Author: Henry S. Rowen | Journal of Democracy

Henry S. Rowen is director emeritus of the Asia-Pacific Research Center at the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies and professor emeritus in the Graduate School of Business at Stanford University. He is also a senior fellow at the Hoover Institution on War, Revolution, and Peace.

July 2007, Volume 18, Issue 3

When Will the Chinese People Be Free?

Henry S. Rowen

Rising levels of wealth and schooling make it highly likely that China will be a "Partly Free" country by 2015 and a "Free" one ten years after that.

January 1995, Volume 6, Issue 1

The Tide Underneath the “Third Wave”

Henry S. Rowen

Read the full essay here.

Will China Democratize?

Although China has achieved extraordinary economic success without the CCP regime loosening its authoritarian grip, can the country continue its growth without political reform?

The Global Resurgence of Democracy

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