Zara Albright

Likes political science. Loves dogs. Postdoc @PrincetonPLAS studying China-LAC IR, domestic politics of foreign policy, development finance. @BU_PoliSci alum.

[Zara Albright @AlbrightZara]

Check out the open access article to learn more about key moments and decisions, and to dig into the data (including some exciting maps)!

https://t.co/IoroF6Twig

[Zara Albright @AlbrightZara]

Why have Latin American countries joined 🇨🇳China’s Belt and Road Initiative? My new open access article in @ibri_rbpi traces 🇦🇷Argentina's negotiations to join the #BRI between 2017-2022.

https://t.co/IoroF6Twig

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Why does this matter? Leaders do not only calculate material costs and benefits of their foreign policy – they also consider the symbolic costs and benefits.

[Zara Albright @AlbrightZara]

Unfortunately the article is not open access, but I have 50 author’s free e-prints available here: https://t.co/GIvtXtEOcI

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Thrilled to share my new article with @DiegoTelias in @ReviewPacific introducing the notion of #bridging as a strategy for smaller states navigating 🇨🇳China’s rise!

[The Pacific Review @ReviewPacific]

‘Bridging the Pacific: #Chile and #Uruguay’s positioning in the face of #China’s rise.’ https://t.co/okHlGbeg98

Read this new article by @AlbrightZara and @DiegoTelias ⤵️

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This research highlights the nuances in smaller state strategies and the importance of cross-regional research on approaches to great power competition.

[Zara Albright @AlbrightZara]

Also very excited to announce I’ll be starting as a postdoc at @PrincetonPLAS this fall and will be a @ND_ISC Morgenthau fellow next year!

[Zara Albright @AlbrightZara]

On Monday, I successfully defended my dissertation, “Beyond the Great Powers: How South American States are Navigating US-China Competition in the 21st Century” 🥳

[Zara Albright @AlbrightZara]

Thanks to @KevinPGallagher @TaylorBoas @rosellacappella @FranciscoUrdin & to the whole @BU_PoliSci community for all of your support & guidance in the past five years!

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@AldoMadariaga @LAPSjournal Thanks for the Q! This article does not, but I'd point you to some of the great work by my @GDP_Center colleagues on China & green finance https://t.co/YchuPDhtFD especially Tianyi Wu's recent article: https://t.co/bKksiAuJGc

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Very excited to share my *first* journal article published this week in @LAPSjournal comparing 🇨🇳China’s development finance in Latin America to the 🇺🇸US-backed World Bank!

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https://t.co/mOzDnVyw0c

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For a quicker read, I summarize the findings in a recent @GDP_Center blog post: https://t.co/3wmYqNyy0H

[Zara Albright @AlbrightZara]

Check out the open access article to learn more about the 518 loans to the region & how 🇪🇨Ecuador decided between China and the US-backed World Bank!

https://t.co/mOzDnVyw0c