A research collective committed to understanding China-US competition and how it shapes societies, politics, economies, and ecologies globally.
Joined September 2022
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Listen to our research associates Seth Schindler and Kevin Ward discuss cities and the Second Cold War on the Urban Political podcast
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Our research associate @DrLeeJones delivers a plenary address at the @GlobalDevInst conference about the future of global development
Apr 15
Great to give the opening keynote at this landmark conference on "What is the Future for Global Development?" at @GlobalDevInst. My diagnosis was grim but hopefully sparked some useful debate. My thanks to the organisers and attendees!
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Apr 15
Great to give the opening keynote at this landmark conference on "What is the Future for Global Development?" at @GlobalDevInst. My diagnosis was grim but hopefully sparked some useful debate. My thanks to the organisers and attendees!
Apr 13
“Development has always been political and it has always been geopolitical.”
@DrLeeJones @QMPoliticsIR, on the New Geopolitics of Development, at this week's @OfficialUoM Global Development Institute Conference.
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Feb 25
Next book to be discussed with the @SCWObservatory comrades
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Mar 24
This discussion was based on the work with my @SCWObservatory colleagues @drjacktaggart and @IliasAlami including this article on "non-hegemony" in @phenomenalworld and further research to come phenomenalworld.org/analysis…
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ICE officers shoot another individual in Minneapolis
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Jan 20
My new paper with Chaofan Yu presents primary data from field research and discusses the Chinese and Turkish investments in Africa within the @SCWObservatory framework.
tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.…
Contact us if you need a free copy!
#China #Africa #Turkey
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29 Dec 2025
We sat down with @WeilaGong 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/implemen…
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16 Oct 2025
The era of state capitalism is here, says @IliasAlami, the question now is how it's going to develop.
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14 Oct 2025
How does Global China shape state-society relations in particular places? Find out here, through Irna Hofman's in-depth ethnographic research in Tajikistan
9 Oct 2025
Written with passion, completed and shared with the usual anxiety:
"Everyday Politics of Global China: Looking to, Reflecting on, and Enacting Authority in Rural Tajikistan"
@DevandChg
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4 Sep 2025
Online course open to external students. Offered jointly by @UNSAM_EPyG @rriiunsam @UniFreiburg @SCWObservatory
Starts in October!
Info and Registration by email: maestriarrii@unsam.edu.ar
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4 Sep 2025
Extremely excited to co-convene this MA course with Marcelo Saguier from @rriiunsam and a stellar line-up of @SCWObservatory scholars. If you are a @UniFreiburg student, you can sign up on HisInOne.
4 Sep 2025
Online course open to external students. Offered jointly by @UNSAM_EPyG @rriiunsam @UniFreiburg @SCWObservatory
Starts in October!
Info and Registration by email: maestriarrii@unsam.edu.ar
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4 Sep 2025
We are thrilled to announce that we are offering the first postgraduate course on the Second Cold War, in collaboration with University of Freiburg (Germany) and University of San Martin (Argentina)
Materia optativa de posgrado abierta a estudiantes externos: The Second Cold War: origins, dynamics and impacts
.Dictada por la EPyG, @UniFreiburg y @SCWObservatory
.¡Comienza en octubre!
.Inscripición: maestriarrii@unsam.edu.ar
Programa y información👇
noticias.unsam.edu.ar/2025/0…
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Check out our latest podcast episode with @drjacktaggart on "The end of aid? US, China, and the future of development" 🌍
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31 Aug 2025
Polyalignment in action
"Xi and Modi say they are ‘partners not rivals’ in bid to repair China-India ties" - on.ft.com/4n6jHnH via @FT
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26 Aug 2025
In @Geopolitics_Jl our members argued that the US is pursuing restorative political projects, and that MAGA seeks to re-establish the post-war era. But now it invokes a darker past - settlement of the frontier and genocide against Native Americans as 'heritage to be proud of.'
23 Jul 2025
A Heritage to be proud of, a Homeland worth Defending.
American Progress - John Gast
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23 Aug 2025
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/chi…
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28 Jul 2025
Want to understand what makes tech sectors thrive in the Global South? 📈
I apply Porter’s theory—and share how it can guide strategy in AI, fintech, and beyond. 🌍💡
Read the blog 👉 ict4dblog.wordpress.com/2025…
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29 Jul 2025
Relating and Differentiating: Navigating Worlds and Negotiating Positionality in Research on Chinese Agribusinesses in Rural Tajikistan
My contribution to the Special Issue on "Researching Global China" in Global China Pulse
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