Ben Vagle

Stanford Law School | Coauthor of Command of Commerce: America’s Enduring Economic Power Advantage over China (OUP).

[Foreign Affairs @ForeignAffairs]

“The United States has more potential economic leverage than China does,” write @ben_vagle and Stephen Brooks. “Still, to be able to use this leverage, Washington needs to act in concert with its Asian and European allies.”
https://t.co/h5J5wtSGlm

[Ben Vagle @ben_vagle]

@Humzah_k2 @deanwball @jasminewsun @william_dinneen RSVP here! https://t.co/g1hCeLA6M8

[Humzah @Humzah_k2]

Join us on May 11 at Stanford for a conversation with @deanwball and @jasminewsun on the politics of AI!

[Dean W. Ball @deanwball]

The AIs keep drawing more and more handsome illustrations of me. I would kill for that jawline. I guess that is my reward for helping to summon the machine god.

Anyway, if you’re in the Stanford area, come hang out!

[Ben Vagle @ben_vagle]

Steve Brooks (my coauthor) and I would love to get your thoughts on the argument, thanks for being along for the ride! 4/4

[Ben Vagle @ben_vagle]

I’m thrilled to announce the publication of my co-authored book, Command of Commerce (published by @OxUniPress)! 1/ https://t.co/LhfGhQ0531

[Ben Vagle @ben_vagle]

Our findings are shaping policy conversations. For example, Senator Jeanne Shaheen cited our work during a confirmation hearing for the U.S. ambassador to China and we have briefed senior officials across the Executive Branch and Capitol Hill on our book’s implications. 3/

[Paul Poast @ProfPaulPoast]

IR Book of the Week!

"Command of Commerce" by Ben Vagle and Stephen Brooks. Timing of this forthcoming book will either be brilliant or unfortunate. Holds that US has a strong economic advantage in the global economy that gives it power of China.

https://t.co/HjlBA2oHdV

[Foreign Affairs @ForeignAffairs]

“Washington should stick to a de-risking approach and deploy a broad economic cutoff against China only if Beijing makes a severe, economically costly breach of the status quo,” argue Stephen Brooks and @ben_vagle.
https://t.co/KhHVnzsjIQ

[Foreign Affairs @ForeignAffairs]

Stephen Brooks and @ben_vagle discuss the perils of decoupling from China preemptively—and urge Washington to “keep its economic powder dry until a moment of true crisis”:
https://t.co/KhHVnzsjIQ

[Foreign Affairs @ForeignAffairs]

Stephen Brooks and @ben_vagle discuss the United States’ previous attempts to cut off China—and consider what would happen if Washington and its allies imposed a broad economic cutoff during peacetime:
https://t.co/KhHVnzsjIQ

[Ben Vagle @ben_vagle]

Thanks so much to @MIT_SSP for hosting this discussion of our book!

[MIT SSP @MIT_SSP]

Thank you Stephen Brooks for last week’s seminar discussion, America’s Enduring Economic Power Advantage Over China. We look forward to your forthcoming book Command of Commerce with @ben_vagle.

We only have a handful of talks remaining this semester, check out the schedule! https://t.co/vFeOkFYiS0

[Ben Vagle @ben_vagle]

Sachin and I had a fantastic time talking with @D_A_Irwin about his recent travels in Argentina and the economic situation in the country. Give our conversation a listen!

https://t.co/pL6vyp7HkQ

[Ben Vagle @ben_vagle]

@iamkylemullins Great to have you on Kyle!

[Ben Vagle @ben_vagle]

Great to have my good friend and @Forbes reporter @iamkylemullins on Toast n’ Topics to discuss his recent work on the 2024 election. Give our conversation a listen on the podcasting platform of your choice!

https://t.co/MDu4PAkkPU

[Nothing but Bluesky shining on me… @snitstwits]

@DartmouthDickey

[The Dickey Center at Dartmouth @DartmouthDickey]

Former War & Peace Fellow, Great Issues Scholar & Chase Peace Prize Winner, @ben_vagle'22 , joins @_SachinGanesh to launch Toast n' Topics podcast, focused on econ & int'l affairs. Episode on econ. dev. in Africa just dropped. Give it a listen: https://t.co/E4f67b1ySG @WOLjournal

[Ben Vagle @ben_vagle]

@DartmouthEcon Thanks @DartmouthEcon! Our next episode on economic development in Africa comes out this Sunday. Please like, follow, and share with folks interested in how Econ and international affairs intersect!

[Ben Vagle @ben_vagle]

@DartmouthEcon Thanks @DartmouthEcon! Our next episode on economic development in Africa comes out this Sunday. Please like, follow, and share with folks interested in how Econ and international affairs intersect!