Andrew chubb
@zhubochubo.bsky.social
Why threats to academic freedom are growing – and how universities can respond to intimidation - Kirsten Roberts Lyer on the link between academic freedom violations, human rights, and transnational repression (TNR) theconversation.com/why-threats-...
Why threats to academic freedom are growing – and how universities can respond to intimidation
When scholarship is politically steered, the public loses access to evidence and the means to hold power to account.
theconversation.com
November 11, 2025 at 11:08 AM
Why threats to academic freedom are growing – and how universities can respond to intimidation - Kirsten Roberts Lyer on the link between academic freedom violations, human rights, and transnational repression (TNR) theconversation.com/why-threats-...
Sheffield Hallam deserves all the reputational costs coming its way. Universities should adopt the AFIWG model code on academic freedom & internationalisation www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
November 3, 2025 at 10:59 AM
Sheffield Hallam deserves all the reputational costs coming its way. Universities should adopt the AFIWG model code on academic freedom & internationalisation www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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“Australia has largely refrained from using unilateral sanctions, visa bans, and other accountability measures for perpetrators,” write Grady Vaughan and Andrew Chubb in The Interpreter.
https://www.lowyinstitute.org/the-interpreter/closing-gaps-australia-s-approach-transnational-repression
https://www.lowyinstitute.org/the-interpreter/closing-gaps-australia-s-approach-transnational-repression
Closing the gaps in Australia’s approach to transnational repression
Diaspora communities say a security-focused response to foreign intimidation misses their basic rights concerns.
www.lowyinstitute.org
October 10, 2025 at 3:19 AM
“Australia has largely refrained from using unilateral sanctions, visa bans, and other accountability measures for perpetrators,” write Grady Vaughan and Andrew Chubb in The Interpreter.
https://www.lowyinstitute.org/the-interpreter/closing-gaps-australia-s-approach-transnational-repression
https://www.lowyinstitute.org/the-interpreter/closing-gaps-australia-s-approach-transnational-repression
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I wanted to share some of the sources and inspirations for my new @jodemocracy.bsky.social essay this week on transnational repression. Like with anything, there are citations but then there's also stuff that doesn't make it into the piece
www.journalofdemocracy.org/articles/the...
www.journalofdemocracy.org/articles/the...
The Golden Age of Transnational Repression | Journal of Democracy
Authoritarian regimes are targeting exiles and diaspora communities in more places than ever before. Activists, journalists, and regular people living abroad must watch their backs…
www.journalofdemocracy.org
October 3, 2025 at 4:22 PM
I wanted to share some of the sources and inspirations for my new @jodemocracy.bsky.social essay this week on transnational repression. Like with anything, there are citations but then there's also stuff that doesn't make it into the piece
www.journalofdemocracy.org/articles/the...
www.journalofdemocracy.org/articles/the...
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What’s the global narrative on China? Is its rise seen as positive? Is China-skepticism in the U.S. & Europe part of a broader global backlash?
In a new paper, @zhubochubo.bsky.social analyzes 25 years of survey data from 159 countries to track global opinion trends. Key findings below🧵⬇️
In a new paper, @zhubochubo.bsky.social analyzes 25 years of survey data from 159 countries to track global opinion trends. Key findings below🧵⬇️
September 12, 2025 at 7:56 PM
What’s the global narrative on China? Is its rise seen as positive? Is China-skepticism in the U.S. & Europe part of a broader global backlash?
In a new paper, @zhubochubo.bsky.social analyzes 25 years of survey data from 159 countries to track global opinion trends. Key findings below🧵⬇️
In a new paper, @zhubochubo.bsky.social analyzes 25 years of survey data from 159 countries to track global opinion trends. Key findings below🧵⬇️
Interview with Sinan Çoban on Traveling Through East Turkistan
kashgartimes.substack.com/p/interview-...
kashgartimes.substack.com/p/interview-...
Interview with Sinan Çoban on Traveling Through East Turkistan
"We saw a camp, we were followed, no Hijabs, no beards, mosques closed, secret rooms..."
kashgartimes.substack.com
August 6, 2025 at 9:02 PM
Interview with Sinan Çoban on Traveling Through East Turkistan
kashgartimes.substack.com/p/interview-...
kashgartimes.substack.com/p/interview-...
The challenges of addressing authoritarian transnational repression in democracies - Saipira Furstenberg fpc.org.uk/the-challeng...
The challenges of addressing authoritarian transnational repression in democracies - The Foreign Policy Centre
From Chinese unofficial police stations to the assassination attacks perpetuated by Russian or Iranian secret agents on their citizens and diaspora communities residing abroad, authoritarian states ha...
fpc.org.uk
August 6, 2025 at 6:45 PM
The challenges of addressing authoritarian transnational repression in democracies - Saipira Furstenberg fpc.org.uk/the-challeng...
