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My latest article with Xuan Qin at Fudan Uni is online at The China Journal! Our research evidences the lasting transformations in China's grassroots bureaucracy wrought by 3 years of zero-COVID, in which biosecurity enhanced & deepened political security.
www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...

✨ New publication alert ✨
@ripejournal.bsky.social just gave me the best birthday present!
My paper, co-authored with Samuele Bibi and Nicole Cerpa Vielma, discusses how Latin America's integration into international trade and global finance has influenced political cycles.

Subordinated integration and political waves in the 21st century Latin America In the 2000s and early 2010s, Brazil, Peru, and Chile experienced leftist electoral victories, reflecting the regional trend known as the Pink Tide. However, in the mid-2010s, the erosion of the po...

With a focus on Brazil, Chile, and Peru, we argue that the deepening of productive and financial subordination is one of the reasons why the recent wave of left-wing governments has fallen short of the inclusionary impact of the 2000s Pink Tide.

Check the #OA paper here 👉 doi.org/10.1080/0969...

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See you next week!

We are launching a new Undergraduate Network for IR and Foreign Policy with British Foreign Policy Group 🎉

For undergrads across the UK interested in IR, diplomacy, and foreign policy 🌟

Join our first meeting to find out more about the network 👉 https://ow.ly/4nNu50X8uR7

The Future of Sino-Middle Eastern Relations | ChinaPower Project In this episode of the ChinaPower Podcast, Dr. Mohammed Alsudairi and Dr. Andrea Ghiselli join us to discuss their newly released book Narratives of Sino-Middle Eastern Futures. They challenge prevail...

Many thanks to Bonny Lin for having Mohammed Alsudairi and me on her ChinaPower podcast to present our CUP Element book on Sino-Middle Eastern relations, and discuss how China and regional powers look at each other.

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chinapower.csis.org/podcasts/the...

Looking forward to tomorrow’s gig on Citizen Marx by @brunoleipold.com. @cais-exeter.bsky.social @hass-cornwall.bsky.social

China-Middle East Cooperation: In the Eye of the Beholder Insights from Mohammed Alsudairi and Andrea Ghiselli.

@thediplomat.com has just published an interview with Mohammed Alsudairi and me discussing the findings of our CUP Element on Sino-Middle Eastern relations.

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thediplomat.com/2025/10/chin...

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The transition to the new academic year was so hectic that I forgot to report that @kovarek.bsky.social and I have been awarded a @britishacademy.bsky.social @leverhulme.ac.uk Small Research Grant. Focusing on #Hungary, we will explore how populist frames shape the support for financial nationalism.

Students discussing at the 2024 climate summit simulation

Call for #climatesim expressions of interest open NOW! 🌟

We are looking for institutions to take part in our annual climate negotiation simulation event - once again partnering with @chathamhouse.org 🎉

Deadline to apply is 19 October #climatesim 🌳

Info 👉 buff.ly/zPti35m
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I have organised an amazing roster of *virtual* presentations for the Centre for Gulf Studies at Exeter. Check out these incredible superstars, and register for the events (Tuesdays 17-18.30 London time) here: www.exeter.ac.uk/research/cen...

Delighted to be co-hosting Professor Owens today with the Centre for Political
Thought.

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China doubles down on Brics to defend free trade, but grouping’s divisions remain Brics leaders had to walk a tightrope between criticising US tariffs while avoiding a confrontation with Mr Trump. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.

My comments on Xi Jinping’s (virtual) BRICS speech, the SCO, and the Global Governance Initiative for The Straits Times

@cais-exeter.bsky.social @exeter.ac.uk

www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-as...

👇 New article in @govandopp.bsky.social where Alfonso Casani, @fcolin.bsky.social and I bring together our theoretical and empirical work on foreign policy, opposition and authoritarianism through the extreme case of Morocco and Israel's wars on Gaza, and with material from field research since 2007

Excited to be offering our bespoke fieldwork methods course "Doing Fieldwork in Challenging Contexts" with @xiananj.bsky.social for @komex.bsky.social next February, alongside a truly fantastic line-up of courses - with something for every methodological persuasion!

