Sheena Chestnut Greitens
@sheenagreitens.bsky.social
Associate Professor at UT-Austin. I study authoritarian politics, security, & East Asia, especially China and Korea.
Non-resident scholar at Carnegie Endowment & U.S. Army War College, editor of the Texas National Security Review. Views my own.
Non-resident scholar at Carnegie Endowment & U.S. Army War College, editor of the Texas National Security Review. Views my own.
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From surveillance tech to police trainings, countries are buying what China is selling, and Beijing is “resetting standards around what security means,” says @sheenagreitens.bsky.social.
More in @economist.com: www.economist.com/internationa...
More in @economist.com: www.economist.com/internationa...
China’s creepiest export surge
Countries are queuing to buy the tools and techniques of the CCP’s security state
www.economist.com
November 13, 2025 at 4:22 PM
From surveillance tech to police trainings, countries are buying what China is selling, and Beijing is “resetting standards around what security means,” says @sheenagreitens.bsky.social.
More in @economist.com: www.economist.com/internationa...
More in @economist.com: www.economist.com/internationa...
Delighted to share a new @carnegieendowment.org report on China’s Foreign Police Training: A Global Footprint. Over 50 entities in China have provided training to at least 138 countries, forming a major pillar of Beijing’s drive to reshape global security:
carnegieendowment.org/research/202...
carnegieendowment.org/research/202...
China’s Foreign Police Training: A Global Footprint
New data reveal how China’s foreign police training programs have become an integral part of Beijing’s strategy to remake global security.
carnegieendowment.org
November 13, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Delighted to share a new @carnegieendowment.org report on China’s Foreign Police Training: A Global Footprint. Over 50 entities in China have provided training to at least 138 countries, forming a major pillar of Beijing’s drive to reshape global security:
carnegieendowment.org/research/202...
carnegieendowment.org/research/202...
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They join Sheena Chestnut Greitens – @sheenagreitens.bsky.social and Ryan Vest – @rgvest.bsky.social to discuss lessons from the COCOM regime and why China is a far more adept target than the Soviet Union.
Listen wherever you get your podcasts!
Listen wherever you get your podcasts!
Cold War Lessons for Export Controls Against China - Texas National Security Review
We sit down with Dartmouth national security scholars Jennifer Lind and Michael Mastanduno as they compare Cold War export control strategies with modern attempts to limit China's access to sensitive ...
tnsr.org
November 4, 2025 at 5:22 PM
They join Sheena Chestnut Greitens – @sheenagreitens.bsky.social and Ryan Vest – @rgvest.bsky.social to discuss lessons from the COCOM regime and why China is a far more adept target than the Soviet Union.
Listen wherever you get your podcasts!
Listen wherever you get your podcasts!
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Are today's tech export controls against China just a repeat of the Cold War?
Not quite. It was "Hard then Harder Now," argue @dartmouthartsci.bsky.social scholars Jennifer Lind – @proflind.bsky.social and Michael Mastanduno.
Not quite. It was "Hard then Harder Now," argue @dartmouthartsci.bsky.social scholars Jennifer Lind – @proflind.bsky.social and Michael Mastanduno.
November 4, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Are today's tech export controls against China just a repeat of the Cold War?
Not quite. It was "Hard then Harder Now," argue @dartmouthartsci.bsky.social scholars Jennifer Lind – @proflind.bsky.social and Michael Mastanduno.
Not quite. It was "Hard then Harder Now," argue @dartmouthartsci.bsky.social scholars Jennifer Lind – @proflind.bsky.social and Michael Mastanduno.
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UT Austin has come out with a new statement on academic integrity. I was not involved at all but I find it generally to be a good statement of principles. I'm especially pleased to see that it reaffirm the understanding that academic freedom is the core of the academic enterprise.
Texas Statement on Academic Integrity | University of Texas at Austin
www.utexas.edu
November 3, 2025 at 5:32 PM
UT Austin has come out with a new statement on academic integrity. I was not involved at all but I find it generally to be a good statement of principles. I'm especially pleased to see that it reaffirm the understanding that academic freedom is the core of the academic enterprise.
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congratulations to Dr. Lawther for successfully defending his dissertation today. very happy to have supervised this excellent work
October 31, 2025 at 9:29 PM
congratulations to Dr. Lawther for successfully defending his dissertation today. very happy to have supervised this excellent work
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IUS Attendees! If you are at the IUS conference (civil-military relations and military sociology scholarship) in Reston, I'll be part of a "Meet the Editors" panel on behalf of Texas National Security Review @tnsr.org at 2:45 today (I'm an Assoc Ed, in charge is @sheenagreitens.bsky.social )
October 24, 2025 at 12:14 PM
IUS Attendees! If you are at the IUS conference (civil-military relations and military sociology scholarship) in Reston, I'll be part of a "Meet the Editors" panel on behalf of Texas National Security Review @tnsr.org at 2:45 today (I'm an Assoc Ed, in charge is @sheenagreitens.bsky.social )
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NEW PODCAST EPISODE: While the U.S. is questioning its role as an international security provider, China has unveiled its own global security initiatives. @sheenagreitens.bsky.social joined Talking Policy to explore the uncertain future of the global security order: ucigcc.org/podcast/will...
