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China's Global Investment w/ Austin Strange
Unpacking the economic and political sides of China's infrastructure investment in Africa, the Global South, and beyond
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Edison Chen
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The Cost of Disengagement: How Serbia Became China’s Strategic Win in Europe
As the West looks elsewhere, China quietly builds its strongest European foothold—in a place few expected: Serbia.
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Engagement is Not Dead w/ Terry Lautz and Deborah Davis
Discussing Lautz's and Davis's new book, Chinese Encounters with America
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Miranda
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To Take Gaokao or Not To Take Gaokao
The tough choices Chinese students face between domestic and international education
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Edison Chen
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The History of the Thai-Chinese and the Chinese-Thai w/ Sittithep Eaksittipong
How Thailand and China solved their nation building dilemma
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Rory O'Connor
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Assessing Peaceful Unification w/ Xin Qiang
Cross-strait relations are up to Taiwan; Beijing will be flexible until it won't
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Edison Chen
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Quiet Hedging: Indo-Pacific Middle Powers’ Strategic Deterrence
Diversification functions as a form of quiet deterrence
China In The World, Three Years Later w/ Ban Wang
Exploring nationalism, liberal cosmopolitanism, and internationalism
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Who's Afraid of Engagement?
Engagement has its challenges even when it's your full-time job
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Democracy in Blue Jeans w/ Larry Diamond
Towards multilateral liberalism
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Diego
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July 2025

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