Jeremy Garlick

🇨🇳🤝🇪🇸 Xi Jinping hosts King Felipe VI in Beijing — the first Spanish royal visit in 18 years.

Both reaffirmed a steady, forward-looking partnership focused on trade, green growth & cultural ties.

#China #Spain #Diplomacy #Trade #Geopolitics #XiJinping #KingFelipeVI

Big thanks to @jeremy-garlick.bsky.social @zsuzsettte.bsky.social @etiennesoula.bsky.social Jonathan Lehrer, Andreea Leonte & Konrad Szatters for their insights💡

🔍 What was last week's EU-China Parliamentary Meeting about? Read the insights by CHOICE network analysts from all over the EU in our new article 👉 chinaobservers.eu/the-eu-china...

Asia on the Horizon | Weekly Indo-Pacific Geopolitical Briefings Asia on the Horizon offers weekly insights into Indo-Pacific geopolitics, military trends, trade dynamics, and strategic developments across Asia-Pacific.

Indo-Pacific shifts: China-NK alliance deepens, SK boosts tourism & defense, Japan gets 1st female LDP leader, Taiwan pushes back on US chip split, Aus strengthens rockets. Golden Week surges w/ 2.36B trips.

Full insights: 🔗 tinyurl.com/AsiaHorizon #IndoPacific
#AsiaNews #Geopolitics #Economy

🎬 Highlights from the EuroHub4Sino Conference on 23 Sept 2025 in Brussels!

A day of great discussions, questions, and connections on Europe–China relations.
Thank you to all who joined and shared their insights! 🇪🇺🇨🇳

#EUChina #EH4S #BTH #ChinaStudies #Network

🤝 Highlights from the EuroHub4Sino Conference on 23 Sept 2025 in Brussels!

From lively discussions to networking moments over lunch — a true step toward building the EuroHub4Sino Network connecting researchers, officials, businesspeople & journalists. 🇪🇺🇨🇳

#EUChina #EH4S #Network #CommunityBuilding

Trilateral Momentum Between China, Russia, and North Korea | Beyond the Horizon ISSG Key Takeaways A New Strategic Triangle: Since 2022, China, Russia, and North Korea have intensified coordination across political, military, and economic do ...

🇨🇳🇷🇺🇰🇵 A new power triangle is taking shape.

Since 2022, China, Russia & North Korea have deepened coordination across defense, trade, and diplomacy — a de facto anti-Western alignment.

👉 behorizon.org/trilateral-m...

#China #Russia #NorthKorea #Geopolitics #Security

China's Normative Power in Central and Eastern Europe: The Case of China-Czech Relations Qin explores the ten-year development of relations between China and Central and Eastern Europe through the China–CEEC (China–Central and Eastern European Countries) cooperation (16/17+1), which began...

New book about China-Czech relations! Recommended for all interested in China's engagement in Central and Eastern Europe and China's influence in the region.

www.routledge.com/Chinas-Norma...

Short answer: no, it doesn't (on the whole). The book shows that China"s normative power drive in CEE has had underwhelming results for the most part.

China's Normative Power in Central and Eastern Europe: The Case of China-Czech Relations Qin explores the ten-year development of relations between China and Central and Eastern Europe through the China–CEEC (China–Central and Eastern European Countries) cooperation (16/17+1), which began...

New book about China-Czech relations! Recommended for all interested in China's engagement in Central and Eastern Europe and China's influence in the region.

www.routledge.com/Chinas-Norma...

China’s ‘do-as-I-do’ paradigm: practice-based normative diplomacy in the global South China’s influence in the global South has both material and ideational aspects. In the era of the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), material aspects include trade in goods, infrastructure-building, a...

Many people don't realise that China is gaining popularity in developing countries - the global South. It's not true that China is unpopular everywhere.

Many countries are adopting Chinese norms for bilateral trade deals, investments, etc.

Open access (free):
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

China’s ‘do-as-I-do’ paradigm: practice-based normative diplomacy in the global South China’s influence in the global South has both material and ideational aspects. In the era of the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), material aspects include trade in goods, infrastructure-building, a...

Many people don't realise that China is gaining popularity in developing countries - the global South. It's not true that China is unpopular everywhere.

Many countries are adopting Chinese norms for bilateral trade deals, investments, etc.

Open access (free):
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

China’s ‘do-as-I-do’ paradigm: practice-based normative diplomacy in the global South China’s influence in the global South has both material and ideational aspects. In the era of the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), material aspects include trade in goods, infrastructure-building, a...

Countries in the Global South are accepting and using Chinese norms of interaction: practices such as China's approach to bilateral deals and investment.

Full article: China’s ‘do-as-I-do’ paradigm: practice-based normative diplomacy in the global South www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Choosing to lose: how US and EU policy decisions contribute to greater Chinese influence in the Global South EuroHub4Sino Policy Paper 2025/5 https://doi.org/10.31175/eh4s.0d53

New paper! We analyse how & why China is becoming more popular in the Global South. The US & EU are losing popularity due to what they're doing - & NOT doing. US/EU policy towards Gaza plus lack of engagement with the developing world are causing the West to lose influence.

eh4s.eu/publication/...

China’s ‘do-as-I-do’ paradigm: practice-based normative diplomacy in the global South China’s influence in the global South has both material and ideational aspects. In the era of the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), material aspects include trade in goods, infrastructure-building, a...

Countries in the Global South are accepting and using Chinese norms of interaction: practices such as China's approach to bilateral deals and investment.

Full article: China’s ‘do-as-I-do’ paradigm: practice-based normative diplomacy in the global South www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Choosing to lose: how US and EU policy decisions contribute to greater Chinese influence in the Global South EuroHub4Sino Policy Paper 2025/5 https://doi.org/10.31175/eh4s.0d53

🔍Learn how limited US and EU engagement has enabled China’s rise in the Global South and how a new Trump administration could deepen this vacuum, giving Beijing even more space to expand its influence.

