Maria Repnikova

Assoc. Prof & Endowed Chair @GSUArtSci. Study #Chinese Media #SoftPower #ChinaAfrica, #ChinaRussia; Bylines @NYT @washingtonpost @Atlantic

[Maria Repnikova @MariaRepnikova]

Excited for the new publication in @TheChinaJournal w my grad student and soon incoming @Uva_EAC post-doc @WendyZhou502 on #Chinese public sentiments about #Russia's war in #Ukraine. Free copy for first 50 clicks here: https://t.co/gBGDl94Ymi. Thread with our arguments below

[Scott Kennedy @KennedyCSIS]

NEW! If you think it's easy for China to expand its soft power in the Global South, then you need to listen to this discussion with the amazing @MariaRepnikova of Georgia State University.

This conversation, which draws on her new book, Competing for Soft Power, highlights all of the ways China is TRYING to shape its image in Ethiopia, but also the very mixed results it is having. And given Ethiopia's political system, if China is having difficulty there, it means likely even greater challenges elsewhere.

Listen here: https://t.co/K3Bjrc2i0O

[Maria Repnikova @MariaRepnikova]

@RoselynHsueh Thank you @RoselynHsueh !

[National Committee on U.S.-China Relations @NCUSCR]

PIP Fellow Maria Repnikova (@MariaRepnikova) joins PIP Fellow Xiaoyu Pu (@pu_xiaoyu) to discuss China's soft power strategy in Africa, focusing on Ethiopia as a case study.

Repnikova identifies three mechanisms behind China's approach: material incentives, values promotion, and narrative control, finding a far messier picture on the ground than most accounts suggest.

Ethiopian recipients aren't just recipients: Repnikova's fieldwork shows them negotiating and appropriating China's overtures on their own terms. Watch the full interview: https://t.co/WYPFupVyZC

#USChinaRelations #SoftPower #ChinaAfrica

[Andrea Ghiselli @AGhiselliChina]

“Competing for Soft Power” by @MariaRepnikova!!! Congrats!!!!

https://t.co/8OWaZG2F6S

[Maria Repnikova @MariaRepnikova]

My new book, COMPETING FOR SOFT POWER is just out with @CambridgeUP. Through extensive fieldwork in Ethiopia and China, I decide China's "image-making," both its ambitions and inconsistencies. Please check it out: https://t.co/I4DDY6mVKX

[Maria Repnikova @MariaRepnikova]

Is There a « China Model » to Export? Training Elites and Disseminating Narratives, from Ethiopia to Cambodia https://t.co/9z0iHRoX4u

[Maria Repnikova @MariaRepnikova]

I want to be at this party!

[Charlotte de Witte @CharlottedWitte]

Genova, i have no words what just happened. I saw people dancing from all ages. Everyone smiling and dancing to the beat. Honestly, the whole thing is making me a bit emotional. These are very powerful moments. I’m beyond honored to have been able to play for you today ❤️

[Maria Repnikova @MariaRepnikova]

Definitely

[Ben Rhodes @brhodes]

The absurd Orban claims of fraud and foreign interference are gonna be a good preview of GOP claims of fraud and foreign interference after the mid-terms.

[Maria Repnikova @MariaRepnikova]

Sometimes one needs to remind people of the credentials.

[Ronan Farrow @RonanFarrow]

I have a PhD in political science from Oxford, focused on US foreign policy; worked as a State Dept. official in Afghanistan, Pakistan, and the Middle East; and wrote a celebrated foreign policy book taught at universities like Princeton. That's why I get geopolitical questions.

[Rongbin Han @HanRongbin]

@MariaRepnikova Thanks so much for this generous praise, Maria! I really appreciate it! As I said elsewhere, I hope readers will enjoy the book as much as I enjoyed reading the novels.

[sarah @sahouraxo]

Iranians are forming human chains on bridges — standing together against threats of destruction.

This is today on the White Bridge in Ahvaz, Iran.

Trump and Israel’s criminal war has united all of Iranian society — every faith, every class — in defense of their homeland.

[Maria Repnikova @MariaRepnikova]

Congratulations to @HanRongbin! It’s on my fall syllabus. Everything Rongbin writes is original, rigorous and fascinating.

[Rongbin Han @HanRongbin]

Thrilled to share that my new book Make China Great Again: Online Alt-History Fiction and Popular Authoritarianism (Columbia UP) has come out. This is the first book studying China's Internet literature, esp. alt-history fiction from the perspective of authoritarian legitimation.

[Maria Repnikova @MariaRepnikova]

On my list! Congratulations!

[Ilya Matveev @IlyaMatveev_]

Time for a grand announcement

Ilya Budraitskis and me wrote a book. It's out in September 2026

[Maria Repnikova @MariaRepnikova]

@AGhiselliChina @DanGarrett97 Fantástico! Can’t wait to read.

[Maria Repnikova @MariaRepnikova]

@kyleichan Thank you!

[Maria Repnikova @MariaRepnikova]

My new book, Competing for Soft power: #China's Image-Making in #Africa now has a cover and endorsements and is available for pre-order: https://t.co/WdYIZqK8wA

[Maria Repnikova @MariaRepnikova]

@hellomrbhatt Thank you, Deepak! I hope you are doing well.

[Maria Repnikova @MariaRepnikova]

@ewong Thank you!

[Maria Repnikova @MariaRepnikova]

Such delicate creatures!

[Julia Ioffe @juliaioffe]

Ladies, all those men telling you to smile—they were actually just being mega perceptive

[Chris Hayes @chrislhayes]

I think it's best for everyone to understand that the unified class project of billionaires right now is to do to white collar workers what globalization and neoliberalism did to blue collar workers.