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National Security after China’s 20th Party Congress: Trends in Discourse and Policy
The 20th Party Congress in October 2022 affirmed the centrality of Xi Jinping’s vision of national (or state) security in Chinese...
Sheena Chestnut Greitens
Aug 29, 202317 min read


A “Superior Relationship”: How the Invasion of Ukraine Has Deepened the Sino-Russian Partnership
Relations between China and Russia have deepened since 2022, although each country is now more careful in messaging, especially to...
Elizabeth Wishnick
Jun 5, 202315 min read


Crisis Management and the Taiwan Situation: Chinese Views and Conflict Avoidance
As the United States and China continue to clash over the contentious Taiwan issue, the likelihood of serious diplomatic and military...
Michael D. Swaine
Jun 4, 202317 min read


CLM Insights Interview with Suisheng Zhao
Suisheng Zhao. The Dragon Roars Back: Transformational Leaders and Dynamics of Chinese Foreign Policy. Stanford University Press, 2023....
China Leadership Monitor
Jun 1, 20235 min read


CLM Insights Interview with Susan L. Shirk
Susan Shirk, Overreach: How China Derailed Its Peaceful Rise. Oxford University Press. October 2022. 424 pp. Insights Interview You...
China Leadership Monitor
Mar 1, 20235 min read


The Patriotic Education Campaign in Xi’s China: The Emergence of a New Generation of Nationalists
Xi Jinping has intensified his patriotic education campaign to reaffirm the CCP’s authoritarian rule and he has nurtured a new generation...
Suisheng Zhao
Mar 1, 202321 min read


Measuring China’s Technological Self-Reliance Drive
Assessments of China's efforts to promote indigenous innovation will be fruitless without clear metrics for technological...
Jeffrey Ding
Mar 1, 202311 min read


Xi’s New Central Military Commission: A War Council for Taiwan?
A key result of the 20th Party Congress was the reappointment of Xi Jinping as chairman of the Central Military Commission (CMC) and the...
Joel Wuthnow
Dec 1, 202214 min read
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