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SCWObservatory @scwobservatory.bsky.social · Sep 1

Check out our latest podcast episode with @jacktaggart.bsky.social on "The end of aid? US, China, and the future of development" 🌍

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The end of aid? US, China, and the future of development - New Books Network

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Jessica DiCarlo @jessicadicarlo.bsky.social · Aug 23

Tune into this *important* discussion on the first survey of Chinese public opinion on foreign policy and what these findings mean for US-China relations and China's role in the world.

September 3rd online and in person.

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China and the World: How Citizens View Their Country's Global Future

Join us as we discuss the results of the first-ever survey of Chinese public opinion on foreign policy and what these findings mean for US-China relations and China's role in the world.

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SCWObservatory @scwobservatory.bsky.social · Jul 23

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Second Cold War Observatory | 6 followers on LinkedIn. Research collective committed to understanding how great power rivalry shapes societies, economies & ecologies worldwide | The Second Cold W...

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Tom Chodor @tomchodor.bsky.social · Jun 26

ICYM @iliasalami.bsky.social @jacktaggart.bsky.social & I wrote a piece for @phenomenalworld.bsky.social about the return of industrial policy, asking if it heralds the return of policy space for development, or just recreates new hierarchies. Check it out 👇 www.phenomenalworld.org/analysis/ind...

Industrial Policy and Imperial Realignment | Phenomenal World

Asymmetries in global development

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Ilias Alami @iliasalami.bsky.social · Jul 2

Wrote a new piece for @the-breakdown.bsky.social on how the Second Cold War is shaping the future climate and energy transition, including in developing countries
www.break-down.org/post/a-green...
@campolis.bsky.social @scwobservatory.bsky.social
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A Green Cold War

In our era of global economic interdependence, the face of geopolitics has changed

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Irna Hofman @irnahofman.bsky.social · Jul 17

This article is part of a forthcoming Special Issue "China in Compliance", edited by, and many thanks to, @matthewserie.bsky.social

@scwobservatory.bsky.social @beltandroadpod.bsky.social @madeinchinajournal.com

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Stuart Elden @stuartelden.bsky.social · Jun 21

Shaina Potts, Judicial Territory: Law, Capital, and the Expansion of American Empire - @dukepress.bsky.social, September 2024
www.dukeupress.edu/judicial-ter...
@newbooksnetwork.bsky.social discussion with Second Cold War Observatory. newbooksnetwork.com/judicial-ter...

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SCWObservatory @scwobservatory.bsky.social · May 24

What did you do during the Trump times? If the US steps back from the brink and doesn't become a police state, its citizens will all have to answer that question.

Want to have an answer? Begin by reading this essay by
@jessicadicarlo.bsky.social and @sethschindler.bsky.social

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What did you do during the Trump Times?

Jessica DiCarlo and Seth Schindler explore how foreign policy professionals should respond to Trump.

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Jessica DiCarlo @jessicadicarlo.bsky.social · May 20

@kyleichan.bsky.social on the "Chinese century": While Trump touts tariffs and weakens America’s innovation engines, China surges ahead—dominating manufacturing, investing in tech, and forging a model that’s reshaping global power. The US risks irrelevance.
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/19/o...

Opinion | In the Future, China Will Be Dominant. The U.S. Will Be Irrelevant.

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Jessica DiCarlo @jessicadicarlo.bsky.social · May 12

@iliasalami.bsky.social on our essay for @tninstitute.bsky.social

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Geopolitical competition is no longer a fight over territory, but rather a struggle for control of global networks. How can the global South & social movements navigate this new geopolitical terrain?

We are living through a Second Cold War—one that’s not just about nations competing but about how that competition affects you. From the apps you use to the energy that powers your home, geopolitical ...

TikTok video by Transnational Institute

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Ilias Alami @iliasalami.bsky.social · Apr 20

Up next!
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SCWObservatory @scwobservatory.bsky.social · Mar 31

The competition to control infrastructure networks is fueling 'corridorisation' - our co-founder & research associate
@jessicadicarlo.bsky.social explains how this process unfolds in Laos and Indonesia.
t.co/P3uqvO3Mhn

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/anti.70014

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Irna Hofman @irnahofman.bsky.social · Mar 10

It was a real pleasure talking with Seth Schindler and Jessica DiCarlo on Tajikistan's cotton fields as geopolitical sites:

SCWObservatory @scwobservatory.bsky.social · Mar 10

🚜 How do Tajikistan’s cotton fields reveal shifting power dynamics in Central Asia? Rural sociologist @irnahofman.bsky.social discusses the region’s evolving geopolitics—from Soviet-era soft power to today’s global rivalries.

