Rising Powers Initiative

Min Ye was interviewed and quoted extensively in a report in China’s International Financial News. It analyzes Biden’s Infrastructure Bill and asks: Can the U.S learn from China on infrastructure development, and can China benefit and how?

拜登砸2万亿，对标中国！“荒废”20年的美国基建能“超车”吗？中美专家深度分析 _ 证券时报网 上个月末，拜登公布了一项规模逾2.3万亿美元的基础设施计划。为了推动这一计划，拜登在多个场合，多次提及中国。美国基础设施修缮迫在眉睫，这是分歧不断的美国两党为数不多能够意见统一的问题。拜登时代，新一场基建...

Join us on TODAY from 10:00-11:00 am ET for a discussion exploring the links between demography, politics, international security, and health among rising powers. The webinar, titled “Demographic Trends and the Making of a Superpower,” will feature Jennifer D. Sciubba (Stanley J. Buckman Professor of International Studies and Department Chair, Rhodes College), Joseph Harris (Assistant Professor of Sociology, Boston University), and Mahesh Karra (Assistant Professor of Global Development Policy, Pardee School of Global Studies, Boston University).

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Demographic Trends and the Making of a Superpower The disproportionate size of the working-age population in most countries considered to be “rising powers” today provides opportunities for their own securit...

How do rising powers develop international reputations in health policy? For some countries, social movements have played an important role. Important research by RPI's Joseph Harris explores the role of "professional movements" in this process in Thailand.

“Professional Movements” and the Expansion of Access to Healthcare in the Industrializing World Explanations for the expansion of the welfare state have frequently centered on the importance of left-wing political parties and labor unions. Scholars have even pointed to the rare but growing significance of social democracy in the industrializing world. Yet, in the field of healthcare, labor uni...