Clemente Rodriguez
@fcru311.bsky.social
International Relations professor. UPC & PUCP. Lima, Perú. Like, following or sharing ≠ endorsement.
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Chile va a segunda vuelta electoral: “Hay más posibilidad de que Kast se consolide a que Jara remonte” elcomercio.pe/mundo/latino...
Chile va a segunda vuelta electoral: “Hay más posibilidad de que Kast se consolide a que Jara remonte”
Aunque la candidata de izquierda ganó la primera vuelta del domingo, tiene menos opciones de endosar votos frente a su rival conservador, según los analistas
elcomercio.pe
November 18, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Chile va a segunda vuelta electoral: “Hay más posibilidad de que Kast se consolide a que Jara remonte” elcomercio.pe/mundo/latino...
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Is collective decision making slowly re-emerging in the CCP?
Purges and Power: Is China Quietly Rebalancing Its Command Structure?
Is collective decision making slowly re-emerging in the CCP?
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November 18, 2025 at 1:28 PM
Is collective decision making slowly re-emerging in the CCP?
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Latest Transatlantic Tremors: US Senate advancing Russia Sanctions, Ukraine buying French Jets and Albania coming one step closer to EU membership.
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11/17 US Senate advancing Russia Sanctions, Ukraine buying French Jets and Albania coming one step closer to EU membership
photo by Douglas O on Unsplash, showing the Albanian National History Museum in Tirana
open.substack.com
November 18, 2025 at 1:34 PM
Latest Transatlantic Tremors: US Senate advancing Russia Sanctions, Ukraine buying French Jets and Albania coming one step closer to EU membership.
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For the first time in 30 years, the UN conference on climate change is taking place without top U.S. government representation. China has emerged as the top dog at the summit and is poised to become the world’s supplier of green energy technology.
Listen to "The Daily."
Listen to "The Daily."
The Future of Energy Has Arrived — Just Not in the U.S.
While China is selling clean energy to the world, America is pushing oil and gas.
nyti.ms
November 18, 2025 at 1:41 PM
For the first time in 30 years, the UN conference on climate change is taking place without top U.S. government representation. China has emerged as the top dog at the summit and is poised to become the world’s supplier of green energy technology.
Listen to "The Daily."
Listen to "The Daily."
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UPDATE: India and Pakistan on Saturday agreed to a ceasefire following U.S.-led talks to end the most serious military confrontation between the nuclear-armed rivals in decades.
Trump says the U.S. helped broker ceasefire between India and Pakistan
India and Pakistan on Saturday agreed to a ceasefire following U.S.-led talks to end the most serious military confrontation between the nuclear-armed rivals in decades.
www.npr.org
May 10, 2025 at 3:45 PM
UPDATE: India and Pakistan on Saturday agreed to a ceasefire following U.S.-led talks to end the most serious military confrontation between the nuclear-armed rivals in decades.
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China produces many American summer essentials — from swimsuits and flip-flops to beach shades to grills — and this weekend’s trade talks might not avert price rises.
Summer could be about to get a lot more expensive, thanks to tariffs
China produces many American summer essentials — from swimsuits and flip-flops to beach shades to grills — and this weekend’s trade talks might not avert price rises.
wapo.st
May 10, 2025 at 3:49 PM
China produces many American summer essentials — from swimsuits and flip-flops to beach shades to grills — and this weekend’s trade talks might not avert price rises.
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🔴 ÚLTIMA HORA | Trump declara la guerra comercial al mundo con aranceles mínimos del 10% y tasas mayores a sus principales socios comerciales
Trump declara la guerra comercial al mundo con aranceles mínimos del 10% y tasas mayores a sus principales socios comerciales
El presidente de Estados Unidos anuncia los impuestos a la importación más altos en un siglo con un recargo del 20% a los productos de la UE
elpais.com
April 2, 2025 at 8:54 PM
🔴 ÚLTIMA HORA | Trump declara la guerra comercial al mundo con aranceles mínimos del 10% y tasas mayores a sus principales socios comerciales
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Join us on March 24 to launch Global Public Opinion on China, an interactive site with insights from 2,600+ global surveys. Our panel will explore how citizens worldwide view China and its impact on international policy. Featuring Andrew Chubb, Maria Repnikova, Cindy Yu & @neilthomas123.bsky.social
Global Public Opinion: How Does the World See China?
Join us for an online discussion on how China is viewed by citizens around the world, particularly in the Global South, and the implications for policymakers, including in China.
asiasociety.org
March 10, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Join us on March 24 to launch Global Public Opinion on China, an interactive site with insights from 2,600+ global surveys. Our panel will explore how citizens worldwide view China and its impact on international policy. Featuring Andrew Chubb, Maria Repnikova, Cindy Yu & @neilthomas123.bsky.social
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Ukrainian forces, enabled by essential US assistance, are inflicting unsustainable losses on Russian forces while holding them to marginal gains.
This situation, combined with the severe challenges Russia will face in 2025, offers the US great leverage in peace negotiations.