🎧 Listen now: newbooksnetwork.com/cotton-centr...

Cotton, Central Asia and the New Great Game - New Books Network

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Yusuf @yusufimaadkhan.com · Feb 5

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Screenshot of contents page for transnational institute state of power 2025 - geopolitics of capitalism

CONTENTS
1. A Fractured World
Reflections on power, polarity and polycrisis Conversation with Adam Tooze and Walden Bello
2. The New Frontline
The US-China battle for control of global networks Ilias Alami, Jessica DiCarlo, Steve Rolf and Seth Schindler
3. Geopolitics of Genocide
Interview with Rafeef Ziadah
4. Building BRICS
Challenges and opportunities for South-South collaboration in a multipolar world
Ana Saggioro Garcia
5. Al Wars in a New Age of Great Power Rivalry Interview with Tica Font, Centre Delàs d'Estudis per la Pau, Barcelona
6. Can China Challenge the US Empire?
Sean Kenji Starrs
7. China and the Geopolitics of the Green Transition
Ben Wray
8. The Emerging Sub-Imperial Role of the United Arab Emirates in Africa
Husam Mahjoub
9. A Transatlantic Bargain
Europe's ultimate submission to US empire
Juan Lovera
10. Beyond Big Tech Geopolitics
Moving Towards Local and People-Centred Artificial Intelligence
Kai-Hsin Hung
11. In Search of Alternatives
Strategies for social movements to counter imperialism and authoritarianism
Iqra Anugrah
12. Illustrating Geopolitics
State of Power illustrator reflects on the artwork and the process
Shehzil Malik

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Nick Zeller @nickzeller.bsky.social · Feb 14

Everything in this report is incredible. The chapter on state-capitalist geopolitics by Jessica DiCarlo et al. is a must-read for anyone interested in U.S.-China relations.

Great work @tninstitute.bsky.social @nickbuxton.bsky.social

Transnational Institute @tninstitute.bsky.social · Feb 4

Which country rules the world?

Our flagship State of Power report, out today, reveals that the US still dominates key geopolitical indicators, such as GDP.

But it also shows that China is rapidly catching up.

tni.org/stateofpower...

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Ilias Alami @iliasalami.bsky.social · Mar 24

@sethschindler.bsky.social makes the case for a critical urban political economy that foregrounds the Second Cold War and its urban dimensions
@scwobservatory.bsky.social
#aag2025

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SCWObservatory @scwobservatory.bsky.social · Mar 10

🚜 How do Tajikistan’s cotton fields reveal shifting power dynamics in Central Asia? Rural sociologist @irnahofman.bsky.social discusses the region’s evolving geopolitics—from Soviet-era soft power to today’s global rivalries.

🎧 Listen now: newbooksnetwork.com/cotton-centr...

Cotton, Central Asia and the New Great Game - New Books Network

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SCWObservatory @scwobservatory.bsky.social · Feb 9

TNI's annual State of Power just dropped. It includes essays from our Research Associates
@iliasalami.bsky.social @jessicadicarlo.bsky.social @steverolf.bsky.social @sethschindler.bsky.social Sean Starrs, and contributions from @adamtooze.bsky.social
& Walden Bello.

www.tni.org/en/publicati...

Geopolitics of Capitalism | Transnational Institute

Geopolitical rivalry is reshaping our planet as reactionary nationalists take power. Our 13th State of Power report explores whether this is the end of US imperialism and the beginning of a Chinese em...

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Fiona Dove @fdove.bsky.social · Feb 5

The new international competition aims "to reshape and exert control over the global economic networks that undergird globalisation", argue @iliasalami.bsky.social, @jessicadicarlo.bsky.social, @sethschindler.bsky.social & Steve Rolf in State of Power 2025 (ch 2): www.tni.org/en/publicati...

Geopolitics of Capitalism | Transnational Institute

Geopolitical rivalry is reshaping our planet as reactionary nationalists take power. Our 13th State of Power report explores whether this is the end of US imperialism and the beginning of a Chinese em...

www.tni.org

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SCWObservatory @scwobservatory.bsky.social · Feb 9

What does development aid have to do with geopolitics?

Quite a lot, as our Research Associate @jacktaggart.bsky.social explains.

The end of USAID has captured headlines; read about the long decline of development aid here: t.co/SpO4Cf2ceJ

https://www.secondcoldwarobservatory.com/dispatch-2025-2

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