‘Come meet us in Dubai’: the new offshoring of grand corruption Sensitive business is moving towards more permissive jurisdictions in response to tighter regulations and greater media attention.

A cracker from my colleague John Heathershaw and his co-author
Ricardo Soares de Oliveira. #Capitalismisthecrisis

@jheathershaw.bsky.social

New research will analyse the spread of misinformation in Africa and the continent’s growing digital divides Major new research will help experts to counter the spread of misinformation in Africa and understand the causes and consequences of the continent’s growing digital divides. The project, by researcher...

So this is what I'm up to this year - news.exeter.ac.uk/faculty-of-h...

Hugely grateful to @britishacademy.bsky.social for making this possible through an Innovation Fellowship award.

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Iran Pivots Toward China, But Is Beijing Ready To Play Ball? After a devastating war with Israel exposed the weakness of its air force, Iran is reportedly turning to China for advanced military hardware. But Beijing’s reluctance -- and Moscow’s inaction -- high...

Will Iran get Chinese weapons? Never say never. However, two other experts and I are quite skeptical at the moment.

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www.rferl.org/a/iran-china...

Congratulations, Andrea!

Constructing the “North African Problem” in France (1920–1956): A Colonial Genealogy of Migration Security Practices Abstract. Despite its sophistication, most of the literature on the securitization of migration remains presentist in the sense that it has not yet truly i

Happy to share that my first publication is out on IPS! 🥳 In this paper, I offer a new approach to securitization which aims to anchor contemporary securitization processes targeting postcolonial populations in colonial history. Check it out:
academic.oup.com/ips/article/...

Congratulations to @yazidbenhadda.bsky.social from @cais-exeter.bsky.social
for passing his PhD viva yesterday. Yazid explored legacies of colonial policing & migration in Europe & N.Africa

Thanks to examiners @fionaadamson.bsky.social & Martin Thomas, and lead supervisor @irenefmolina.bsky.social

Fantastic work all round!

China warns of fallout from Israel’s strikes on Iran, eyes role in easing crisis Beijing voices ‘grave concern’ over Israel’s attacks, while analysts say future of conflict depends on how the US and China intervene.

My comments for the South China Morning Post on China’s possible reaction to the Iran-Israel clash

@exeter.ac.uk @cais-exeter.bsky.social

amp.scmp.com/news/china/d...

From rebels to soldiers: Foreign fighters in Syria’s new army Formally integrating foreign fighters into Syria’s new army is viewed as a pragmatic political move, but one which alarms many in Syrian society

I was quoted in this @thenewarab.bsky.social article on the presence of foreign fighters, especially Uyghurs, in the Syrian army, and China’s approach to them

@cais-exeter.bsky.social

www.newarab.com/analysis/reb...

China’s bid to mediate Israel-Iran conflict: How much sway does it really have? Analysts say China's calls for de-escalation in the Israel-Iran conflict reflect not just diplomatic ambition, but concern over its own vulnerabilities - from oil routes and regional projects to tensi...

My comments for Channel News Asia on China’s interests in and potential approach to the Israel-Iran conflict

@cais-exeter.bsky.social @exeter.ac.uk

www.channelnewsasia.com/east-asia/ch...

China sends mystery transport planes into Iran Flight plans indicated a final destination of Luxembourg, but the aircraft appeared to have never flown near European skies

My comments on the mysterious cargo flights from China disappearing in Iran in this @telegraphnews.bsky.social article

@exeter.ac.uk @cais-exeter.bsky.social

www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2...

Open letter to the UK Government: The future of International Studies and funding pressures in higher education BISA, PSA and UACES have written a letter to express concern about the funding challenges in UK HE.

BISA, PSA and UACES Open letter to the UK Government: The future of International Studies and funding pressures in higher education

Delighted to report that our colleague Kevork Oskanian will be a permanent member of CAIS faculty from September! Congratulations, Kevork!

@drkevorko.bsky.social

experts.exeter.ac.uk/38375-kevork...