Will China Be the Next Global Security Leader? - IGCC
Since the end of the Cold War, the United States has maintained sole superpower status by underwriting the international security order. But in recent years, the United States has begun to question wh...
ucigcc.org
October 7, 2025 at 6:19 PM
NEW PODCAST EPISODE: While the U.S. is questioning its role as an international security provider, China has unveiled its own global security initiatives. @sheenagreitens.bsky.social joined Talking Policy to explore the uncertain future of the global security order: ucigcc.org/podcast/will...
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The wind got up in
the night and took our plans away
-John Berger,
"Ten Dispatches About Endurance in Face of Walls”
#everynightapoem #ofsorts
the night and took our plans away
-John Berger,
"Ten Dispatches About Endurance in Face of Walls”
#everynightapoem #ofsorts
October 3, 2025 at 2:30 AM
The wind got up in
the night and took our plans away
-John Berger,
"Ten Dispatches About Endurance in Face of Walls”
#everynightapoem #ofsorts
the night and took our plans away
-John Berger,
"Ten Dispatches About Endurance in Face of Walls”
#everynightapoem #ofsorts
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Can China sell itself as an alternative to the Western-led security order?
@sheenagreitens.bsky.social joined @gmfus.bsky.social’s @bglaser.bsky.social on the China Global podcast to discuss. Listen here: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/g...
@sheenagreitens.bsky.social joined @gmfus.bsky.social’s @bglaser.bsky.social on the China Global podcast to discuss. Listen here: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/g...
Global Public Security with Chinese Characteristics
Podcast Episode · China Global · 09/30/2025 · 36m
podcasts.apple.com
September 30, 2025 at 8:03 PM
Can China sell itself as an alternative to the Western-led security order?
@sheenagreitens.bsky.social joined @gmfus.bsky.social’s @bglaser.bsky.social on the China Global podcast to discuss. Listen here: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/g...
@sheenagreitens.bsky.social joined @gmfus.bsky.social’s @bglaser.bsky.social on the China Global podcast to discuss. Listen here: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/g...
The @gmfus.bsky.social China Global podcast is one of my go-to podcasts on China’s role in the world, so I was delighted to get join @bglaser.bsky.social this week to talk about China’s expanding global security cooperation: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/c...
Global Public Security with Chinese Characteristics
Podcast Episode · China Global · 09/30/2025 · 36m
podcasts.apple.com
September 30, 2025 at 6:25 PM
The @gmfus.bsky.social China Global podcast is one of my go-to podcasts on China’s role in the world, so I was delighted to get join @bglaser.bsky.social this week to talk about China’s expanding global security cooperation: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/c...
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I wrote a new Substack about Kim-Xi-Putin vibes in Beijing, and to my surprise it ended up being mostly about hands.
Shoutouts @vanjackson.bsky.social @sheenagreitens.bsky.social @victordcha.bsky.social @colinzwirko.bsky.social @josephtorigian.bsky.social
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Shoutouts @vanjackson.bsky.social @sheenagreitens.bsky.social @victordcha.bsky.social @colinzwirko.bsky.social @josephtorigian.bsky.social
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I Watched This Kim Jong Un Documentary So You Don't Have To
what we can learn from North Korean propaganda on Kim's visit to Beijing & the contrast between Putin and Xi
substack.com
September 28, 2025 at 12:34 AM
I wrote a new Substack about Kim-Xi-Putin vibes in Beijing, and to my surprise it ended up being mostly about hands.
Shoutouts @vanjackson.bsky.social @sheenagreitens.bsky.social @victordcha.bsky.social @colinzwirko.bsky.social @josephtorigian.bsky.social
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Shoutouts @vanjackson.bsky.social @sheenagreitens.bsky.social @victordcha.bsky.social @colinzwirko.bsky.social @josephtorigian.bsky.social
substack.com/home/post/p-...
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"Showcasing China’s standards, tools and practices allows Beijing to normalise its surveillance state as a public security good and to present this as a response to public demand." @sheenagreitens.bsky.social on a recent security forum in China.
How ‘Safe China’ sells its security strategy to the world
Global leaders — and not just autocrats — are lining up to learn about Beijing’s policing tactics and surveillance state
www.ft.com
September 23, 2025 at 12:15 PM
"Showcasing China’s standards, tools and practices allows Beijing to normalise its surveillance state as a public security good and to present this as a response to public demand." @sheenagreitens.bsky.social on a recent security forum in China.
