What a pleasure to get to know this guy!

Hunter Marston@hmarston.bsky.social · 12mo ago

Grateful to @nickzeller.bsky.social & @cartercenter.bsky.social for the opportunity to discuss US-China relations, SE Asia & Trump 2.0 at last week’s Emerging Voices for U.S.-China Cooperation workshop in San Francisco. I enjoyed exchanging views with colleagues and making new friends!

I'm very pleased with the work we did here. The takeaway is that by many metrics Chinese nationalism is off the charts and likely supportive of actions that could lead to conflict. At the same time, Chinese people are open to cooperation and very positive about multilateral organizations.

Chicago Council on Global Affairs@global-affairs.bsky.social · 12mo ago

As China’s global influence continues to grow, a groundbreaking new Chicago Council-@cartercenter.bsky.social survey provides a rare window into how the Chinese public views the world and China's place in it. Some key takeaways 📊⬇️ brnw.ch/21wVpgL

No one listening in Washington. Where should we turn? @nickzeller.bsky.social, writes about the devastation that accompanies the rise and fall of modern empires, including the U.S. and that the road to peace may lie in the survival strategies of smaller countries. open.substack.com/pub/uscnpm/p...

Empires Age Like Dynamite

The worst is always avoidable, but historical precedent is not on the side of peace

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WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 3!

The Carter Center@cartercenter.bsky.social · 12mo ago

Join us virtually or in Chicago on Sept. 3 with @global-affairs.bsky.social for a discussion about the results of their latest survey of Chinese public opinion on foreign policy issues. Register here: bit.ly/3JpzQ9n Watch virtually: bit.ly/4fTxcFa

A real pleasure doing this interview with Diego Ge, thanks to @nickzeller.bsky.social for making it happen

The Monitor@uscnpm.bsky.social · 12mo ago

How should we respond when the US rightly condemns actions in China it wrongly perpetrates itself elsewhere? Part 1 of 2 of our interview with @elifriedman.bsky.social on what international solidarity means in US-China relations today. open.substack.com/pub/uscnpm/p...

As editor here, @elifriedman.bsky.social has been top of my list to interview. The issues in this interview should be at the core of any and all discussions of U.S.-China relations, and yet they are probably the most difficult to raise. I highly recommend Eli's work.

The Monitor@uscnpm.bsky.social · 12mo ago

How should we respond when the US rightly condemns actions in China it wrongly perpetrates itself elsewhere? Part 1 of 2 of our interview with @elifriedman.bsky.social on what international solidarity means in US-China relations today. open.substack.com/pub/uscnpm/p...

This is going to be a big one. Not many organizations standing who can still do this work.

The Carter Center@cartercenter.bsky.social · 12mo ago

Join us virtually or in Chicago on Sept. 3 with @global-affairs.bsky.social for a discussion about the results of their latest survey of Chinese public opinion on foreign policy issues. Register here: bit.ly/3JpzQ9n Watch virtually: bit.ly/4fTxcFa

Very proud of the work we did here and looking forward to sharing it. We'll have a series of reports immediately before this event, and will also be live streaming for those that register.

The Monitor@uscnpm.bsky.social · 12mo ago

Join @cartercenter.bsky.social and @global-affairs.bsky.social September 3 in Chicago to discuss the results of our most recent survey of Chinese public opinion on foreign policy issues! globalaffairs.org/events/china...

Uncertainty in a key pillar of people-to-people diplomacy by Juan Zhang - #China no longer the top source of international students in US. No of #India students surge to 331,602, while Chinese student enrollment dropped by 4.2% to 277,398. open.substack.com/pub/uscnpm/p...

U.S.-China Educational Exchange under a Second Trump Administration

Uncertainty in a key pillar of people-to-people diplomacy

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An American Werewolf in London was released 44 years ago today. www.unemployednegativity.com/2020/10/what...

What Do Werewolves Dream of? On An American Werewolf in London

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"The deepening partnership between Serbia and China offers a revealing case study of how Beijing capitalizes on a complex blend of historical grievance, economic aspiration, and political vulnerability," writes Stefan Vladisavljev for The Monitor. open.substack.com/pub/uscnpm/p...

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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If you want a picture of the future, imagine a gravid tradwife on an all-white bus, being forced to stand by her unfilial brat, forever

What are the actual prospects for peaceful unification of mainland China and Taiwan? It's not a popular question in most circles in the West, but understanding China's position is still key to avoiding preventable bad outcomes. @edisonchen0222.bsky.social open.substack.com/pub/uscnpm/p...

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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"This state behavior is warranted by the world’s now multipolar configuration, where foreign policies challenge bipolar or unipolar dominance."

The Monitor@uscnpm.bsky.social · last yr.

The US is demonstrably unreliable in its economic and military commitments, yet China is still looked on with suspicion even as its investments are welcomed by many. The result is a pattern of hedging between the US and China by nearly all of Asia's middle powers. open.substack.com/pub/uscnpm/p...

The US is demonstrably unreliable in its economic and military commitments, yet China is still looked on with suspicion even as its investments are welcomed by many. The result is a pattern of hedging between the US and China by nearly all of Asia's middle powers. open.substack.com/pub/uscnpm/p...

