10 Things You Need to Know to Stop a Coup
October 14, 2020 | Modern history teaches us that motivated, universal, and nonviolent social movements can stop coups before they start.
Articles by Samuel A. Bleicher
Is China Heading for Collapse?
September 13, 2011 | Predictions of economic decline and regime change in China have become increasingly popular. Hard times ahead? Almost certainly. Regime change? Not so likely.
The Chinese Economy
November 28, 2008 | A New York Times editorial advises China to adopt an American-style mass consumer economy that would be a recipe for economic, environmental, and probably political, disaster.
China: Superpower or Basket Case?
May 8, 2008 | A military threat to the United States? An economic powerhouse? More likely a Potemkin Village.
Uzbekistan: What Policy Must the U.S. Have?
March 1, 2002 | Uzbekistan has emerged as a key strategic partner to the United States after September 11, not only due to its frontier with Afghanistan.