@sethschindler.bsky.social and @jessicadicarlo.bsky.social sat down with weilagong.bsky.social to discuss her book: "Implementing a Low-Carbon Future: Climate Leadership in Chinese Cities," which asks: who actually makes low-carbon policy work on the ground? newbooksnetwork.com/implementing...

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Visiting Scholar at UC Davis and Nonresident Scholar with the 21st Century China Center (UC San Diego) | Author of Implementing a Low Future (OUP 2025)

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Check out our latest podcast episode with @jacktaggart.bsky.social on "The end of aid? US, China, and the future of development" 🌍 newbooksnetwork.com/the-end-of-a...

Tune into this *important* discussion on the first survey of Chinese public opinion on foreign policy and what these findings mean for US-China relations and China's role in the world. September 3rd online and in person. globalaffairs.org/events/china...

China and the World: How Citizens View Their Country's Global Future

Join us as we discuss the results of the first-ever survey of Chinese public opinion on foreign policy and what these findings mean for US-China relations and China's role in the world.

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Second Cold War Observatory | 6 followers on LinkedIn. Research collective committed to understanding how great power rivalry shapes societies, economies & ecologies worldwide | The Second Cold W...

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ICYM @iliasalami.bsky.social @jacktaggart.bsky.social & I wrote a piece for @phenomenalworld.bsky.social about the return of industrial policy, asking if it heralds the return of policy space for development, or just recreates new hierarchies. Check it out 👇 www.phenomenalworld.org/analysis/ind...

Industrial Policy and Imperial Realignment | Phenomenal World

Asymmetries in global development

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Wrote a new piece for @the-breakdown.bsky.social on how the Second Cold War is shaping the future climate and energy transition, including in developing countries www.break-down.org/post/a-green... @campolis.bsky.social @scwobservatory.bsky.social a few quotes in the thread below: 1/6

A Green Cold War

In our era of global economic interdependence, the face of geopolitics has changed

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This article is part of a forthcoming Special Issue "China in Compliance", edited by, and many thanks to, @matthewserie.bsky.social @scwobservatory.bsky.social @beltandroadpod.bsky.social @madeinchinajournal.com

Shaina Potts, Judicial Territory: Law, Capital, and the Expansion of American Empire - @dukepress.bsky.social, September 2024 www.dukeupress.edu/judicial-ter... @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social discussion with Second Cold War Observatory. newbooksnetwork.com/judicial-ter...

What did you do during the Trump times? If the US steps back from the brink and doesn't become a police state, its citizens will all have to answer that question. Want to have an answer? Begin by reading this essay by @jessicadicarlo.bsky.social and @sethschindler.bsky.social t.co/p3siYH9YOY

@kyleichan.bsky.social on the "Chinese century": While Trump touts tariffs and weakens America’s innovation engines, China surges ahead—dominating manufacturing, investing in tech, and forging a model that’s reshaping global power. The US risks irrelevance. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/19/o...

Opinion | In the Future, China Will Be Dominant. The U.S. Will Be Irrelevant.

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@iliasalami.bsky.social on our essay for @tninstitute.bsky.social www.tiktok.com/@ideasintomo... Geopolitical competition is no longer a fight over territory, but rather a struggle for control of global networks. How can the global South & social movements navigate this new geopolitical terrain?

We are living through a Second Cold War—one that’s not just about nations competing but about how that competition affects you. From the apps you use to the energy that powers your home, geopolitical ...

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The competition to control infrastructure networks is fueling 'corridorisation' - our co-founder & research associate @jessicadicarlo.bsky.social explains how this process unfolds in Laos and Indonesia. t.co/P3uqvO3Mhn

It was a real pleasure talking with Seth Schindler and Jessica DiCarlo on Tajikistan's cotton fields as geopolitical sites:

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🚜 How do Tajikistan’s cotton fields reveal shifting power dynamics in Central Asia? Rural sociologist @irnahofman.bsky.social discusses the region’s evolving geopolitics—from Soviet-era soft power to today’s global rivalries. 🎧 Listen now: newbooksnetwork.com/cotton-centr...

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Ilias Alami@iliasalami.bsky.social · last yr.

Fantastic to have an essay published in this awesome collection! www.tni.org/en/article/t...

Everything in this report is incredible. The chapter on state-capitalist geopolitics by Jessica DiCarlo et al. is a must-read for anyone interested in U.S.-China relations. Great work @tninstitute.bsky.social @nickbuxton.bsky.social

Transnational Institute@tninstitute.bsky.social · 2y ago

Which country rules the world? Our flagship State of Power report, out today, reveals that the US still dominates key geopolitical indicators, such as GDP. But it also shows that China is rapidly catching up. tni.org/stateofpower...

@sethschindler.bsky.social makes the case for a critical urban political economy that foregrounds the Second Cold War and its urban dimensions @scwobservatory.bsky.social #aag2025

🚜 How do Tajikistan’s cotton fields reveal shifting power dynamics in Central Asia? Rural sociologist @irnahofman.bsky.social discusses the region’s evolving geopolitics—from Soviet-era soft power to today’s global rivalries. 🎧 Listen now: newbooksnetwork.com/cotton-centr...

TNI's annual State of Power just dropped. It includes essays from our Research Associates @iliasalami.bsky.social @jessicadicarlo.bsky.social @steverolf.bsky.social @sethschindler.bsky.social Sean Starrs, and contributions from @adamtooze.bsky.social & Walden Bello. www.tni.org/en/publicati...

Geopolitics of Capitalism | Transnational Institute

Geopolitical rivalry is reshaping our planet as reactionary nationalists take power. Our 13th State of Power report explores whether this is the end of US imperialism and the beginning of a Chinese em...

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The new international competition aims "to reshape and exert control over the global economic networks that undergird globalisation", argue @iliasalami.bsky.social, @jessicadicarlo.bsky.social, @sethschindler.bsky.social & Steve Rolf in State of Power 2025 (ch 2): www.tni.org/en/publicati...

Geopolitics of Capitalism | Transnational Institute

Geopolitical rivalry is reshaping our planet as reactionary nationalists take power. Our 13th State of Power report explores whether this is the end of US imperialism and the beginning of a Chinese em...

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What does development aid have to do with geopolitics? Quite a lot, as our Research Associate @jacktaggart.bsky.social explains. The end of USAID has captured headlines; read about the long decline of development aid here: t.co/SpO4Cf2ceJ