Steph Haggard and I edited a book about events from 20th century East Asia that are often overlooked. We decenter the Cold War in Asia away from Western perspectives and examine how countries in the region viewed the world themselves. Check it out! www.cambridge.org/core/books/e...

Did I read that China intervened in this negotiation?

the ISEAS annual poll is out. Predictably (?) now 52% of SEA elites would choose China over the US if forced to choose....yes it's up from 2025...but that China is anywhere near the US shows how badly our leadership has let the US down in Asia. www.iseas.edu.sg/wp-content/u...

I am one of the people in this very insightful video about how Asian countries are adapting to a new US approach to the world, especially in the wake of the Iran-US war. Thanks to CNA for having me! www.youtube.com/watch?v=dlZW...

London, San Francisco and Beijing are among 19 global cities that have achieved ‘remarkable reductions’ in air pollution, slashing pollutant levels by more than 20% since 2010…”interventions such as cycle lanes, electric cars and restrictions on polluting vehicles helped to drive the improvements.”

Interesting discusion @zenobiachan.bsky.social and Jackie Wong, invited by Joeri Schasfoort of the Money and Macro podcast. We talk China, the economy, Iran, and many other issues -- enjoy! www.youtube.com/watch?v=EaxC...

Thanks to Jeff Schechtman for inviting me on his podcast! We talk about why China is under-reacting to the US-Iran war. I also engage in massive speculation about what Xi might be thinking, regional politics in East Asia, and the PLA. Enjoy! whowhatwhy.org/podcast/we-c...

I did a podcast a few months ago with Jeff Schechtman about the exaggerated China threat and why it's counterproductive. Check it out! whowhatwhy.org/podcast/we-a...

This is a really important thread. I didn't know most of this.

Great new article from Professor Kyuri Park, on joint military exercises in East Asia. My short summary? China is doing way more JMEs, even with US allies, than we realize. The region continues to move in ways not expected by conventional DC wisdom. academic.oup.com/jpr/advance-...

"Four interviews and this is how I find out they went internal?" :) Kim Jong-Un Selects Teen Daughter As North Korea’s Next Leader — theonion.com/kim-jong-un-...

혹시 이것땜에 북한에서 유튜브를 공격했다고 해도 놀라지 않겠다. youtu.be/08JIC5O2qLU?...

This is an A+ troll. (I guess LA could have a reciprocal “don’t be a GIANT ass” campaign.)

Such a novelty, electing Guy Who Actually Enjoys Doing Job of Mayor as mayor

"For anyone invested in U.S.-China relations, East Asian history, or global stability more broadly, this book constitutes indispensable reading." @messingschlager.bsky.social reviews Xinru Ma and @daveckang.bsky.social's @columbiaup.bsky.social book, "Beyond Power Transitions." buff.ly/XKlCDnP

This is beautiful: Lady Gaga singing Mr. Rogers' "Won't you be my neighbor." www.youtube.com/watch?v=e3o5...

Jackie Wong, Zenobia Chan, and I argue that China's goals are more status quo than revisionist: eastasiaforum.org/2026/01/10/c...

Okay, this is really clever: ("state of the art gay-dar" hahaha)... babylonbee.com/news/check-o...

I was delighted to talk to former Singaporean ambassador Kishore Mahbubani about why China is more a status quo than revisionist power and the implications of this for East Asia as a region and the United States. asianpeacetalks.buzzsprout.com/1744847/epis...

A very well-written review of Xinru Ma and my book, "Beyond Power Transitions: The Lessons of East Asian History and the Future of US-China relations". networks.h-net.org/group/review...

A lady on TikTok has been calling churches pretending to be a mother with a baby who needs formula and several churches turned her away. But wouldn’t you know that when she called a Mosque (Islamic Center of Charlotte) they immediately said yes. [Source: www.tiktok.com/t/ZTMpoxsaW/ ]

I love it all. 😎⚽️

I'm preparing to do a lecture tomorrow on why NK has survived...I found an article I wrote 31 years ago (Good grief I'm old), that I think stands up pretty well. "Rolling with the punches" was pretty accurate, I must say! www.jstor.org/stable/23254...

Happy Chuseok everyone!

Charlie Brown is 75 years old today!!!!

Noelle Troutman and I published a piece on US-DPRK relations in the latest issue of Asian Survey. TLDR: we are pessimistic! All the articles are free for a limited time. Act fast! Supplies are limited! www.ucpress.edu/blog-posts/t...

Thanks for having us -- it was a great conversation about an important topic.

We're doubling down! @zenobiachan.bsky.social and Jackie S.H. Wong and I argue that China is more status quo than revisionist, and more inwardly focused than externally oriented. Read this and decide for yourselves! www.foreignaffairs.com/china/what-c...

Zenobia Chan, Jackie Wong, and myself on "What does China want?" with the Quincy Institute. Looking forward to it! quincyinst.org/events/what-...

Before he was a Senator, a candidate for President, and our greatest champion in the fight against oligarchy, Bernie Sanders was the four-term Mayor of Burlington, VT. I sat down with Bernie in Astoria to talk about the lessons he learned—and the work ahead.

Good article. theloop.ecpr.eu/lost-in-tran...

Big if true. www.politico.com/news/2025/09...

How to drive away foreign investment in the U.S.: www.forbes.com/sites/siladi...

New podcast from Sinica about "What Does China Want?" -- a great discussion that fleshes out our new paper challenging the DC consensus on a China threat. With @zenobiachan.bsky.social and Jackie Wong. @kaiserkuo.bsky.social Thanks for having us! www.sinicapodcast.com/p/what-does-...

This is a link to the appendices from our recent IS article on "What Does China Want?" Some great data there for those interested! dataverse.harvard.edu/dataset.xhtm...

Thank you! We are trying to help widen the discourse about China with careful empirics and clear theory.

While procrastinating on the insurance piece, I made the mistake of checking up on a few headlines I've seen recently about China's green tech manufacturing & exports. Big mistake, huge etc.

Great research!

“What Does China Want?” by @daveckang.bsky.social, Jackie S. H. Wong, and @zenobiachan.bsky.social doi.org/10.1162/ISEC... This article is ungated thanks to @mitpress.bsky.social.

We wrote this piece to provide a rich empirical view of China's goals, and also as a sort of "primer" about how to contextualize and think about where China is today, where it came from, and where it is going. Central to that is outlining how to understand Chinese rhetoric...

Summer 2025 issue preview: ISIS, what does China want? China on arms control, military primacy in Asia, limited war in East Asia @daveckang.bsky.social @zenobiachan.bsky.social @mitpress.bsky.social @belfercenter.bsky.social @dartmouthdickey.bsky.social @intsecurity.bsky.social

Coming soon! Sneak preview!!

Looking forward to this book coming out soon: we center the 20th century on Asian perspectives and examine how countries positioned themselves during key moments. Vol 2!! We may do a 3rd volume!!!

This is amazing from Tom. Great work.

This is awesome. www.youtube.com/watch?v=2WWT...

Trump’s Truth Social post on the trade deal with South Korea. Lately I’ve been following the Korean far-right’s push to get Trump engaged in its election fraud conspiracy theories, but the trade deal actually seems to have squashed those efforts. 1/

Proud to publish with Dr. Noelle Troutman about North Korea! Our bottomline? Don't hold your breath: KJU got burned once and is not eager to try again. online.ucpress.edu/as/article-a...

Go Kyuri!! So proud of you!