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Fifty Years of People-to-People
A round table of every generation of U.S.-China relations experts since normalization
Feb 10
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The Monitor
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How China Displaced the United States in Latin America w/ Francisco Urdinez
The U.S.'s recent show of strength in Venezuela is a sign of its weakness
Feb 7
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Juan Zhang
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The Monitor
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Reflections on a Rocky Decade
Keynote Address by Sarah Beran at the Jimmy Carter Forum on U.S.-China Relations 2026
Feb 3
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The Monitor
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New Chinese Public Opinion Survey
Sep 2, 2025
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Nick Zeller
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The Monitor
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The Unbearable Busyness of Hummingbirds w/ Xiang Biao
Oct 4, 2025
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The Monitor
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Aliceliu
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Biden’s Bloc Party is Over. Stop it.
Apr 26, 2025
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Rory O'Connor
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Nick Zeller
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The Monitor
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China Studies and the NatSec Gamble
Feb 11, 2025
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Nick Zeller
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The Monitor
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China's Plans for Greenland & Other Myths
Feb 18, 2025
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The Monitor
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Labubu and the Decline of American Cultural Hegemony
Jul 26, 2025
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Miranda
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The Monitor
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Fifty Years of People-to-People
A round table of every generation of U.S.-China relations experts since normalization
Feb 10
•
The Monitor
1
How China Displaced the United States in Latin America w/ Francisco Urdinez
The U.S.'s recent show of strength in Venezuela is a sign of its weakness
Feb 7
•
Juan Zhang
and
The Monitor
6
3
Reflections on a Rocky Decade
Keynote Address by Sarah Beran at the Jimmy Carter Forum on U.S.-China Relations 2026
Feb 3
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The Monitor
3
1
1
2026 Jimmy Carter Forum on U.S.-China Relations
If you'll be in Atlanta, RSVP now.
Dec 7, 2025
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The Monitor
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A War of Chance w/ Joel Wuthnow
Rattle those sabers enough and you might accidentally shake something loose
Dec 3, 2025
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Tyler Quillen
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The Monitor
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Interviews
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A War of Chance w/ Joel Wuthnow
Rattle those sabers enough and you might accidentally shake something loose
Dec 3, 2025
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Tyler Quillen
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The Monitor
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What do Chinese people really think about China?
Nick Zeller and Craig Kafura on Sinobabble
Nov 29, 2025
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Nick Zeller
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The Monitor
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China's Long 1970s w/ Odd Arne Westad
Reform can be a rupture all on its own
Nov 25, 2025
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Aliceliu
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The Monitor
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5
America's Disintegration Loop w/ Lee Jones
Time was when everything you didn't like was neoliberal. Nowadays it seems like nothing you don't like is.
Nov 22, 2025
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Aliceliu
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The Monitor
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7
International Revolution, International Revision w/ Rana Mitter
The world's place in China since WWII and vice versa
Nov 16, 2025
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Aliceliu
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The Monitor
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Taiwan
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A War of Chance w/ Joel Wuthnow
Rattle those sabers enough and you might accidentally shake something loose
Dec 3, 2025
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Tyler Quillen
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The Monitor
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Bully on the Bloc w/ James Siebens
Coercion isn't war. It isn't peaceful either.
Nov 2, 2025
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Tyler Quillen
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The Monitor
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5
The Trade War's Not That Bad for China w/ Yun Sun
Beijing may not be pleased to return to the instability of Trump, but they are better prepared
Oct 11, 2025
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Tyler Quillen
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The Monitor
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Dialogue of the Deaf w/ Tong Zhao
As Beijing's position toward the U.S. hardens, the U.S.' position towards itself fractures further
Oct 7, 2025
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Tyler Quillen
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The Monitor
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Assessing Peaceful Unification w/ Xin Qiang
Cross-strait relations are up to Taiwan; Beijing will be flexible until it won't
Aug 12, 2025
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Edison Chen
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The Monitor
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Southeast Asia
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The Many Mandalas of Southeast Asia w/ Susannah Patton
Always caught between larger powers, Southeast Asians know how to play both sides
Nov 19, 2025
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Tyler Quillen
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The Monitor
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3
The History of the Thai-Chinese and the Chinese-Thai w/ Sittithep Eaksittipong
How Thailand and China solved their nation building dilemma
Aug 14, 2025
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Rory O'Connor
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The Monitor
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Quiet Hedging: Indo-Pacific Middle Powers’ Strategic Deterrence
Diversification functions as a form of quiet deterrence
Aug 9, 2025
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Vietnam Navigates Global Frictions by Doubling Down on Hedging
Relations with the United States and China are not so neatly cut on purpose
Jul 29, 2025
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The Monitor
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The Southern Great Wall on the China-Myanmar Border
Funding both sides of a civil war and demonizing refugees? Truly, China is a great power.
Jul 19, 2025
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Diego
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The Monitor
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The Rigorous Pragmatism of Chinese-Syrian Relations
After Assad, China must counter its own counterterrorism fallout
Dec 23, 2025
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Jesse Marks
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The Monitor
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2026 Jimmy Carter Forum on U.S.-China Relations
If you'll be in Atlanta, RSVP now.
Dec 7, 2025
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The Monitor
1
A War of Chance w/ Joel Wuthnow
Rattle those sabers enough and you might accidentally shake something loose
Dec 3, 2025
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Tyler Quillen
and
The Monitor
4
2
What do Chinese people really think about China?
Nick Zeller and Craig Kafura on Sinobabble
Nov 29, 2025
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Nick Zeller
and
The Monitor
9
1
3
China's Long 1970s w/ Odd Arne Westad
Reform can be a rupture all on its own
Nov 25, 2025
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Aliceliu
and
The Monitor
15
5
America's Disintegration Loop w/ Lee Jones
Time was when everything you didn't like was neoliberal. Nowadays it seems like nothing you don't like is.
Nov 22, 2025
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Aliceliu
and
The Monitor
12
7
The Many Mandalas of Southeast Asia w/ Susannah Patton
Always caught between larger powers, Southeast Asians know how to play both sides
Nov 19, 2025
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Tyler Quillen
and
The Monitor
2
3
International Revolution, International Revision w/ Rana Mitter
The world's place in China since WWII and vice versa
Nov 16, 2025
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Aliceliu
and
The Monitor
4
1
New York State of Climind w/ Hanyuan Karen Wang
The UN, AI, and climate change
Nov 11, 2025
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The Monitor
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How Do You Solve a Problem Like (North) Korea? w/ Shuxian Luo
How do you catch a mushroom cloud and pin it down?
Nov 8, 2025
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Tyler Quillen
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The Monitor
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A Tough Job to Keep
On the fates of China's international relations ministers
Nov 4, 2025
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Tyler Quillen
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Aliceliu
, and
The Monitor
5
4
Bully on the Bloc w/ James Siebens
Coercion isn't war. It isn't peaceful either.
Nov 2, 2025
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Tyler Quillen
and
The Monitor
9
5
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