SCWObservatory
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A research collective committed to understanding China-US competition and how it shapes societies, politics, economies, and ecologies globally.
Check out our latest podcast episode with @jacktaggart.bsky.social on "The end of aid? US, China, and the future of development" 🌍
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The end of aid? US, China, and the future of development - New Books Network
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September 1, 2025 at 7:23 PM
Check out our latest podcast episode with @jacktaggart.bsky.social on "The end of aid? US, China, and the future of development" 🌍
newbooksnetwork.com/the-end-of-a...
newbooksnetwork.com/the-end-of-a...
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Tune into this *important* discussion on the first survey of Chinese public opinion on foreign policy and what these findings mean for US-China relations and China's role in the world.
September 3rd online and in person.
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September 3rd online and in person.
globalaffairs.org/events/china...
China and the World: How Citizens View Their Country's Global Future
Join us as we discuss the results of the first-ever survey of Chinese public opinion on foreign policy and what these findings mean for US-China relations and China's role in the world.
globalaffairs.org
August 23, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Tune into this *important* discussion on the first survey of Chinese public opinion on foreign policy and what these findings mean for US-China relations and China's role in the world.
September 3rd online and in person.
globalaffairs.org/events/china...
September 3rd online and in person.
globalaffairs.org/events/china...
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ICYM @iliasalami.bsky.social @jacktaggart.bsky.social & I wrote a piece for @phenomenalworld.bsky.social about the return of industrial policy, asking if it heralds the return of policy space for development, or just recreates new hierarchies. Check it out 👇 www.phenomenalworld.org/analysis/ind...
Industrial Policy and Imperial Realignment | Phenomenal World
Asymmetries in global development
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June 26, 2025 at 11:58 PM
ICYM @iliasalami.bsky.social @jacktaggart.bsky.social & I wrote a piece for @phenomenalworld.bsky.social about the return of industrial policy, asking if it heralds the return of policy space for development, or just recreates new hierarchies. Check it out 👇 www.phenomenalworld.org/analysis/ind...
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Wrote a new piece for @the-breakdown.bsky.social on how the Second Cold War is shaping the future climate and energy transition, including in developing countries
www.break-down.org/post/a-green...
@campolis.bsky.social @scwobservatory.bsky.social
a few quotes in the thread below: 1/6
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@campolis.bsky.social @scwobservatory.bsky.social
a few quotes in the thread below: 1/6
A Green Cold War
In our era of global economic interdependence, the face of geopolitics has changed
www.break-down.org
July 2, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Wrote a new piece for @the-breakdown.bsky.social on how the Second Cold War is shaping the future climate and energy transition, including in developing countries
www.break-down.org/post/a-green...
@campolis.bsky.social @scwobservatory.bsky.social
a few quotes in the thread below: 1/6
www.break-down.org/post/a-green...
@campolis.bsky.social @scwobservatory.bsky.social
a few quotes in the thread below: 1/6
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This article is part of a forthcoming Special Issue "China in Compliance", edited by, and many thanks to, @matthewserie.bsky.social
@scwobservatory.bsky.social @beltandroadpod.bsky.social @madeinchinajournal.com
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July 17, 2025 at 8:56 AM
This article is part of a forthcoming Special Issue "China in Compliance", edited by, and many thanks to, @matthewserie.bsky.social
@scwobservatory.bsky.social @beltandroadpod.bsky.social @madeinchinajournal.com
@scwobservatory.bsky.social @beltandroadpod.bsky.social @madeinchinajournal.com
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Shaina Potts, Judicial Territory: Law, Capital, and the Expansion of American Empire - @dukepress.bsky.social, September 2024
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@newbooksnetwork.bsky.social discussion with Second Cold War Observatory. newbooksnetwork.com/judicial-ter...
www.dukeupress.edu/judicial-ter...
@newbooksnetwork.bsky.social discussion with Second Cold War Observatory. newbooksnetwork.com/judicial-ter...
June 21, 2025 at 8:03 AM
Shaina Potts, Judicial Territory: Law, Capital, and the Expansion of American Empire - @dukepress.bsky.social, September 2024
www.dukeupress.edu/judicial-ter...
@newbooksnetwork.bsky.social discussion with Second Cold War Observatory. newbooksnetwork.com/judicial-ter...
www.dukeupress.edu/judicial-ter...
@newbooksnetwork.bsky.social discussion with Second Cold War Observatory. newbooksnetwork.com/judicial-ter...
What did you do during the Trump times? If the US steps back from the brink and doesn't become a police state, its citizens will all have to answer that question.
Want to have an answer? Begin by reading this essay by
@jessicadicarlo.bsky.social and @sethschindler.bsky.social
t.co/p3siYH9YOY
Want to have an answer? Begin by reading this essay by
@jessicadicarlo.bsky.social and @sethschindler.bsky.social
t.co/p3siYH9YOY
What did you do during the Trump Times?
