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Made In China, In A Labor Camp
The “Made in China” label is famous worldwide, found on an immense array of consumer products that can be found in any shop, large …
How Balloons, Drones, and USBs are Freeing North Korea
On January 17, 2017, a group of South Korean lawmakers was briefed on North Korea strategy by someone with a very special sort of …
The Cultural Revolution 50 Years Later
How did the Cultural Revolution begin? What were its driving ideas? And what were its effects? Dr. Frank Dikötter addressed these questions at the …
Captive Nations Report 2016: Laos
Laos, or the Lao People’s Democratic Republic (PDR), is an authoritarian state ruled by a single party, the Lao People’s Revolutionary Party (LPRP). The …
From Fascism to Communism: The Art of Domination
The study of art shows you graphically what the aims of these regimes really were.
Cuba and Global Communism
I have the awesome task in limited time to talk about a free and democratic Cuba and its requisites. There are two elements that …
CORRECTING THE RECORD: ROBERT CONQUEST AND THE HORRORS OF COMMUNISM
“The West’s herds of saurian still roam our intellectual jungles.” In his last book, The Dragons of Expectation: Reality and Delusion in the Course …
IN VIETNAM, A PICTURE IS WORTH A THOUSAND WORDS
Along with his family and religious community, we greet the early release of Father Nguyễn Văn Lý with great relief. Father Lý is a …
Q&A WITH JOHN EARL HAYNES, PART II: WHAT TO MAKE OF MCCARTHY, TEMPTING TOTALITARIANISM, AND HIS OEUVRE
The distinguished historian John Earl Haynes recently joined VOC’s National Advisory Council. I had the opportunity to interview him by email, and here is …
Q&A WITH JOHN EARL HAYNES, PART I: SOVIET SUBSIDIES IN AMERICA, GUILTY SPIES, AND KARELIAN FEVER
The distinguished historian John Earl Haynes recently joined VOC’s National Advisory Council. I interviewed him about secret Soviet subsidies to the Communist Party of …
