... degree than in the first two decades of the century. COVID-19 economic crisis party congress socialism subsistence ethic The reproduction of inequality is a problem for any society that claims equality of opportunity. Laos is in a better position to handle this problem than any Western...

... Council, first in March and again in November. © 2017 by The Regents of the University of California 2017 Kim Jong Un North Korea nuclear weapons sanctions party congress CHARLES K. ARMSTRONG North Korea in 2016 Much More of the Same ABSTRACT Kim Jong Un further consolidated his leadership...

...Geoffrey C. Gunn Briefly entering the international media spotlight coinciding with the first-ever visit by a sitting US president along with a galaxy of regional leaders, Laos in 2016 saw a new leadership lineup following a quinquennial party congress. Questions of Chinese versus Vietnamese...

...Geoffrey C. Gunn Two key events on the political calendar in Laos in 2006 were the Eighth Party Congress and elections to the Legislative Assembly, leading to the appointment of a new president, prime minister, and cabinet. Neither event would detract from the epithet “secretive” often applied...