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July 29, 2025 at 7:59 PM
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We welcome today’s Parliamentary Joint Committee on Human Rights report on #transnationalrepression in the UK, which suggests several important ways to counter TNR, including by adopting a formal definition, monitoring and recording incidents, training police, and preventing Interpol abuse.
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In a report published on Wednesday, the Joint Committee on Human Rights said transnational repression had increased in recent years, with foreign states using online harassment, lawsuits and physical violence to intimidate people in the UK
www.itv.com/news/2025-07...
www.itv.com/news/2025-07...
July 30, 2025 at 5:32 PM
We welcome today’s Parliamentary Joint Committee on Human Rights report on #transnationalrepression in the UK, which suggests several important ways to counter TNR, including by adopting a formal definition, monitoring and recording incidents, training police, and preventing Interpol abuse.
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Exclusive: China's global favorability rising, views of the U.S. turn negative
www.axios.com/2025/06/02/c...
www.axios.com/2025/06/02/c...
Exclusive: China's global favorability rising, views of the U.S. turn negative
U.S. trade policy is making China great again — at the United States' expense, per an analysis from Morning Consult
www.axios.com
June 2, 2025 at 7:25 PM
Exclusive: China's global favorability rising, views of the U.S. turn negative
www.axios.com/2025/06/02/c...
www.axios.com/2025/06/02/c...
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Commentary: China is testing Trump in the South China Sea and the region is watching
Commentary: China is testing Trump in the South China Sea and the region is watching
The US President’s commitment to America’s key Southeast Asian ally was not seriously tested in his first term – this time things are different, says Asia Society’s Andrew Chubb.
www.channelnewsasia.com
May 18, 2025 at 10:11 PM
Commentary: China is testing Trump in the South China Sea and the region is watching
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Tijdens Trumps eerste termijn had hij weinig aandacht voor de Zuid-Chinese Zee, maar was er ook sprake van accommodatie aan China door de Filipijnse president Duterte. Nu is de situatie anders, schrijft @zhubochubo.bsky.social, en Trump is onvoorspelbaar. www.channelnewsasia.com/commentary/s...
Commentary: China is testing Trump in the South China Sea and the region is watching
The US President’s commitment to America’s key Southeast Asian ally was not seriously tested in his first term – this time things are different, says Asia Society’s Andrew Chubb.
www.channelnewsasia.com
May 19, 2025 at 7:25 AM
Tijdens Trumps eerste termijn had hij weinig aandacht voor de Zuid-Chinese Zee, maar was er ook sprake van accommodatie aan China door de Filipijnse president Duterte. Nu is de situatie anders, schrijft @zhubochubo.bsky.social, en Trump is onvoorspelbaar. www.channelnewsasia.com/commentary/s...
ICIJ investigation of PRC transnational repression, based on interviews with more than 100 people targeted across 23 countries www.icij.org/investigatio...
Inside China’s machinery of repression — and how it crushes dissent around the world - ICIJ
Interviews with more than 100 victims in 23 countries, along with internal government documents, reveal the sinister tactics China uses to silence critics beyond its borders.
www.icij.org
April 28, 2025 at 11:08 AM
ICIJ investigation of PRC transnational repression, based on interviews with more than 100 people targeted across 23 countries www.icij.org/investigatio...
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February 6, 2025 at 5:04 PM
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Many in the Global South view China favorably, in part due to the Belt and Road Initiative—but not all. Journalist Cindy Yu explores why Iran and Brazil stand out using ASPI Global Public Opinion on China tool by @zhubochubo.bsky.social. #CCA
April 21, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Many in the Global South view China favorably, in part due to the Belt and Road Initiative—but not all. Journalist Cindy Yu explores why Iran and Brazil stand out using ASPI Global Public Opinion on China tool by @zhubochubo.bsky.social. #CCA
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How have recent incidents in the South China Sea increased scrutiny of the Trump administration's commitment to U.S. allies in the Indo-Pacific? Fellow on Foreign Policy and National Security Andrew Chubb explores in a new paper. Read here⬇️
The South China Sea and the Trump Factor
Andrew Chubb examines whether a transactional U.S. foreign policy leaves countries vulnerable to Chinese pressure in the South China Sea.
asiasociety.org
April 16, 2025 at 7:20 PM
How have recent incidents in the South China Sea increased scrutiny of the Trump administration's commitment to U.S. allies in the Indo-Pacific? Fellow on Foreign Policy and National Security Andrew Chubb explores in a new paper. Read here⬇️
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Ever since @badiucao.bsky.social managed to "show up" in Hong Kong via his art project, he's been called a criminal and threatened with a lawsuit — not by China, but by a European art agency. 40+ rights groups issue a statement. Via @indexoncensorship.org: www.indexoncensorship.org/2025/04/the-...
