Thoughts on China
Hi there! The Thoughts on China substack focuses on Chinese foreign policy. I will write short commentaries on current events and reviews of books and articles that I find relevant to understanding what China does.
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What the Iran War Reveals about China’s Middle East Strategy (opens the original)
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What does China want? The debate kind of continues... (opens the original)
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Hello!I am vary happy to share the link (Open Access for two weeks) to the Correspondence section of the latest issue of International Security. Along with others, you can read the letter that I wrote with Todd H Hall in response to the famous “What Does China Want?” article published by David C. Kang, Jackie S. H. Wong, and Zenobia T. Chan.<div class="subscription-widget show-s
Some Recent Essays on Chinese Foreign Policy: From U.S.–China Relations to China and the Middle East (opens the original)
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Hi there!I have not posted in a long time, but that does not mean I have not been writing! So, I am writing to share a few essays that I have published over the past month or so.The first was published by RUSI. In it, I discuss what the origins and direction of China’s energy policy tell us about the country’s approach to the Middle East, as well as the implications for policymakers. It also comes with a nice series of charts! You can read the article h
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