Conversations from China's Global Sharp Power Podcast https://chinasglobalsharppower.podbean.com China’s rapid accumulation and projection of power on the world stage confronts the world’s democracies and open societies with serious challenges. Beyond the breathtaking modernization and enlargement of the People’s Liberation Army, and its increasingly aggressive and expansionist deployment in the Indo-Pacific region, there is the more subtle—but by no means benign— expansion of China’s “sharp power.” Thu, 04 Mar 2021 08:10:00 -0400 https://podbean.com/?v=5.5 en © The Board of Trustees of Leland Stanford Junior University News:Politics 1440 episodic China’s rapid accumulation and projection of power on the world stage confronts the world’s democracies and open societies with serious challenges. Hoover Institution Hoover Institution No false https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/image-logo/10927723/ChinasSharpPower_podcast-v3.jpg Conversations from China's Global Sharp Power Podcast https://chinasglobalsharppower.podbean.com 144 144 Sophie Richardson on China’s Efforts to Reshape Global Rights Governance | Episode 2105 Sophie Richardson on China’s Efforts to Reshape Global Rights Governance | Episode 2105 https://chinasglobalsharppower.podbean.com/e/sophie-richardson-on-china-s-efforts-to-reshape-global-rights-governance/ https://chinasglobalsharppower.podbean.com/e/sophie-richardson-on-china-s-efforts-to-reshape-global-rights-governance/#comments Thu, 04 Mar 2021 08:10:00 -0400 chinasglobalsharppower.podbean.com/40bbd2a9-3c63-3f58-bc44-a73e2e672f43 Sophie Richardson is the China director at Human Rights Watch. A graduate of the University of Virginia, the Hopkins-Nanjing Program, and Oberlin College, Dr. Richardson is the author of numerous articles on domestic Chinese political reform, democratization, and human rights in Cambodia, China, Indonesia, Hong Kong, the Philippines, and Vietnam. She has testified before the European Parliament and the US Senate and House of Representatives and is a frequent media commentator. Dr. Richardson is the author of China, Cambodia, and the Five Principles of Peaceful Coexistence, an in-depth examination of China’s foreign policy since 1954’s Geneva Conference, including rare interviews with policy makers.

]]> Sophie Richardson is the China director at Human Rights Watch. A graduate of the University of Virginia, the Hopkins-Nanjing Program, and Oberlin College, Dr. Richardson is the author of numerous articles on domestic Chinese political reform, democratization, and human rights in Cambodia, China, Indonesia, Hong Kong, the Philippines, and Vietnam. She has testified before the European Parliament and the US Senate and House of Representatives and is a frequent media commentator. Dr. Richardson is the author of China, Cambodia, and the Five Principles of Peaceful Coexistence, an in-depth examination of China’s foreign policy since 1954’s Geneva Conference, including rare interviews with policy makers.

]]> Sophie Richardson, the China director at Human Rights Watch, discusses China’s Efforts to Reshape Global Rights Governance. Hoover Institution false No 1078 5 full Christopher Walker on Sharp Power as a Concept | Episode 2104 Christopher Walker on Sharp Power as a Concept | Episode 2104 https://chinasglobalsharppower.podbean.com/e/sharp-power-as-a-concept/ https://chinasglobalsharppower.podbean.com/e/sharp-power-as-a-concept/#comments Thu, 25 Feb 2021 05:15:00 -0400 chinasglobalsharppower.podbean.com/4dddb97d-a666-39f8-b4f4-d6965d71025d Recorded on January 21, 2021

Christopher Walker discusses Sharp Power as a Concept

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Christopher Walker is vice president for studies and analysis at the National Endowment for Democracy (NED), a private, nonprofit foundation dedicated to the growth and strengthening of democratic institutions around the world. In this capacity, he oversees the department responsible for NED’s multifaceted analytical work. Walker is an expert on authoritarian regimes and has been at the forefront of the discussion on authoritarian influence on open systems, including through what is often termed “sharp power.” His articles have appeared in numerous publications, including the Financial Times, The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, the Washington Post, Foreign Affairs, and the Journal of Democracy. He is coeditor of the volume Authoritarianism Goes Global: The Challenge to Democracy and of the report Sharp Power: Rising Authoritarian Influence.

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Christopher Walker discusses Sharp Power as a Concept

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Christopher Walker is vice president for studies and analysis at the National Endowment for Democracy (NED), a private, nonprofit foundation dedicated to the growth and strengthening of democratic institutions around the world. In this capacity, he oversees the department responsible for NED’s multifaceted analytical work. Walker is an expert on authoritarian regimes and has been at the forefront of the discussion on authoritarian influence on open systems, including through what is often termed “sharp power.” His articles have appeared in numerous publications, including the Financial Times, The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, the Washington Post, Foreign Affairs, and the Journal of Democracy. He is coeditor of the volume Authoritarianism Goes Global: The Challenge to Democracy and of the report Sharp Power: Rising Authoritarian Influence.

]]> Christopher Walker, vice president for studies and analysis at the National Endowment for Democracy (NED), discusses sharp power as a concept. Hoover Institution false No 994 4 full Suisheng Zhao on China “Going Global” | Episode 2103 Suisheng Zhao on China “Going Global” | Episode 2103 https://chinasglobalsharppower.podbean.com/e/china-going-global/ https://chinasglobalsharppower.podbean.com/e/china-going-global/#comments Thu, 18 Feb 2021 03:33:00 -0400 chinasglobalsharppower.podbean.com/f1c72f6c-2a66-3318-9e32-c040b94df1f3 Recorded on January 14, 2021

Suisheng Zhao discusses China “Going Global."