Jessica DiCarlo and Seth Schindler explore how foreign policy professionals should respond to Trump.
www.globalpolicyjournal.com
May 24, 2025 at 7:19 PM
What did you do during the Trump times? If the US steps back from the brink and doesn't become a police state, its citizens will all have to answer that question.
Want to have an answer? Begin by reading this essay by
@jessicadicarlo.bsky.social and @sethschindler.bsky.social
t.co/p3siYH9YOY
Want to have an answer? Begin by reading this essay by
@jessicadicarlo.bsky.social and @sethschindler.bsky.social
t.co/p3siYH9YOY
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@kyleichan.bsky.social on the "Chinese century": While Trump touts tariffs and weakens America’s innovation engines, China surges ahead—dominating manufacturing, investing in tech, and forging a model that’s reshaping global power. The US risks irrelevance.
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/19/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/19/o...
Opinion | In the Future, China Will Be Dominant. The U.S. Will Be Irrelevant.
www.nytimes.com
May 20, 2025 at 9:47 PM
@kyleichan.bsky.social on the "Chinese century": While Trump touts tariffs and weakens America’s innovation engines, China surges ahead—dominating manufacturing, investing in tech, and forging a model that’s reshaping global power. The US risks irrelevance.
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/19/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/19/o...
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@iliasalami.bsky.social on our essay for @tninstitute.bsky.social
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Geopolitical competition is no longer a fight over territory, but rather a struggle for control of global networks. How can the global South & social movements navigate this new geopolitical terrain?
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Geopolitical competition is no longer a fight over territory, but rather a struggle for control of global networks. How can the global South & social movements navigate this new geopolitical terrain?
We are living through a Second Cold War—one that’s not just about nations competing but about how that competition affects you. From the apps you use to the energy that powers your home, geopolitical ...
TikTok video by Transnational Institute
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May 12, 2025 at 4:06 PM
@iliasalami.bsky.social on our essay for @tninstitute.bsky.social
www.tiktok.com/@ideasintomo...
Geopolitical competition is no longer a fight over territory, but rather a struggle for control of global networks. How can the global South & social movements navigate this new geopolitical terrain?
www.tiktok.com/@ideasintomo...
Geopolitical competition is no longer a fight over territory, but rather a struggle for control of global networks. How can the global South & social movements navigate this new geopolitical terrain?
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The competition to control infrastructure networks is fueling 'corridorisation' - our co-founder & research associate
@jessicadicarlo.bsky.social explains how this process unfolds in Laos and Indonesia.
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@jessicadicarlo.bsky.social explains how this process unfolds in Laos and Indonesia.
t.co/P3uqvO3Mhn
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/anti.70014
t.co
March 31, 2025 at 3:42 PM
The competition to control infrastructure networks is fueling 'corridorisation' - our co-founder & research associate
@jessicadicarlo.bsky.social explains how this process unfolds in Laos and Indonesia.
t.co/P3uqvO3Mhn
@jessicadicarlo.bsky.social explains how this process unfolds in Laos and Indonesia.
t.co/P3uqvO3Mhn
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It was a real pleasure talking with Seth Schindler and Jessica DiCarlo on Tajikistan's cotton fields as geopolitical sites:
🚜 How do Tajikistan’s cotton fields reveal shifting power dynamics in Central Asia? Rural sociologist @irnahofman.bsky.social discusses the region’s evolving geopolitics—from Soviet-era soft power to today’s global rivalries.
🎧 Listen now: newbooksnetwork.com/cotton-centr...
🎧 Listen now: newbooksnetwork.com/cotton-centr...
Cotton, Central Asia and the New Great Game - New Books Network
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March 10, 2025 at 6:41 PM
It was a real pleasure talking with Seth Schindler and Jessica DiCarlo on Tajikistan's cotton fields as geopolitical sites:
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February 5, 2025 at 11:57 PM
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Everything in this report is incredible. The chapter on state-capitalist geopolitics by Jessica DiCarlo et al. is a must-read for anyone interested in U.S.-China relations.
Great work @tninstitute.bsky.social @nickbuxton.bsky.social
Great work @tninstitute.bsky.social @nickbuxton.bsky.social
Which country rules the world?
Our flagship State of Power report, out today, reveals that the US still dominates key geopolitical indicators, such as GDP.
But it also shows that China is rapidly catching up.
tni.org/stateofpower...
Our flagship State of Power report, out today, reveals that the US still dominates key geopolitical indicators, such as GDP.
But it also shows that China is rapidly catching up.
tni.org/stateofpower...
February 14, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Everything in this report is incredible. The chapter on state-capitalist geopolitics by Jessica DiCarlo et al. is a must-read for anyone interested in U.S.-China relations.