This situation, combined with the severe challenges Russia will face in 2025, offers the US great leverage in peace negotiations.
March 1, 2025 at 11:21 PM
Ukrainian forces, enabled by essential US assistance, are inflicting unsustainable losses on Russian forces while holding them to marginal gains.
This situation, combined with the severe challenges Russia will face in 2025, offers the US great leverage in peace negotiations.
This situation, combined with the severe challenges Russia will face in 2025, offers the US great leverage in peace negotiations.
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Through grim, cold and dark winters and dusty, hot summers, through the sacrifice and pain of war, you have played, and continue to play, a brave and historic role in opposing tyranny. Thank you, Ukraine.
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Three years of sacrifice and courage
Reflections on the meaning of three years of war in a much longer Ukrainian struggle against Russia.
mickryan.substack.com
March 2, 2025 at 1:57 AM
Through grim, cold and dark winters and dusty, hot summers, through the sacrifice and pain of war, you have played, and continue to play, a brave and historic role in opposing tyranny. Thank you, Ukraine.
mickryan.substack.com/p/three-year...
mickryan.substack.com/p/three-year...
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I am not sure where that all leaves Zelensky and Ukraine today. In a sense he was damned if he did, damned if he didn't. But the key was above all not to have his European supporters lose patience with him. So how they respond (and I know some have already) will be key.
February 28, 2025 at 8:40 PM
I am not sure where that all leaves Zelensky and Ukraine today. In a sense he was damned if he did, damned if he didn't. But the key was above all not to have his European supporters lose patience with him. So how they respond (and I know some have already) will be key.
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An admin throwing away all its leverage. "Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth last week ordered U.S. Cyber Command to stand down from all planning against Russia, including offensive digital actions, according to three people familiar with the matter." therecord.media/hegseth-orde...
Exclusive: Hegseth orders Cyber Command to stand down on Russia planning
The secretary of Defense has ordered U.S. Cyber Command to stand down from all planning against Russia, including offensive digital actions, sources tell Recorded Future News.
therecord.media
February 28, 2025 at 8:46 PM
An admin throwing away all its leverage. "Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth last week ordered U.S. Cyber Command to stand down from all planning against Russia, including offensive digital actions, according to three people familiar with the matter." therecord.media/hegseth-orde...
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1/US demands Ukrainian minerals or face cutoff from Starlink. It is the most venal form of economic coercion. And it will only accelerate the backlash to US tech platforms. Now Starlink = AWS = Facebook for friends and foes alike.
www.reuters.com/business/us-...
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Exclusive: US could cut Ukraine's access to Starlink internet services over minerals, say sources
Ukraine's access to SpaceX-owned Starlink was brought up in talks between U.S. and Ukrainian officials after Ukrainian President Zelenskiy turned down an initial proposal from U.S. Treasury Secretary Bessent.
www.reuters.com
February 22, 2025 at 12:44 PM
1/US demands Ukrainian minerals or face cutoff from Starlink. It is the most venal form of economic coercion. And it will only accelerate the backlash to US tech platforms. Now Starlink = AWS = Facebook for friends and foes alike.
www.reuters.com/business/us-...
www.reuters.com/business/us-...
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Hoping to Boost Economy, Xi Summons Tech CEOs
"The spectacle of so many of China’s former tech titans 'bending the knee' to Xi attracted a great deal of comment on Chinese social media."
"The spectacle of so many of China’s former tech titans 'bending the knee' to Xi attracted a great deal of comment on Chinese social media."
Hoping to Boost Economy, Xi Summons Tech CEOs
On Monday, Xi Jinping presided over a highly publicized meeting with CEOs from China’s tech giants. In the eyes of many observers, the meeting served as a signal that, after years of relentless regula...
chinadigitaltimes.net
February 21, 2025 at 3:33 AM
Hoping to Boost Economy, Xi Summons Tech CEOs
"The spectacle of so many of China’s former tech titans 'bending the knee' to Xi attracted a great deal of comment on Chinese social media."
"The spectacle of so many of China’s former tech titans 'bending the knee' to Xi attracted a great deal of comment on Chinese social media."
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I asked the AI what Russia should do if they were in charge of the US foreign policy.
February 20, 2025 at 4:11 PM
I asked the AI what Russia should do if they were in charge of the US foreign policy.
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As Vance throws support behind AfD, it is important to remind everyone that this is not just any populist party. Re-upping thread...
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February 14, 2025 at 2:29 PM
As Vance throws support behind AfD, it is important to remind everyone that this is not just any populist party. Re-upping thread...
www.the-independent.com/news/world/e...
www.the-independent.com/news/world/e...
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The Biden administration’s desire to avoid repeating the economic mistakes of 2008—and its focus on supporting high demand to jump-start the economy—ultimately harmed both the U.S. economy and the Democrats’ chances in the 2024 election, argues @jasonfurman.bsky.social.