GUEST PROFILE Suisheng Zhao is a professor and director of the Center for China-US Cooperation at the Josef Korbel School of International Studies, University of Denver, and the founder and chief editor of the Journal of Contemporary China. Formerly, he was associate professor of political science and international studies at Washington College in Maryland, associate professor of government and East Asian politics at Colby College in Maine and visiting assistant professor at the Graduate School of International Relations and Pacific Studies at University of California–San Diego. He is the author and editor of more than a dozen books. He received his PhD degree in political science from the University of California–San Diego.

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Suisheng Zhao discusses China “Going Global."

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Suisheng Zhao is a professor and director of the Center for China-US Cooperation at the Josef Korbel School of International Studies, University of Denver, and the founder and chief editor of the Journal of Contemporary China. Formerly, he was associate professor of political science and international studies at Washington College in Maryland, associate professor of government and East Asian politics at Colby College in Maine and visiting assistant professor at the Graduate School of International Relations and Pacific Studies at University of California–San Diego. He is the author and editor of more than a dozen books. He received his PhD degree in political science from the University of California–San Diego.

]]> Suisheng Zhao, a professor and director of the Center for China-US Cooperation at the Josef Korbel School of International Studies, University of Denver, and the founder and chief editor of the Journal of Contemporary China, discusses China “Going Global.” Hoover Institution false No 1349 3 full Xiao Qiang on China’s Model of Digital Authoritarianism | Episode 2102 Xiao Qiang on China’s Model of Digital Authoritarianism | Episode 2102 https://chinasglobalsharppower.podbean.com/e/china-s-model-of-digital-authoritarianism/ https://chinasglobalsharppower.podbean.com/e/china-s-model-of-digital-authoritarianism/#comments Thu, 11 Feb 2021 03:30:00 -0400 chinasglobalsharppower.podbean.com/6284ed27-b427-339e-ac0c-8671e7db2d6e Xiao Qiang, a research scientist at UC Berkeley’s School of Information and the founder and editor-in-chief of China Digital Times, a bilingual China news website, discusses China’s Model of Digital Authoritarianism. A theoretical physicist by training, he became a full-time human rights activist after the Tiananmen Massacre in 1989. Xiao was the executive director of the New York–based NGO Human Rights in China from 1991 to 2002 and vice chairman of the steering committee of the World Movement for Democracy. In Fall 2003, he launched China Digital Times to aggregate, contextualize, and translate online information from and about China. Xiao’s current research focuses on state censorship, propaganda, and disinformation, as well as emerging AI-driven mass surveillance and social control in China. He is a recipient of a MacArthur Fellowship.

]]> Xiao Qiang, a research scientist at UC Berkeley’s School of Information and the founder and editor-in-chief of China Digital Times, a bilingual China news website, discusses China’s Model of Digital Authoritarianism. A theoretical physicist by training, he became a full-time human rights activist after the Tiananmen Massacre in 1989. Xiao was the executive director of the New York–based NGO Human Rights in China from 1991 to 2002 and vice chairman of the steering committee of the World Movement for Democracy. In Fall 2003, he launched China Digital Times to aggregate, contextualize, and translate online information from and about China. Xiao’s current research focuses on state censorship, propaganda, and disinformation, as well as emerging AI-driven mass surveillance and social control in China. He is a recipient of a MacArthur Fellowship.

]]> Xiao’s current research focuses on state censorship, propaganda, and disinformation, as well as emerging AI-driven mass surveillance and social control in China. Hoover Institution false No 1122 2 full Elizabeth Economy on China’s Communist Party-State under Xi Jinping | Episode 2101 Elizabeth Economy on China’s Communist Party-State under Xi Jinping | Episode 2101 https://chinasglobalsharppower.podbean.com/e/china-s-communist-party-state-under-xi-jinping/ https://chinasglobalsharppower.podbean.com/e/china-s-communist-party-state-under-xi-jinping/#comments Thu, 04 Feb 2021 03:16:00 -0400 chinasglobalsharppower.podbean.com/bd8b0b75-62ae-39b0-b055-333bb1ef3f6f Recorded on January 7, 2021

Hoover senior fellow, Elizabeth Economy discusses the structure of the Chinese party-state, and Xi Jinping's populist appeal.

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Elizabeth Economy is a senior fellow at the Hoover Institution and a senior fellow for China studies at the Council on Foreign Relations. Her most recent book is The Third Revolution: Xi Jinping and the New Chinese State. She is also the author of the award-winning The River Runs Black: The Environmental Challenge to China’s Future and By All Means Necessary: How China’s Resource Quest is Changing the World, coauthored with Michael Levi. She has published in Foreign Affairs, Foreign Policy, and the New York Times, among other media outlets. In June 2018, Politico Magazine named her one of “10 Names That Matter on China Policy.” She received her BA from Swarthmore College, her AM from Stanford University, and her PhD from the University of Michigan.

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Hoover senior fellow, Elizabeth Economy discusses the structure of the Chinese party-state, and Xi Jinping's populist appeal.

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Elizabeth Economy is a senior fellow at the Hoover Institution and a senior fellow for China studies at the Council on Foreign Relations. Her most recent book is The Third Revolution: Xi Jinping and the New Chinese State. She is also the author of the award-winning The River Runs Black: The Environmental Challenge to China’s Future and By All Means Necessary: How China’s Resource Quest is Changing the World, coauthored with Michael Levi. She has published in Foreign Affairs, Foreign Policy, and the New York Times, among other media outlets. In June 2018, Politico Magazine named her one of “10 Names That Matter on China Policy.” She received her BA from Swarthmore College, her AM from Stanford University, and her PhD from the University of Michigan.

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