Lunting Wu

Senior Researcher, NUPI | Associate, GIGA & SCRIPTS Cluster | PhD, FU-Berlin | foreign policy, IPE, global governance, security

[Lunting Wu @WULUNTING]

Sharing my article on China’s fragmented strategies at int’l standards developing organisations (SDOs) in this special issue published last year in China Law and Society Review
https://t.co/EfEv3j7GaY

[Lunting Wu @WULUNTING]

Sharing my new article with Jürgen Rüland @UniFreiburg on examining matters of inclusiveness and equity high-speed railways in SE Asia. The research was funded by @forskningsradet and conducted at @nupinytt.
Thanks @GIGA_Institute for editorial guidance

https://t.co/gwLE93rY9h

[Lunting Wu @WULUNTING]

#NewPublication
Glad to share my new article in @CoCo_journal on how middle powers and smaller states preserve status when they are misrecognized by the hegemonic ally.
@nupinytt
https://t.co/GwAUQFiNY2

[Georgetown Initiative for US-China Dialogue @USChinaGU]

*New 🔬* @WULUNTING explores interstate “ghosting diplomacy” which he defines as a unilateral and purposeful act of severing communications. He and host @eleanor_ma discuss cases of 🇨🇳 ghosting.
🎧🔗⬇️
https://t.co/Zz1YtLk3Of

[Lunting Wu @WULUNTING]

Glad to share my new article with FPA!
@FPA_Jrnl @nupinytt

[Foreign Policy Analysis (FPA) Journal @FPA_Jrnl]

🚨NEW ARTICLE🚨
Wu (2025) shows that European populist radical right governments diverge in their China policies due to differences in transnational business ties and executive centralization, despite sharing similar ideological foundations.

https://t.co/EpsV2FmL6u

[Lunting Wu @WULUNTING]

Glad to share my latest op-ed in The Diplomat on China’s severance of communication with the Czech president: https://t.co/Gg7Q17dDnp.

This is based on my previous article in @IAJournal_CH on ghosting diplomacy: https://t.co/e8ukMHHdM8

[Lunting Wu @WULUNTING]

@GP_NextGen

[Lunting Wu @WULUNTING]

I am pleased to share that my new article (co-authored with Tanja Börzel, Julia Langbein & Valentin Kruesmann) has been published #OpenAccess in Global Policy. Our piece compares the BRI with the EU’s development approach in Eastern Europe.

Read here: https://t.co/yJexk7BYfF

[International Affairs @IAJournal_CH]

China’s ghosting diplomacy shows how silence can be weaponized in great power competition, in turn reshaping how states communicate.

Read @WULUNTING’s new article to learn more about ghosting diplomacy > https://t.co/e5uaxhPg0u

[Lunting Wu @WULUNTING]

@scriptsberlin @FU_Berlin @zois_berlin @nupinytt

[International Affairs @IAJournal_CH]

Is no communication better than bad communication?
Following Nancy Pelosi’s 2022 visit to Taiwan, China ghosted the US.

Follow this 🧵to learn more > https://t.co/e5uaxhPg0u

[International Affairs @IAJournal_CH]

What is the difference between giving a state the silent treatment and ghosting them?

@WULUNTING unpacks how China strategically engages in diplomatic ghosting during times of tension in our latest issue: https://t.co/e5uaxhPg0u

[Lunting Wu @WULUNTING]

My two cents on the prospect of Hungary’s foreign policy towards China

[The Diplomat @Diplomat_APAC]

Viktor Orban may be close to U.S. President Donald Trump, but he shows no signs of moving Hungary away from a deepening partnership with China. https://t.co/mrJjiCNxDn

[International Affairs @IAJournal_CH]

If diplomacy is about communication, what does ghosting communicate?

@WULUNTING examines the strategic practice of ghosting diplomacy used by China recently: https://t.co/e5uaxhPg0u

[Lunting Wu @WULUNTING]

@FPA_ISA @TheUNTimes

[Lunting Wu @WULUNTING]

#publicationalert
My new article on ghosting diplomacy is out in @IAJournal_CH, and can be accessed here: https://t.co/8TdzY2Wj6C

@ChathamHouse #security #diplomacy #communication #conflict #emotionaldiplomacy #politicalpsychology

[International Affairs @IAJournal_CH]

🚨NEW ISSUE 🚨

🌏Special section on how the rise of Asia reshapes international financial affairs

🗣️Articles on ghosting diplomacy, ASEAN and human rights, India's China strategy and more

🇨🇳Policy paper on China and 'America First'

📚25 book reviews

Read the issue HERE > https://t.co/HTnZfQOMYW

[Lunting Wu @WULUNTING]

🚨Publication Alert
⭐️My latest article is out in International Politics!
🔎 It explains China’s dual justifications on its external position of anti-derisking and internal position of championing the evolving norm of economic security.

https://t.co/JzkBimzN1G

[Lunting Wu @WULUNTING]

#NewPublication Thrilled to share that my latest article “Diverging China Strategies in the West” has been published #openaccess in the ISA journal Global Studies Quarterly! https://t.co/5BKvP381OU

[Lunting Wu @WULUNTING]

My new 📖 is fresh out of the press
#newbook #China #LatinAmerica #publication #BeltAndRoadInitiative