"One key lesson is that complex authoritarian systems such as China are less nimble than they seem at first sight," writes Wallace, associate professor of government in the College of Arts & Sciences. "Numeric targets allow the central leadership to influence their underlings — but at the expense of giving them tunnel vision and the incentive to fudge the figures when they can."
Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Michael H. Lehman/U.S. Navy photo
The guided-missile destroyer USS Lassen (DDG 82) escorts the merchant vessel Tomahawk through the Strait of Hormuz.
