Agahahahahhaha it’s a nice typo though
10.11.2025 11:18 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0@andreaghiselli.bsky.social
Lived 10+ years in China, now University of Exeter and ChinaMed Project. Published a book on China, its military, and its interests overseas (OUP, 2021): https://shorturl.at/S2BjTo More at https://andreaghiselli.com/ 无巧不成书
Agahahahahhaha it’s a nice typo though
10.11.2025 11:18 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0Must listen of a Trivium podcast on the US-China agreement and the history of the rare hearth industry
open.spotify.com/episode/4UjH...
Next week, join me and Mohammed Alsudairi in this online event hosted by the Sigur Center for Asian Studies at George Washington University.
We will present and discuss the findings of our recent CUP Element book on Sino-Middle Eastern relations.
www.eventbrite.com/e/nbas-narra...
What a treat! Many thanks to @billhayton.bsky.social for joining my students and I to talk about history and Chinese politics and foreign policy.
Read his book “The Invention of China” 🔗 yalebooks.co.uk/book/9780300....
@thediplomat.com has just published an interview with Mohammed Alsudairi and me discussing the findings of our CUP Element on Sino-Middle Eastern relations.
@cais-exeter.bsky.social @spspa-uofexeter.bsky.social
thediplomat.com/2025/10/chin...
Many thanks to Bonny Lin for having Mohammed Alsudairi and me on her ChinaPower podcast to present our CUP Element book on Sino-Middle Eastern relations, and discuss how China and regional powers look at each other.
@cais-exeter.bsky.social
chinapower.csis.org/podcasts/the...
Do not forget to register here forms.gle/NbfQ71MsuHf6... (or send an email to chinamed@tochina.it) to attend @jonathanfulton.bsky.social's ChinaMed talk on the logic and limits of China's presence in the Gulf!
The event will take place on Friday (Oct10), 10:00 – 12:00 (CEST).
Do not forget to register here forms.gle/NbfQ71MsuHf6... (or send an email to chinamed@tochina.it) to attend @jonathanfulton.bsky.social's ChinaMed talk on the logic and limits of China's presence in the Gulf!
The event will take place on Friday (Oct10), 10:00 – 12:00 (CEST).
I look forward to visiting Glasgow!
26.09.2025 19:51 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0New post on Substack!
open.substack.com/pub/thoughts...
My comments on Xi Jinping’s (virtual) BRICS speech, the SCO, and the Global Governance Initiative for The Straits Times
@cais-exeter.bsky.social @exeter.ac.uk
www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-as...
My comments in this @telegraphnews.bsky.social article on China and Russia
@cais-exeter.bsky.social @exeter.ac.uk @uniofexeternews.bsky.social
www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2...
Mohammed AlSudairi and I talked with Eric Olander about our new @cambup-polsci.cambridge.org Element book on China-MENA relations (free here cambridge.org/core/element...).
It was a great fun! You can listen to our @chinagsproject.bsky.social discussion here
chinaglobalsouth.com/podcasts/chi...
You have to see the whole board. Trump's policies are a regime shift from the US as insurance provider to protection racket, creating The New Economic Geography.
It isn't just about any one tariff or Fed official - the implications are far broader
www.foreignaffairs.com/united-state...
Nice to see @abuaardvark.bsky.social reviewed my book alongside the excellent recent one from @andreaghiselli.bsky.social and Mohammed Alsudairi.
25.08.2025 06:55 — 👍 1 🔁 4 💬 0 📌 0Mohammed Alsudairi and I wrote a book on Sino-Middle Eastern relations!
Permanently in OpenAccess as part of @cambup-polsci.cambridge.org's Elements in Middle East Politics series.
🔗https://www.cambridge.org/core/elements/narratives-of-sinomiddle-eastern-futures/9ED65BBD5309CF1D7943B0B604E5F8A5
That said, Beijing can afford to keep its low-cost, no-big-strategy approach because the risk of some damage to its interests is also very low. Moreover, while countries might not trust it in moments of crisis, they still need its money and influence at the UNSC.
05.08.2025 21:31 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Thus, path dependence and little interest in investing resources mean that Chinese influence appears growing fast when things on the ground favor it but it can also evaporate quickly when the wind turns.
05.08.2025 21:31 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0In essence, the argument is that the past and likely future ups and downs in China’s fortunes in the Middle East are closely related to how the region fits within Chinese diplomacy. It’s simply not a priority.
05.08.2025 21:31 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0It builds on some ideas that I’ve had in my head for a while and that coalesced together during a workshop in Brussels last month.
05.08.2025 21:31 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0In this new piece for @atlanticcouncil.bsky.social I talk about how Beijing’s decision making shapes its actions and, thus, outcomes in the Middle East
t.co/sSUrtbRLI5
New post in Substack!
Does joining the Belt and Road Initiative help Chinese construction firms? Not always.
substack.com/home/post/p-...
New post on Substack!
I review a great paper published by Tyler Jost and Yucong Li on the promotion dynamics among senior Chinese diplomats.
open.substack.com/pub/thoughts...
Like many, I've created a Substack. I will be mostly sharing reviews and comments on articles and books on China that I read.
If you publish something, share it with me! I'll include it in the review pipeline.
In the meantime, this is the first post.
thoughtsonchina.substack.com/p/article-re...
Submitted!
22.07.2025 05:38 — 👍 4 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0I was quoted in this South China Morning Post article on Li Qiang's recent visit to Egypt
@cais-exeter.bsky.social @exeter.ac.uk
www.scmp.com/news/china/d...
Will Iran get Chinese weapons? Never say never. However, two other experts and I are quite skeptical at the moment.
@cais-exeter.bsky.social @exeter.ac.uk
www.rferl.org/a/iran-china...
The large and growing use of electronic trucks saves China a more than 1 million barrels of oil per day, that’s also Oman’s daily oil production. The saving will grow by 600.000 barrels over then next 12 months.
02.07.2025 04:08 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0After a long gestation, this @universitypress.cambridge.org Element on Sino-Middle Eastern relations finally has a page and a publication date!
This new work by Mohammed al-Sudairi and I will be in Open Access.
www.cambridge.org/core/element...
Some comments about the SCO MOD meeting in Qingdao for @en.afp.com
@exeter.ac.uk @cais-exeter.bsky.social
www.france24.com/en/live-news...