This book offers a comprehensive exploration of China’s governance evolution, focusing on its domestic transformation and the global political impact. The book charts China's trajectory from the reform and opening-up under Deng Xiaoping to the strategies employed by Xi Jinping, emphasizing the shifts in ideology, centralized governance, economic models, and international ambitions. It combines historical context, theoretical insights, and a nuanced comparison of key Chinese leaders, presen...

This book analyzes Donald Trump's three electoral campaigns - 2016, 2020, and 2024 - and exposes the hidden networks of power that shape modern campaigns and politics. The author maps the influence of financial oligarchs, deep state agencies, tech moguls, and celebrity elites, revealing how populist narratives intersect with corporate lobbying, military and intelligence continuity, and fragmented mass media.Blending cultural and structural perspectives, the book explains how Trump,...

The Glory Trap offers a comprehensive and interdisciplinary analysis of how political actors—ranging from populist leaders to authoritarian regimes—exploit collective memory to mobilize domestic support, reshape identity, and challenge international norms. Introducing the original "Memory–Humiliation–Mission" framework, the book examines the weaponization of history across educational systems, media platforms, monuments, and ceremonies. Through six detailed country case s...

Popular protests are on the rise in China. However, since protesters rely on existing channels of participation and on patronage by elite backers, the state has been able to stymie attempts to generalize resistance and no large scale political movements have significantly challenged party rule. Yet the Chinese state is not monolithic. Decentralization has increased the power of local authorities, creating space for policy innovations and opening up the political opportunity structure. Popu...

The European Union is China’s largest trading partner, and Chinese views of the EU are of crucial importance in shaping how the relationship will develop in the future, especially as the new Chinese leadership takes power. This book presents the findings of an extensive research project into the views of both elite groups, in government, business, academia, media and social activists, and the Chinese public towards Europe and the European Union. It considers attitudes on a wide range of su...