International Relations (the EISA book series), published in association
with European International Studies Association, provides scholars with the best …

In this article, I propose a historically grounded, regionally framed, and holistically
constructed framework and make three interrelated claims about the strengths and …

The idea that our economic institutions should be designed meritocratically is back as a hot
topic in western academic circles. At the same time political meritocracy is once again a …

The current political crisis in Hong Kong is characterized by a level of social unrest that the
city has not seen since the riots of 1966–67. After that earlier round of turmoil, the British …

Что происходит с социальной ситуацией и экономикой Китая в 2020 г. и насколько она
устойчива под ударами эпидемии? В чем реальная суть противостояния США и КНР …

What normative compass can appropriately ground a theory for contemporary “non-Western”
societies? This question has become urgent amid the pressure to decolonize political …