Great work @tninstitute.bsky.social @nickbuxton.bsky.social
Great work @tninstitute.bsky.social @nickbuxton.bsky.social
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@sethschindler.bsky.social makes the case for a critical urban political economy that foregrounds the Second Cold War and its urban dimensions
@scwobservatory.bsky.social
#aag2025
@scwobservatory.bsky.social
#aag2025
March 24, 2025 at 5:36 PM
@sethschindler.bsky.social makes the case for a critical urban political economy that foregrounds the Second Cold War and its urban dimensions
@scwobservatory.bsky.social
#aag2025
@scwobservatory.bsky.social
#aag2025
🚜 How do Tajikistan’s cotton fields reveal shifting power dynamics in Central Asia? Rural sociologist @irnahofman.bsky.social discusses the region’s evolving geopolitics—from Soviet-era soft power to today’s global rivalries.
🎧 Listen now: newbooksnetwork.com/cotton-centr...
🎧 Listen now: newbooksnetwork.com/cotton-centr...
Cotton, Central Asia and the New Great Game - New Books Network
newbooksnetwork.com
March 10, 2025 at 4:38 PM
🚜 How do Tajikistan’s cotton fields reveal shifting power dynamics in Central Asia? Rural sociologist @irnahofman.bsky.social discusses the region’s evolving geopolitics—from Soviet-era soft power to today’s global rivalries.
🎧 Listen now: newbooksnetwork.com/cotton-centr...
🎧 Listen now: newbooksnetwork.com/cotton-centr...
TNI's annual State of Power just dropped. It includes essays from our Research Associates
@iliasalami.bsky.social @jessicadicarlo.bsky.social @steverolf.bsky.social @sethschindler.bsky.social Sean Starrs, and contributions from @adamtooze.bsky.social
& Walden Bello.
www.tni.org/en/publicati...
@iliasalami.bsky.social @jessicadicarlo.bsky.social @steverolf.bsky.social @sethschindler.bsky.social Sean Starrs, and contributions from @adamtooze.bsky.social
& Walden Bello.
www.tni.org/en/publicati...
Geopolitics of Capitalism | Transnational Institute
Geopolitical rivalry is reshaping our planet as reactionary nationalists take power. Our 13th State of Power report explores whether this is the end of US imperialism and the beginning of a Chinese em...
www.tni.org
February 9, 2025 at 6:44 PM
TNI's annual State of Power just dropped. It includes essays from our Research Associates
@iliasalami.bsky.social @jessicadicarlo.bsky.social @steverolf.bsky.social @sethschindler.bsky.social Sean Starrs, and contributions from @adamtooze.bsky.social
& Walden Bello.
www.tni.org/en/publicati...
@iliasalami.bsky.social @jessicadicarlo.bsky.social @steverolf.bsky.social @sethschindler.bsky.social Sean Starrs, and contributions from @adamtooze.bsky.social
& Walden Bello.
www.tni.org/en/publicati...
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The new international competition aims "to reshape and exert control over the global economic networks that undergird globalisation", argue @iliasalami.bsky.social, @jessicadicarlo.bsky.social, @sethschindler.bsky.social & Steve Rolf in State of Power 2025 (ch 2): www.tni.org/en/publicati...
Geopolitics of Capitalism | Transnational Institute
Geopolitical rivalry is reshaping our planet as reactionary nationalists take power. Our 13th State of Power report explores whether this is the end of US imperialism and the beginning of a Chinese em...
www.tni.org
February 5, 2025 at 5:58 PM
The new international competition aims "to reshape and exert control over the global economic networks that undergird globalisation", argue @iliasalami.bsky.social, @jessicadicarlo.bsky.social, @sethschindler.bsky.social & Steve Rolf in State of Power 2025 (ch 2): www.tni.org/en/publicati...
What does development aid have to do with geopolitics?
Quite a lot, as our Research Associate @jacktaggart.bsky.social explains.
The end of USAID has captured headlines; read about the long decline of development aid here: t.co/SpO4Cf2ceJ
Quite a lot, as our Research Associate @jacktaggart.bsky.social explains.
The end of USAID has captured headlines; read about the long decline of development aid here: t.co/SpO4Cf2ceJ
https://www.secondcoldwarobservatory.com/dispatch-2025-2
t.co
February 9, 2025 at 6:32 PM
What does development aid have to do with geopolitics?
Quite a lot, as our Research Associate @jacktaggart.bsky.social explains.
The end of USAID has captured headlines; read about the long decline of development aid here: t.co/SpO4Cf2ceJ
Quite a lot, as our Research Associate @jacktaggart.bsky.social explains.
The end of USAID has captured headlines; read about the long decline of development aid here: t.co/SpO4Cf2ceJ