April 11, 2025 at 12:36 PM
Ever since @badiucao.bsky.social managed to "show up" in Hong Kong via his art project, he's been called a criminal and threatened with a lawsuit — not by China, but by a European art agency. 40+ rights groups issue a statement. Via @indexoncensorship.org: www.indexoncensorship.org/2025/04/the-...
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SCMP: Will #Trump ’s tariffs embolden Beijing in the #Taiwan Strait?
“If the current tariff is sustained, & #China is able to weather this difficult period, it will definitely boost Beijing’s confidence in facing potential Western sanctions in a future cross-strait war” #台灣 buff.ly/yc7BpHX
“If the current tariff is sustained, & #China is able to weather this difficult period, it will definitely boost Beijing’s confidence in facing potential Western sanctions in a future cross-strait war” #台灣 buff.ly/yc7BpHX
Will Trump’s tariffs lead to an emboldened Beijing in the Taiwan Strait?
US involvement and sanctions will already be part of planning for any actions towards Taipei by mainland China, observers say.
buff.ly
April 12, 2025 at 10:17 AM
SCMP: Will #Trump ’s tariffs embolden Beijing in the #Taiwan Strait?
“If the current tariff is sustained, & #China is able to weather this difficult period, it will definitely boost Beijing’s confidence in facing potential Western sanctions in a future cross-strait war” #台灣 buff.ly/yc7BpHX
“If the current tariff is sustained, & #China is able to weather this difficult period, it will definitely boost Beijing’s confidence in facing potential Western sanctions in a future cross-strait war” #台灣 buff.ly/yc7BpHX
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I've got family in Scunthorpe, I know how much the town needs those jobs. I'm glad this is happening for them - but how I wish HE would be given similar consideration. Day after day I see news of cuts, and the shadow of the axe looms over my own institution once again.
This. An emergency recall of parliament on a weekend for British Steel. Nothing at all for UK HE which employs far more people, has already shed 10,000 academic jobs, with several institutions on the brink of collapse.
A reminder: we train all the doctors, teachers, engineers, nurses, lawyers &c &c
A reminder: we train all the doctors, teachers, engineers, nurses, lawyers &c &c
British Steel employs 3.6k people. Coventry Uni group, which auditors say may not survive, employs 7.7k. But there is an emergency debate in parliament for British Steel and nothing for the whole HE sector imploding
April 12, 2025 at 12:00 PM
I've got family in Scunthorpe, I know how much the town needs those jobs. I'm glad this is happening for them - but how I wish HE would be given similar consideration. Day after day I see news of cuts, and the shadow of the axe looms over my own institution once again.
And an even richer contribution on the topic, from Victor Ferguson: academic.oup.com/jogss/articl...
April 11, 2025 at 11:23 AM
And an even richer contribution on the topic, from Victor Ferguson: academic.oup.com/jogss/articl...
China’s New Economic Weapons - Evan Medeiros & Andrew Polk www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... timely..
China’s New Economic Weapons
Published in The Washington Quarterly (Vol. 48, No. 1, 2025)
www.tandfonline.com
April 10, 2025 at 11:12 AM
China’s New Economic Weapons - Evan Medeiros & Andrew Polk www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... timely..
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If you are visiting the United States, having a negative view of Trump is enough to get you denied entry.
If this was coming out of Russia or China, we would deplore such an authoritarian attack on freedom of expression.
If this was coming out of Russia or China, we would deplore such an authoritarian attack on freedom of expression.
March 19, 2025 at 6:39 PM
If you are visiting the United States, having a negative view of Trump is enough to get you denied entry.
If this was coming out of Russia or China, we would deplore such an authoritarian attack on freedom of expression.
If this was coming out of Russia or China, we would deplore such an authoritarian attack on freedom of expression.
V helpful for those moving to this platform
April 7, 2025 at 10:03 PM
V helpful for those moving to this platform
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The new round of tariffs will create an economic shock for China’s economy. However, regimes like China, especially those that can control the financial system, have great capacity to weather economic shocks. Those interested can read our book press.umich.edu/Books/E/Econ...
Economic Shocks and Authoritarian Stability
Over two billion people still live under authoritarian rule. Moreover, authoritarian regimes around the world command enormous financial and economic resources, rivaling those controlled by advanced d...
press.umich.edu
April 7, 2025 at 7:14 PM
The new round of tariffs will create an economic shock for China’s economy. However, regimes like China, especially those that can control the financial system, have great capacity to weather economic shocks. Those interested can read our book press.umich.edu/Books/E/Econ...