A research collective committed to understanding China-US competition and how it shapes societies, politics, economies, and ecologies globally.
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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!
“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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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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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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The era of state capitalism is here, says @IliasAlami, the question now is how it's going to develop.
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Online course open to external students. Offered jointly by @UNSAM_EPyG @rriiunsam @UniFreiburg @SCWObservatory
Starts in October!
Info and Registration by email: [email protected]
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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.
Online course open to external students. Offered jointly by @UNSAM_EPyG @rriiunsam @UniFreiburg @SCWObservatory
Starts in October!
Info and Registration by email: [email protected]
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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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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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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
globalchinapulse.net/relatin…
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Timely contribution by @SCWObservatory colleagues Jessica DiCarlo & Dinesh Paudel to the literature, introducing "infrastructural polyalignment" in the context of Nepal as a strategy of engaging rival powers through overlapping infrastructure projects without formal alignment
How do small states navigate contemporary geopolitical rivalry? Find out from our research associate Jessica Dicarlo and Dinesh Paudel, as they explore the case of Nepal
tandfonline.com/eprint/GXATN…
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BRICS are greening. Our report is out
We find
-new wave of pro-active green industrial policies to develop potential
-surge of major green industrial assets & electricity shift
-cases of co-development of green industries within BRICS @Jayati1609
netzeropolicylab.com/brics-g…
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thank you! indebted to thinking with you & Second Cold War observatory gang! We cite great TNI essay "The US-China battle for control of global networks". ht @SCWObservatory @jessicamdicarlo
@seth_schindler @DrLeeJones
tni.org/en/article/the-new-f…
phenomenalworld.org/analysis…
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Returning from a terrific workshop on the Political Economy of the Second Cold War at #EWIS2025. Great to see @SCWObservatory friends and new colleagues to discuss post-multilateralism, the chip war, industrial policy and much else besides.
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Wrote a new piece for @break_downradio on how the Second Cold War is shaping the future climate and energy transition, including in developing countries
break-down.org/post/a-green-…
@Dept_of_POLIS @SCWObservatory
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ICYM @IliasAlami, @drjacktaggart & I wrote a piece for @phenomenalworld about the return of industrial policy, asking if it heralds the return of policy space in the pursuit of development, or if its just recreating new hierarchies. Check it out 👇 phenomenalworld.org/analysis…
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Xi and Lula deepened China-Brazil ties with new deals signed in Beijing during a key China-CELAC ministerial meeting. Here are the highlights. chinaglobalsouth.com/2025/05…
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The US "has decided that it now needs to engage in full-scale demolition of the same system that it created...The US is becoming poorer and weaker as it dismantles the very system it once built.”
Latest Polycrisis from @kmac & I on how investors and countries are responding
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E207 - The Sino-Soviet Split, Pt. 2 w/
@JeremySFriedman
The second part of our discussion with Jeremy Friedman on the Sino-Soviet split is out for all!
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Delivering a lecture tomorrow at the Centre for East and South-East Asian Studies, at Lund University. Join if you're around!
ace.lu.se/calendar/spectre-s…
@CdsCambridge @Dept_of_POLIS