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...

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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!

Alex Lin is joining UBC as an assistant professor this fall! Super proud of him. Here is an article about him and his work: sppga.ubc.ca?p=53097&post...

Great to see @curiouskyuri.bsky.social talking about her important research about East Asian security.

Delighted to write with @curiouskyuri.bsky.social about Sino-Korean relations! This is based on a longer research project we are doing -- keep an eye out for more in the future from us! The bottom line: Korea wants good relations with the US, but shows few signs that it will balance China.

Delighted to write about North Korea with my awesome student, Dr. Yuji Idomoto! He brings formal theory to bear on the North Korea issue and wonderful to see it in print. Thanks also to Daryl Press and Jenny Lind for their great comments on earlier drafts! ipus.snu.ac.kr/eng/current-...

A solid preview of Lee Jae-myung's outlook on foreign policy. Pretty standard fare as far as progressive foreign policy goes.

I know this guy!!! Chin-Hao Huang named Forward Thinker! "30 rising global voices shaping the future of policy, economics, and international affairs, this reflects Dr. Huang's leadership and impact in the world of international relations." forwardthinkers1.project-syndicate.org#chin-hao-huang

Beautiful spring day.

Given the Korean election, let's talk unification! I'm so reasonable! Such insights! (It was somebody else who put the Korean subtitles, not me, but that's a great idea for the future!). www.youtube.com/shorts/jYz7f...

Getting closer...

Hanging with my buddy!! NextGen4life!!!

American Juche.

Very proud of Korea. So, so proud.

This is a great video. Apropos of nothing: www.youtube.com/watch?v=xwg2...

In "Beyond Power Transitions," APARC Research Scholar Xinru Ma & USC's @daveckang.bsky.social draw from East Asian history to offer fresh insights into today's great power competition and the future of U.S.-China relations. Available from @columbiaup.bsky.social ⤵️

I'm not at #ISA2025, but Xinru Ma and my book is! It makes a great spring break/beach/Mother's Day gift! Get it while it's hot! 😀😎

China overtakes Korea in semiconductors... www.yna.co.kr/view/AKR2025...

Delighted to announce that my book with Chin-Hao Huang, "State Formation Through Emulation: the East Asian model" (Cambridge University Press, 2022), will get a Chinese-language version to be published soon!

Thanks for having me on the podcast -- a great chance to talk about East Asian history, what's universal and inevitable, and what may not be as universal as we think. I hope I was provocative, but not "crazy man" provocative! @jordanschneider.bsky.social www.chinatalk.media/p/asias-grea...

This is a very good point -- we don't focus on China and then are surprised by what happens...

Also a nice article about Xinru and my book, and great talk by Xinru!! stanforddaily.com/2025/01/22/u...

Good piece on Trump and Korea: www.globalasia.org/v19no4/cover...

one thing i’m stuck on is this idea that “masculine” energy means license to act like a chud in public, as opposed to more traditional notions of public masculinity, such as those that put a premium on the performance of integrity, honesty, honor and generosity.

@dieworkwear.bsky.social I hope you write a book on how to dress! I would buy it.

NYTimes was the most credulous, calling 2012 “the year of the MOOC” Soon the major companies (edX, Coursera) were bankrupt, bought out, and/or never made money. In subsequent realignments, arts + humanities paid the price for universities’ bad investments. The end. www.nytimes.com/2012/11/04/e...

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