Nadège Rolland

Excited to be featured alongside two scholars I truly admire, @jleibold.bsky.social and @robbiebarnett.bsky.social, in conversation with @rollandnadege.bsky.social.

"100 Years of CCP Borderland Policies." Please give it a listen (and maybe even assign to your undergrads?). tinyurl.com/yhktwu9h

Khyle Eastin discusses the foundations of China’s #spacesector, space engagement in the context of #China's larger national modernization, and space as a frontier of science and its role in helping achieve national technological self-reliance: strategicspace.nbr.org/a-domain-of-... #longmarchrockets

Developing | China names veteran diplomat to head party’s International Department Liu takes over the role from Liu Jianchao, who was reportedly detained earlier this year after returning from Algeria.

Liu Haixing, a veteran diplomat specialising in European affairs, has been appointed as the head of the Chinese Communist Party’s International Department.

Studied in France, served in French embassy, was director of MFA's dept of European Affairs

While in Urumqi last week, Xi urged local officials to "foster a strong sense of community for the Chinese nation." Find out what this means and why it is so important for the CCP to control China's #Borderlands: strategicspace.nbr.org/documenting-...

1/3 I appear on Asia Insight (NBR) discussing “Documenting China’s Borderlands: A Hundred Years of CCP Borderlands Policies.” Benno Weiner & Robert Barnett join. Listen (34m): podcasts.nbr.org/e/documentin...
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3/3 Thanks to Nadège Rolland for probing questions and for producing a deeply informative series. If you work on policy or research in this area, this episode should change how you frame the problem. Full episode (34m): podcasts.nbr.org/e/documentin...
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A Chinese court sentenced to death 16 members of a criminal gang that established scam centers in Myanmar’s Kokang region on the border with China.
For context on China's growing law-enforcement presence in SEA #Borderlands, read Simon Menet's paper: strategicspace.nbr.org/policing-bey...

Policing Beyond Borders: China’s Law-Enforcement Expansion in the Mekong Region - Mapping China's Strategic Space The People’s Republic of China (PRC) faces a mounting challenge from transnational organized crime along its southern periphery. Myanmar has become the world’s most criminalized state, particularly af...

New article from Simon Menet: China has quietly been cementing its law-enforcement presence in its southern #Borderlands. These efforts have begun to reshape regional security governance in ways that align with Beijing's policy ambitions.
strategicspace.nbr.org/policing-bey...

Military parade done, Xiangshan Forum next.
Beijing will host defense and security reps from over 100 countries for the 12th Xiangshan Forum starting today. This year's theme is "jointly safeguarding the international order, promoting peace and development."

You and me both, tapisserie.

Ep 229: Nadège Rolland on China’s Borderlands Podcast Episode · School of War · 09/09/2025 · 48m

Always a treat to spend some time with Aaron MacLean
to dig into China's strategic thinking. We began with #Borderlands, but also veered into CCP discourse and vision for the world.
Hope you'll enjoy this School-of-War episode!
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RMB internationalisation was always going to be significantly limited due to PRC aversion to that level of economic openness and its attendant vulnerability. But these sorts of moves with Russia could raise the profile of the RMB as a global currency.

A Pékin, les militaires paradent, les autoritaires se pavanent La parade militaire, qui clôture une intense séquence diplomatique, a été l’occasion d’une inédite démonstration de force de Xi Jinping et de l’Armée populaire de libération, à destination de ses vois...

Toujours un honneur de côtoyer les mêmes pages que Pierre Grosser. Merci @arnaudvaulerin.bsky.social
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Documenting China’s Borderlands – Episode 1: From Empire to Nation - Mapping China's Strategic Space The People’s Republic of China’s national territory today is roughly equivalent to that of the Qing empire—with the notable exceptions of outer Mongolia, Taiwan, and portions of Siberia. Two hundred y...

