Working on an IR syllabus for fall? Check out this new review essay on contemporary Chinese scholarship on international order. Published posthumously, this is likely one of Bear Braumoeller’s last scholarly contributions (with @haoming_x and @_DavidAPeterson).
The military response MAY happen before Pelosi’s departure. Hope I am wrong. Also, recent domestic issues have greatly undermined people’s trust in the authority. This response and its effect thus contain a diversionary purpose as well, which further complicates the issue.
Speaker Pelosi's visit to Taiwan is confirmed via @CNN, @FT and @WSJ (though not yet publicly by the Speaker or her staff).
How will China respond?
A short thread 1/
ON CHINESE IR THOUGHT:Was discussing this w a few China-watching friends: we agreed there exists an undue dearth in engagement with Chinese IR thought in non-Chinese spaces (partly due to language barriers, partly due to the sometimes obscure availability of sources). 1/n