Tibet's enduring myth, animated by the tales of Himalayan adventurers, British military expeditions, and the novel, Lost Horizon, remains an inspirational fantasy, a modern morality play about the failure of brutality to subdue the human spirit. Tibet also exercises immense "soft power" as one of th[...]

A leading foreign policy expert tells the story of how China's non-confrontational strategy is reshaping the rules of the new world order. In "The Beijing Consensus", Stefan Halper presents a coherent integration of both the economic and strategic sides of China-US relations. In its efforts to influ[...]