- Patrick Chovanec provides a very good primer on the Chinese leadership transition (and in the process, gives a very clear picture of the selectorate and the winning coalition in China).
- Jay Ulfelder and Jack Goldstone (who wrote the piece in your course reader about the "fourth generation" theories of revolution) on why the regimes in Tunisia and Egypt fell, and why the region's monarchies may still be safe (or not). Full of interesting points about which autocratic regimes are most resistant to protest.
- I comment on a very interesting paper by Victor Shih on the function of "nauseating displays of loyalty" in China today.
- Why do Chinese leaders seem so anxious about a basically non-existing movement to foment a "Jasmine" revolution?
- The situation in Syria and the revolutions of 1989 in Eastern Europe: similarities and differences.
- The "Walk to Work" protests in Uganda, and a picture of their suppression.
Enjoy!