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How ‘Safe China’ sells its security strategy to the world—If China can successfully make its case, Beijing’s bid to rewrite global security governance may… www.ft.com/content/5c42... @sheenagreitens.bsky.social @financialtimes.com
How ‘Safe China’ sells its security strategy to the world
Global leaders — and not just autocrats — are lining up to learn about Beijing’s policing tactics and surveillance state
www.ft.com
September 23, 2025 at 6:52 PM
How ‘Safe China’ sells its security strategy to the world—If China can successfully make its case, Beijing’s bid to rewrite global security governance may… www.ft.com/content/5c42... @sheenagreitens.bsky.social @financialtimes.com
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Read the latest by #PIPFellow @sheenagreitens.bsky.social:
How ‘Safe China’ sells its security strategy to the world on.ft.com/3Iv5EJF | opinion
How ‘Safe China’ sells its security strategy to the world
Global leaders — and not just autocrats — are lining up to learn about Beijing’s policing tactics and surveillance state
on.ft.com
September 22, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Read the latest by #PIPFellow @sheenagreitens.bsky.social:
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China is trying to sell itself as the safest country in the world – especially, implicitly, as safer than the West.
@sheenagreitens.bsky.social on the success of this sales pitch at last week’s global forum, for @financialtimes.com: www.ft.com/content/5c42...
@sheenagreitens.bsky.social on the success of this sales pitch at last week’s global forum, for @financialtimes.com: www.ft.com/content/5c42...
How ‘Safe China’ sells its security strategy to the world
Global leaders — and not just autocrats — are lining up to learn about Beijing’s policing tactics and surveillance state
www.ft.com
September 22, 2025 at 1:56 PM
China is trying to sell itself as the safest country in the world – especially, implicitly, as safer than the West.
@sheenagreitens.bsky.social on the success of this sales pitch at last week’s global forum, for @financialtimes.com: www.ft.com/content/5c42...
@sheenagreitens.bsky.social on the success of this sales pitch at last week’s global forum, for @financialtimes.com: www.ft.com/content/5c42...
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Global outreach by China’s internal security apparatus now matches or even exceeds diplomacy by the People’s Liberation Army. Huawei advertises that its surveillance platforms leave criminals — or dissidents — 'nowhere to hide.''" @sheenagreitens.bsky.social www.ft.com/content/5c42...
How ‘Safe China’ sells its security strategy to the world
Global leaders — and not just autocrats — are lining up to learn about Beijing’s policing tactics and surveillance state
www.ft.com
September 22, 2025 at 10:31 AM
Global outreach by China’s internal security apparatus now matches or even exceeds diplomacy by the People’s Liberation Army. Huawei advertises that its surveillance platforms leave criminals — or dissidents — 'nowhere to hide.''" @sheenagreitens.bsky.social www.ft.com/content/5c42...
China is rewriting global security order by positioning itself as the safest country in the world - and the US as unsafe.
Thx to @financialtimes.com, & co-authors on @carnegieendowment.org project @ibkardon.bsky.social & @cameronwaltz.bsky.social :
www.ft.com/content/5c42...
Thx to @financialtimes.com, & co-authors on @carnegieendowment.org project @ibkardon.bsky.social & @cameronwaltz.bsky.social :
www.ft.com/content/5c42...
How ‘Safe China’ sells its security strategy to the world
Global leaders — and not just autocrats — are lining up to learn about Beijing’s policing tactics and surveillance state
www.ft.com
September 21, 2025 at 3:02 PM
China is rewriting global security order by positioning itself as the safest country in the world - and the US as unsafe.
Thx to @financialtimes.com, & co-authors on @carnegieendowment.org project @ibkardon.bsky.social & @cameronwaltz.bsky.social :
www.ft.com/content/5c42...
Thx to @financialtimes.com, & co-authors on @carnegieendowment.org project @ibkardon.bsky.social & @cameronwaltz.bsky.social :
www.ft.com/content/5c42...
Honored to join my @utaustin.bsky.social colleagues today for this event on 9/11 and its legacies. If you’re around campus today, join us to remember and reflect:
September 11, 2025 at 1:54 PM
Honored to join my @utaustin.bsky.social colleagues today for this event on 9/11 and its legacies. If you’re around campus today, join us to remember and reflect:
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I want to underline this point for everyone outside foreign policy, NatSec, and Middle East circles.
Israel bombing a US partner (Qatar) is significantly different from bombing countries the US considers adversarial (Iran, Assad's Syria) or groups the US designates as terrorists (Hezbollah, Hamas).