Delighted to share the first episode of an audio-documentary miniseries on the geostrategic importance of China's #Borderlands, with contributions from Nicola Di Cosmo and Maria Adele Carrai
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Very interesting paper that establishes a parallel between China's gray zone strategy in the China Seas and in the Himalayas: comprehensive military-civil approach to gradually alter the status quo.
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Ill Winds In Tibet | China Books Review A banned Tibetan novel, now published in English, recounts the devastation of Mao's campaigns in the wake of the Amdo Rebellion of 1958.

The Red Wind Howls, states @bennoweiner.bsky.social in this magnificent new review, "is a monumental literary achievement, an act of defiance that helps pierce a regime of forced forgetting."

Tsering Döndrup's magnum opus is now available in English — read it!

chinabooksreview.com/2025/09/04/i...

Leaders of China, Russia and North Korea gather in Beijing for elaborate WWII parade Leaders of China, North Korea and Russia met for the first time in one place on Wednesday as Beijing staged an elaborate parade to mark the end of WWII.

Appreciate the opportunity to comment on China's massive military parade and what it tells us about the future world order for @npr.org today.
www.npr.org/2025/09/03/n...

Xi and Putin overheard talking about organ transplants and immortality Presidents Xi Jinping and Vladimir Putin have been caught on a hot mic talking about the potential of medicine to extend human life spans and "perhaps even achieve immortality".

Hé les gars, si on se faisait une petite greffe d'organes pour régner jusqu'en 2095 ?
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You can see her better in the picture here: bsky.app/profile/chad...

Torigian's Party's Interests Come First

My new essay for @nbr.org that explores the convergence of geopolitical space and propaganda in China's "external periphery." To learn what (and where) that is, read on...

Expanding China’s Geopolitical Influence through Peripheral Communication - Mapping China's Strategic Space The discourse of China’s Belt and Road Initiative and trio of global initiatives implies that the country’s geopolitical interests are firmly global. Nonetheless, in recent years Chinese scholars and ...

Since 2015, a new concept has emerged in the PRC propaganda sphere: "peripheral communication" (周边传播).
For @nbr.org, @angrant.bsky.social examines how this new propaganda theory purports to help China better penetrate the information space of its neighbors.
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Ah oui quand même

Certes, mais il nous faut la recette

Excited to see our database mentioned in @economist.com today alongside comments by Rebecca Arcesati and @mmaggiori.bsky.social

The China Sanctions Monitor, developed with @victoraferguson.bsky.social and Audrye Wong, tracks more than 200 cases of China’s economic sanctions from 2010 to today ...

China's border provinces are crucial actors of the its diplomatic engagement with its immediate neighbors.
Karuna Nandkumar examines the central-local diplomatic management system and rhetoric that govern China's provincial diplomacy towards its #Borderlands.
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Project lead @rollandnadege.bsky.social discusses what sparked NBR's Borderlands research effort, how the project defines #China’s #borderlands, which areas of Chinese statecraft will be examined, and what we can expect from the project's dashboard, essays & podcasts. www.podbean.com/ew/pb-865r2-...

North Korea Remains Stable Amid Increased Emphasis on Party Discipline, Some Governance Anomalies, and Daughter’s Growing Prominence - 38 North: Informed Analysis of North Korea This article is from the first edition (April-June 2025) of 38 North’s new quarterly product, ...

“Kim’s daughter effectively made her diplomatic debut by accompanying him to the Russian Embassy to celebrate Russia’s Victory Day, which is consistent with her growing public prominence.”

Mapping China’s Strategic Space - Mapping China's Strategic Space https://strategicspace.nbr.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/Borderlands-Banner-Animation.mp4#t=1 MAPPING CHINA'S STRATEGIC SPACE: BORDERLANDS How China engages with its land and maritime border neighbor...

The @nbr.org #Borderlands Dashboard, written contributions, and podcast episodes, can be found, free of access, here: strategicspace.nbr.org
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A podcast mini-series🎙️will also travel along China’s land and maritime borders in Russia’s shadow, in the Himalayas 🏔️, along the Mekong River 🌊, and across the Yellow Sea ⛵️.