📌 Read the full paper here: eh4s.eu/publication/...

#ChinaUSCompetition

Choosing to lose: how US and EU policy decisions contribute to greater Chinese influence in the Global South EuroHub4Sino Policy Paper 2025/5 https://doi.org/10.31175/eh4s.0d53

📰🌍 Excited to share our latest policy brief : "Choosing to lose: how US and EU policy decisions contribute to greater Chinese influence in Global South" ✍️ by @jeremy-garlick.bsky.social and Anja Senz.

📌 Read the full paper here: eh4s.eu/publication/...

#EH4S #ChinaUSCompetition

Choosing to lose: how US and EU policy decisions contribute to greater Chinese influence in the Global South EuroHub4Sino Policy Paper 2025/5 https://doi.org/10.31175/eh4s.0d53

New paper! We analyse how & why China is becoming more popular in the Global South. The US & EU are losing popularity due to what they're doing - & NOT doing. US/EU policy towards Gaza plus lack of engagement with the developing world are causing the West to lose influence.

eh4s.eu/publication/...

‘Flexible’ versus ‘fragmented’ authoritarianism: evidence from Chinese foreign policy during the Xi Jinping era Since the 1980s, a widely held view within the scholarly literature has been that China’s political system is characterised by ‘fragmented authoritarianism’ (FA). According to the FA model, the cen...

New article in current issue of Australian Journal of International Affairs. Open access!

Chinese policymaking is flexible, not fragmented.

‘Flexible’ versus ‘fragmented’ authoritarianism: evidence from Chinese foreign policy during the Xi Jinping era www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

China’s ‘do-as-I-do’ paradigm: practice-based normative diplomacy in the global South China’s influence in the global South has both material and ideational aspects. In the era of the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), material aspects include trade in goods, infrastructure-building, a...

Open access article!

China is gaining influence in the Global South while the West sits on its hands. As a consequence, Chinese norms are replacing the West's.

Full article: China’s ‘do-as-I-do’ paradigm: practice-based normative diplomacy in the global South www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

China’s ‘do-as-I-do’ paradigm: practice-based normative diplomacy in the global South China’s influence in the global South has both material and ideational aspects. In the era of the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), material aspects include trade in goods, infrastructure-building, a...

Open access article!

China is gaining influence in the Global South while the West sits on its hands. As a consequence, Chinese norms are replacing the West's.

Full article: China’s ‘do-as-I-do’ paradigm: practice-based normative diplomacy in the global South www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

YouTube video by Business Talk Advantage China Prof Jeremy Garlick on How China is Reshaping the World

Just published! A discussion of my book Advantage China with Deepak Bhatt on his Business Talk podcast.

Jeremy Garlick on How China is Reshaping the World

youtu.be/QekWgod7plo?...

China’s ‘do-as-I-do’ paradigm: practice-based normative diplomacy in the global South China’s influence in the global South has both material and ideational aspects. In the era of the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), material aspects include trade in goods, infrastructure-building, a...

Open access article!

Countries in the global South have begun adopting Chinese norms. However, there is still space for counter-initiatives from the Western powers.

China’s ‘do-as-I-do’ paradigm: practice-based normative diplomacy in the global South www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

According to the latest article by Monique Taylor and @jeremy-garlick.bsky.social, #China under #XiJinping is shifting 🧭 to "flexible authoritarianism".

Read more about the new model here:
www.internationalaffairs.org.au/australianou...

Article published by @aiianational.bsky.social 📰

🚨 Monique Taylor & @jeremy-garlick.bsky.social discuss Xi Jingping's "flexible authoritarian" approach to foreign policy in this op-ed in @aiianational.bsky.social's "Australian Outlook".⬇️
Link to the full research paper is at the bottom. #openaccess
www.internationalaffairs.org.au/australianou...

Evolution in International Relations Cambridge Core - Biological Psychology - Evolution in International Relations

New book! A groundbreaking study of the role of evolution in International Relations.

What effect do evolutionary psychology & neuroscience have on nations' behaviour & attitudes towards each other? Find out here:

Evolution in International Relations

www.cambridge.org/core/element...

"intergroup competition drives enhanced in-group cooperation... any attempt to advocate peace and cooperation between nations needs to contain an element of competition to satisfy the demands of evolutionary psychology... an inevitable part of the human experience"

Evolution in International Relations Cambridge Core - Biological Psychology - Evolution in International Relations

New book! A groundbreaking study of the role of evolution in International Relations.

What effect do evolutionary psychology & neuroscience have on nations' behaviour & attitudes towards each other? Find out here:

Evolution in International Relations

www.cambridge.org/core/element...

‘Flexible’ versus ‘fragmented’ authoritarianism: evidence from Chinese foreign policy during the Xi Jinping era Since the 1980s, a widely held view within the scholarly literature has been that China’s political system is characterised by ‘fragmented authoritarianism’ (FA). According to the FA model, the cen...

New article in current issue of Australian Journal of International Affairs. Open access!

Chinese policymaking is flexible, not fragmented.

‘Flexible’ versus ‘fragmented’ authoritarianism: evidence from Chinese foreign policy during the Xi Jinping era www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

China’s Rapid Response to Myanmar Quake Contrasts With U.S. Absence China moved quickly this weekend to respond to the devastating earthquake in neighboring Myanmar that killed at least 1,700 people. More than 200 emergency personnel from across China along with dozen...

China swiftly aids Myanmar after a devastating earthquake, filling the void left by Trump’s USAID cuts. The U.S. absence gives Beijing a major public relations advantage.