Chen Y

Associate Professor | Former Visiting Scholar: Cornell, NUS, VUW & UTSA | IR & History | Philippine Studies | Trust, Soft Power & Resilience

[Young George Washington @washingtonmovie]

Don't miss the epic origin story of America's first hero — Young Washington marches into theaters this July 3. Enjoy this official clip, and get your tickets today!

[Chatham House @ChathamHouse]

While China presents itself as a champion of global governance reform and a defender of multilateralism — it remains reticent to commit the scale of financial resources associated with global leadership.
https://t.co/Ttz5lzq45i

[Foreign Affairs @ForeignAffairs]

“If China and Russia seek to usher in a new world order, they will need to offer something better than Washington’s liberal internationalism—an onerous task indeed,” wrote G. John Ikenberry in a 2022 essay.
https://t.co/Qb3jbWcUlS

[Pew Research Center @pewresearch]

Do people around the world view the #USA favorably or unfavorably?

[ABC中文 @ABCChinese]

《卫报》所做的最新民调显示，澳大利亚人对以色列的看法比对中国的看法更为负面，其中女性和中年人对以色列的看法最为负面。这是上周在对1017人进行的民意调查后得出的结果。

此外，自特朗普连任以来，民众对他的看法急剧恶化，只有不到三分之一的受访者对他持正面看法。

[DFA Philippines 🇵🇭 @DFAPHL]

Foreign Affairs Assistant Secretary for Asian and Pacific Affairs Marshall Louis Alferez held a bilateral meeting with China’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs Director-General for Asian Affairs Liu Jinsong in Manila on 30 June 2026.

Read the full story here: https://t.co/k1aCBLepaD

[Graham Allison @GrahamTAllison]

1/ Three key questions from last months Lowy Institute poll on Australian public opinion. https://t.co/Ml4Ru3dhW3

[The Economist @TheEconomist]

America, argues Rush Doshi in a guest essay, should set the terms of a “balance of power with China that secures essential American interests while avoiding war” https://t.co/dYJUbxeJH8

[Hoover Institution @HooverInst]

American military exceptionalism emerged as an outgrowth of the United States' distinctive governance and economic foundations, transforming militias and the citizen-soldier tradition into the world's most capable and enduring military power. Learn more: https://t.co/8dTwko1fsn

[Bonnie Glaser / 葛來儀 @BonnieGlaser]

Poll: respondents in eight countries leaned toward stronger relations with China, nine favored the US and seven were split between the two. Across 14 countries, the most common answer was “I don’t know” when asked whether they back Washington or Beijing more. https://t.co/9uk8MlI1NH

[联合早报 Lianhe Zaobao @zaobaosg]

中国就日本与菲律宾即将举行的海域划界谈判向两国发出法律警告，指该谈判构成“国际不法行为”。此举凸显北京正加大力度向华盛顿的这两个关键区域盟友施压，以应对日菲试图抗衡中国在海上强势姿态的举措。 https://t.co/BayB2C8vJd

[IISS News @IISS_org]

The People’s Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) carrier force is expanding, becoming a highly visible and prestigious part of China’s military modernisation under President Xi Jinping.

The latest IISS edition analyses developments in PLAN aviation, including advancements in carrier aviation. The carrier Fujian boasts the PLAN’s largest carrier air wing. Low-observable combat aircraft, catapult-assisted multi-role combat aircraft, electronic warfare aircraft, AEW&C aircraft, and anti-submarine warfare helicopters now comprise its air wing. These aircraft types form the ‘five essentials for carriers’ and share many similarities with a US carrier air wing.

✏️ @Olivia_Parker07 & Dzaky Naradichiantama

Read the in-depth analysis: https://t.co/N545UbfhoY

[Council on Foreign Relations @CFR_org]

As the United States turns 250, we asked foreign policy experts about the moments in American history that changed the world.

CFR expert @JamesMLindsay says that the Declaration of Independence has been inspiring people and movements around the world for 250 years, from reformists in the French Revolution to Ho Chi Minh’s declaration of Vietnam’s independence to modern-day protests.

[Foreign Affairs @ForeignAffairs]

.@patricia_m_kim examines the downsides of Beijing’s “China first” strategy—and argues that China’s experience offers a cautionary lesson for the United States.
https://t.co/LTjpfC9O85

[Ian Johnson @iandenisjohnson]

Thanks to the @ForeignAffairs editing staff for their great work on this piece, a review of Xu Guoqi’s extremely insightful book on Chinese identity.
(Gift link)
https://t.co/x2IBG3FLft

[Yu Jie @Yu_JieC]

"China is offering the world a new language of international order. The question is whether it will also provide the means to make that order a reality." My writing @ChathamHouse analyising Beijing's newest White Paper on global governance https://t.co/usZICRATU2

[Amitav Acharya @AmitavAcharya]

My latest essay in Foreign Policy, “Trump Is Shattering the Illusion of the West,” is about what I term as Trump’s “imperial civilizationalism”, how it compares with imperial Rome, as well as current leaders of China, India, Russia and Turkey, and its blow to the idea of the "West.” https://t.co/QvKRkRnQzh
This essay can be read freely if you register on Foreign Policy’s website. If not, you can DM me via X.

You may also want to read this along with two related essays : "Goodbye West, Long Live World Order," anticipated many foreign policy approaches of Trump 2 at its very early stage, and more recently, 'No fear of roaring lions': Iran has a long history of standing firm against outside aggressors.” Both can be freely accessed by searching their titles. An essay on why policymakers should learn from history is coming out soon in Current History.

In these essays, I draw on my book "The Once and Future World Order" (now out in pocketbook edition), and follows earlier essays in New York Times, & Foreign Policy.

[Foreign Affairs @ForeignAffairs]

“Even if its five-year plan misses the mark and its economic woes continue unabated, China will remain a formidable and enduring rival to the United States—one that a future administration, now with a weaker hand to play, will be forced to finally confront,” writes @jonczin. https://t.co/JDJ0L50myE

[纽约时报中文网 @nytchinese]

本周四，乌克兰战争已持续1569天，其时长已超过第一次世界大战。与一战一样，乌克兰战争通过重塑军事联盟、推动大规模军备扩张而从根本上改变了欧洲的地缘政治格局。这两场冲突也都借助新技术的引入重塑了战争形态。https://t.co/pN7ao6wUtF

[Nathaniel Sher @nathaniel_sher]

My colleagues and I just published a new report on U.S.-China AI competition, taking a holistic view of AI leadership. We argue that the competition is about more than who has the best models and chips. It's a contest of energy, data, talent, capital, industrial capacity, diffusion, and national resilience.

The U.S. remains ahead in frontier model development and advanced compute deployment, but China's deep bench of AI engineers, low-cost models, control over critical nodes in the hardware supply chain, vast energy infrastructure, and aggressive push to diffuse AI make it a formidable competitor.