The Post-Neoliberal Delusion
The tragedy of Bidenomics.
www.foreignaffairs.com
February 10, 2025 at 9:57 PM
The Biden administration’s desire to avoid repeating the economic mistakes of 2008—and its focus on supporting high demand to jump-start the economy—ultimately harmed both the U.S. economy and the Democrats’ chances in the 2024 election, argues @jasonfurman.bsky.social.
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“zero-sum statecraft is a dead end. Any policy agenda premised on a net-antagonistic relationship facilitates a process of hawkish outbidding within domestic politics, and as we have seen the past decade, that divides America rather than unites it.” www.un-diplomatic.com/p/the-anti-c...
The Anti-China Consensus is a Matter of World War III
The essay below is in a more polished, formal register than my normal writing.
www.un-diplomatic.com
February 6, 2025 at 3:05 AM
“zero-sum statecraft is a dead end. Any policy agenda premised on a net-antagonistic relationship facilitates a process of hawkish outbidding within domestic politics, and as we have seen the past decade, that divides America rather than unites it.” www.un-diplomatic.com/p/the-anti-c...
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Our inaugural report is live! acf.sais.jhu.edu/getting-chin... @jonasnahm.com @gwbstr.com @pstasiatech.bsky.social @himself.bsky.social @marygao1969.bsky.social @saranewland.bsky.social @apiavote.bsky.social
Tune in today: video.ibm.com/channel/BvDQ...
Full agenda: acf.sais.jhu.edu/getting-chin...
Tune in today: video.ibm.com/channel/BvDQ...
Full agenda: acf.sais.jhu.edu/getting-chin...
GETTING CHINA RIGHT AT HOME
Newly established institute at SAIS convenes its first gathering of experts.
acf.sais.jhu.edu
February 3, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Our inaugural report is live! acf.sais.jhu.edu/getting-chin... @jonasnahm.com @gwbstr.com @pstasiatech.bsky.social @himself.bsky.social @marygao1969.bsky.social @saranewland.bsky.social @apiavote.bsky.social
Tune in today: video.ibm.com/channel/BvDQ...
Full agenda: acf.sais.jhu.edu/getting-chin...
Tune in today: video.ibm.com/channel/BvDQ...
Full agenda: acf.sais.jhu.edu/getting-chin...
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U.S. President Donald Trump has ordered 25% tariffs on Canadian and Mexican imports and 10% on goods from China starting Tuesday to address a national emergency over fentanyl and illegal aliens entering the U.S.
Trump orders steep tariffs on goods from Mexico, Canada and China
U.S. President Donald Trump has ordered 25% tariffs on Canadian and Mexican imports and 10% on goods from China starting Tuesday.
buff.ly
February 1, 2025 at 11:12 PM
U.S. President Donald Trump has ordered 25% tariffs on Canadian and Mexican imports and 10% on goods from China starting Tuesday to address a national emergency over fentanyl and illegal aliens entering the U.S.
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Seems even more relevant than when it was first posted this morning
Can the international order survive predatory hegemony? We're about to find out.
My latest for @wpr.bsky.social
My latest for @wpr.bsky.social
Under Trump, U.S. Hegemony Is Entering Full Predatory Mode
Trump is taking the U.S. into full predatory mode, abandoning even paying lip service to the liberal international order. Should the world worry?
www.worldpoliticsreview.com
February 1, 2025 at 12:01 AM
Seems even more relevant than when it was first posted this morning
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Riker's problem, as explained by Frog and Toad.
January 25, 2025 at 11:23 PM
Riker's problem, as explained by Frog and Toad.
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Increasingly, elites in the US and China seem to be conceiving of how a war between the two countries would play out. As @dandrezner.bsky.social writes, that means we may be about to test whether the last pillar of great power peace remains compelling or not.
Fear of a Great Power War Could Be Making One More Likely
Elites in the U.S. and China are seriously contemplating what a great power war may look like. That is itself alarming.
www.worldpoliticsreview.com
January 21, 2025 at 6:56 PM
Increasingly, elites in the US and China seem to be conceiving of how a war between the two countries would play out. As @dandrezner.bsky.social writes, that means we may be about to test whether the last pillar of great power peace remains compelling or not.
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Bloomberg: "many of Europe’s leaders are under so much pressure at home that they won’t have the political leverage to take decisive action on global affairs."
If so, it's hard to see how the EU won't be among the biggest losers of a rise in global trade tensions.
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
If so, it's hard to see how the EU won't be among the biggest losers of a rise in global trade tensions.
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Europe Will Struggle to Stand United Against Trump’s Threats
Many of the continent’s leaders are under so much pressure at home that they won’t have the political leverage to take decisive action on global affairs.
www.bloomberg.com
January 21, 2025 at 10:04 AM
Bloomberg: "many of Europe’s leaders are under so much pressure at home that they won’t have the political leverage to take decisive action on global affairs."
If so, it's hard to see how the EU won't be among the biggest losers of a rise in global trade tensions.
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
If so, it's hard to see how the EU won't be among the biggest losers of a rise in global trade tensions.
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...