Quiet Hedging: Indo-Pacific Middle Powers’ Strategic Deterrence

Diversification functions as a form of quiet deterrence

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I wrote for China Currents about the stakes of imperial decline and ascension, and how the impossibility of changing minds in Washington frees peace advocates to focus their work bringing together those countries hardest hit by US-China rivalry. Also, some Kant. www.chinacenter.net/2025/china-c...

Empires Age Like Dynamite | China Research Center

Kant began with impossibility. Critique of Pure Reason opens with the assertion that, for much of its history, Western philosophy was dedicated to answering fundamentally unanswerable questions, to pr...

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Hedging is great and we need more of it. Whether the next US administration is Republican or Democratic, the drive to create economic blocs will continue. No economic ties means less incentive to act carefully on security issues. Economies outside US & China can and should still demand cooperation.

@hmarston.bsky.social at @seasia.csis.org writes about Vietnam's tightrope walk between the US and China. With a closer eye always on its nearest neighbor, hedging still means more than turning to the US for defense and China for profits. @csis.org open.substack.com/pub/uscnpm/p...

Vietnam Navigates Global Frictions by Doubling Down on Hedging

Relations with the United States and China are not so neatly cut on purpose

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@diegoyc.bsky.social writes about the struggle of those living at the China-Myanmar border. Fear of organized crime to the south, demonization of refugees, and strict control over the flow of people, it should be a familiar story to anyone in the West. open.substack.com/pub/uscnpm/p...

The Southern Great Wall on the China-Myanmar Border

Funding both sides of a civil war and demonizing refugees? Truly, China is a great power.

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Ryan Hass at @brookings.edu spoke to The Monitor, making the case that negotiations are the only viable option for the U.S. and China. open.substack.com/pub/uscnpm/p...

Talking It Out w/ Ryan Hass

Obama's NSC China expert makes the case for negotiations

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@vivianwu.bsky.social, CEO of @dashengmedia.bsky.social, spoke to us about the limitations of foreign reports in China, the politics of Chinese diasporic media, and the importance of informed, critical, and free journalism. open.substack.com/pub/uscnpm/p...

A Loud Voice w/ Vivian Wu

Former BBC Hong Kong Bureau Chief and CEO of Dasheng Media discusses press freedom and the complexities of the Chinese diaspora

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My 80th anniversary tribute to Vannevar Bush's July 1945 manifesto: No winner can take all in #AI and we must keep it that way. 🙏 @cartercenter.bsky.social uscnpm.substack.com/p/winners-ca...

Winners Can't Take All in AI

Competition to dominate the AI race comes at the cost of needed global advancement

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"A winner-take-all approach to AI is, quite plainly, unhumanitarian," writes @meicensun.bsky.social. To win in the current AI competition most likely means losing out on a host of material improvements to human life. open.substack.com/pub/uscnpm/p...

Winners Can't Take All in AI

Competition to dominate the AI race comes at the cost of needed global advancement

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Bilateral dialogues between the U.S. and China can collapse over the big questions. But, writes Jesse Marks, bringing in third countries can help set achievable targets remind the great powers that there's more than just their own interests on the line. open.substack.com/pub/uscnpm/p...

Why Third Parties Matter in the U.S.-China Relationship

It's everyone else's world too.

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@asiasociety.org's Orville Shell speaks with Edison Chen about the end of engagement and the inseparability of trade from all other aspects of the U.S.-China relationship. "Engagement is dead," he rightly observes, "Was it wrong?" Read: open.substack.com/pub/uscnpm/p...

After Engagement w/ Orville Schell

The Asia Society's Director of the Center for U.S.-China Relations touches almost every thorn in the rivalry

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More bombs lead to more bombs. Grandview Institution's Zhang Tuosheng writes about the logic of China's commitment to nuclear non-proliferation with and eye toward Iran and North Korea. China's Resolve to Safeguard Nuclear Non-Proliferation open.substack.com/pub/uscnpm/p...

China's Resolve to Safeguard Nuclear Non-Proliferation

More bombs leads to more bombs

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"The Chinese economy right now is confronting economic challenges on multiple fronts," Arthur Dong tells @edisonchen0222.bsky.social, "One might say it's a recession, but I would say that the present state of the Chinese economy goes beyond that." open.substack.com/pub/uscnpm/p...

Trump's Bad for Business Big & Small w/ Arthur Dong

Georgetown professor on U.S.-China investing and how tariffs will hit small American businesses

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NATO plans to spend $13.4 trillion on the military over five years. That’s enough to give every person on Earth $1,675 or to meet global climate finance needs. The emissions from this buildup would equal those of Brazil and Japan combined. www.tni.org/en/publicati...

"institutions of higher learning are about to be pummeled by the looming reconciliation bill which weaponizes working-class families’ debt financing college dreams. not only will it push millions to the financial brink, it will push them out of higher ed altogether." newrepublic.com/article/1970...

The Republican Plot to Un-Educate America

Trump’s “big, beautiful bill” is an extinction-level event for higher education that would annihilate the country’s intellectual potential.

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@jwassers.bsky.social on his new book covering a decade of protest in Hong Kong and Southeast Asia - The Milk Tea Alliance: Inside Asia’s Struggle Against Autocracy and Beijing. Three-Finger Salute to Autocracy w/ Jeffrey Wasserstrom open.substack.com/pub/uscnpm/p... @columbiagr.bsky.social

Three-Finger Salute to Autocracy w/ Jeffrey Wasserstrom

What can we learn from a decade of protest in Asia?

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