Israel bombing a US partner (Qatar) is significantly different from bombing countries the US considers adversarial (Iran, Assad's Syria) or groups the US designates as terrorists (Hezbollah, Hamas).
Fun fact: Qatar, whose capital Israel just bombed, is a “major non-NATO ally” of the United States.
September 9, 2025 at 2:51 PM
I want to underline this point for everyone outside foreign policy, NatSec, and Middle East circles.
Israel bombing a US partner (Qatar) is significantly different from bombing countries the US considers adversarial (Iran, Assad's Syria) or groups the US designates as terrorists (Hezbollah, Hamas).
Israel bombing a US partner (Qatar) is significantly different from bombing countries the US considers adversarial (Iran, Assad's Syria) or groups the US designates as terrorists (Hezbollah, Hamas).
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🌏 Why are some countries deepening security ties with both the U.S. and China?
#PIPFellows @sheenagreitens.bsky.social, @ibkardon.bsky.social, & Philip Saunders discuss “security hybridization” and what it means for the U.S.-China relationship.
Watch: bit.ly/41LjAG5
#PIPFellows @sheenagreitens.bsky.social, @ibkardon.bsky.social, & Philip Saunders discuss “security hybridization” and what it means for the U.S.-China relationship.
Watch: bit.ly/41LjAG5
Security Without Exclusivity – Why Countries Choose to Cooperate Simultaneously with Both the U.S. and China
Sheena Greitens and Isaac Kardon join Philip Saunders for a discussion on how third countries are simultaneously deepening security cooperation with China and the U.S. instead of choosing between them...
bit.ly
September 8, 2025 at 6:35 PM
🌏 Why are some countries deepening security ties with both the U.S. and China?
#PIPFellows @sheenagreitens.bsky.social, @ibkardon.bsky.social, & Philip Saunders discuss “security hybridization” and what it means for the U.S.-China relationship.
Watch: bit.ly/41LjAG5
#PIPFellows @sheenagreitens.bsky.social, @ibkardon.bsky.social, & Philip Saunders discuss “security hybridization” and what it means for the U.S.-China relationship.
Watch: bit.ly/41LjAG5
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This is incorrect: (1) Department of War was just the Army, not the Navy and Marine Corps; and (2) the President does not have the authority, only Congress can make that change in the law. Be better, @npr.org.
The change will return the department to a name that it carried for much of its history, until it became the Department of Defense in the wake of World War II.
President Trump signs order to rename the Defense Department as the Department of War
The change will return the department to a name that it carried for much of its history, until it became the Department of Defense in the wake of World War II.
n.pr
September 5, 2025 at 9:51 PM
This is incorrect: (1) Department of War was just the Army, not the Navy and Marine Corps; and (2) the President does not have the authority, only Congress can make that change in the law. Be better, @npr.org.
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An in-depth @wsj.com look at how China’s Communist Party tries to tackle rising unrest with a new Central Society Work Dept that helps and surveils left-behind communities and social castoffs, using social-control tools to ensure public order. w/ @shen-lu.bsky.social
www.wsj.com/world/china/...
www.wsj.com/world/china/...
China Ups Surveillance of Troubled People to Quell Rising Unrest
The Communist Party’s new ‘society work’ agency helps with emotional and economic setbacks while monitoring dissatisfied people.
www.wsj.com
September 1, 2025 at 4:36 PM
An in-depth @wsj.com look at how China’s Communist Party tries to tackle rising unrest with a new Central Society Work Dept that helps and surveils left-behind communities and social castoffs, using social-control tools to ensure public order. w/ @shen-lu.bsky.social
www.wsj.com/world/china/...
www.wsj.com/world/china/...
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Putin and Kim to attend Beijing parade, marking the first public appearance of the two leaders alongside Xi in a show of collective defiance amid Western pressure.
No Western leaders among the 26 foreign heads of state with the exception of Slovak PM Fico
www.reuters.com/business/aer...
No Western leaders among the 26 foreign heads of state with the exception of Slovak PM Fico
www.reuters.com/business/aer...
Putin, Kim Jong Un to attend Chinese parade in show of defiance to the West
Russian President Vladimir Putin and North Korea's Kim Jong Un will attend a military parade in Beijing, marking the first public appearance of the two leaders alongside President Xi Jinping in a show of collective defiance amid Western pressure.
www.reuters.com
August 28, 2025 at 7:49 AM
Putin and Kim to attend Beijing parade, marking the first public appearance of the two leaders alongside Xi in a show of collective defiance amid Western pressure.
No Western leaders among the 26 foreign heads of state with the exception of Slovak PM Fico
www.reuters.com/business/aer...
No Western leaders among the 26 foreign heads of state with the exception of Slovak PM Fico
www.reuters.com/business/aer...