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UC Institute on Global Conflict and Cooperation @ucigcc.bsky.social · 1d

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...

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eileen chengyin chow @chowleen.bsky.social · 6d

The wind got up in

the night and took our plans away

-John Berger,
"Ten Dispatches About Endurance in Face of Walls”

#everynightapoem #ofsorts

"Ten Dispatches About Endurance in Face of Walls”
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The wind got up in

the night and took our plans away

(Chinese proverb)

#everynightapoem #ofsorts

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Carnegie Endowment @carnegieendowment.org · 8d

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...

Global Public Security with Chinese Characteristics

Podcast Episode · China Global · 09/30/2025 · 36m

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Sheena Chestnut Greitens @sheenagreitens.bsky.social · 8d

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

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John Delury @johndelury.bsky.social · 11d

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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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

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Maura Elizabeth Cunningham @mauracunningham.bsky.social · 15d

"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

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A Reader of the FT @a-reader-ft.bsky.social · 15d

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

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National Committee on U.S.-China Relations @ncuscr.bsky.social · 16d

Read the latest by #PIPFellow @sheenagreitens.bsky.social:

Financial Times @financialtimes.com · 17d

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

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Carnegie Endowment @carnegieendowment.org · 16d

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...

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

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Phelim Kine @phelimkine.bsky.social · 16d

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

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Sheena Chestnut Greitens @sheenagreitens.bsky.social · 17d

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 :
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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

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Sheena Chestnut Greitens @sheenagreitens.bsky.social · 27d

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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Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 29d

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).

Abu Aardvark’s Ghost @abuaardvark.bsky.social · 29d

Fun fact: Qatar, whose capital Israel just bombed, is a “major non-NATO ally” of the United States.

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National Committee on U.S.-China Relations @ncuscr.bsky.social · Sep 8

🌏 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

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...

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Kori Schake @kschake.bsky.social · Sep 5

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.

NPR @npr.org · Sep 5

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.

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Chun Han Wong @chunhanwong.bsky.social · Sep 1

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
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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.

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Finbarr Bermingham @fbermingham.bsky.social · Aug 28

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

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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.

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Carnegie Endowment @carnegieendowment.org · Aug 13

“Analysts and policymakers are used to thinking about China’s military as a global security actor,” says @sheenagreitens.bsky.social‬. But its internal security apparatus also plays a significant role.

Sheena, @ibkardon.bsky.social, and Cameron Waltz explain: youtu.be/X0Vtai8xccE?...

Inside China’s Global Security Playbook

YouTube video by Carnegie Explains

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Carnegie Endowment @carnegieendowment.org · Aug 6

China’s internal security agencies are using global engagement to legitimize its national security vision via non-military security cooperation.
@ibkardon.bsky.social, @sheenagreitens.bsky.social, & Cameron Walz analyze China’s foreign security policy: carnegieendowment.org/research/202...

A New World Cop on the Beat? China’s Internal Security Outreach Under the Global Security Initiative

Global outreach by China’s internal security agencies is expanding. This nonmilitary security diplomacy plays a crucial yet overlooked role in Chinese foreign security policy.

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Jennifer Lind @proflind.bsky.social · Aug 6

Terrific conversation about China as an internal security provider—with @sheenagreitens.bsky.social and @ibkardon.bsky.social

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How Countries Get Security Assistance from Both Beijing and Washington

Sheena Chestnut Greitens and Isaac Kardon

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Sheena Chestnut Greitens @sheenagreitens.bsky.social · Aug 6

Delighted to share a new report that's been over a year in the making, with @carnegieendowment.org 's @ibkardon.bsky.social & Cameron Waltz, on China's internal security outreach under GSI:
carnegieendowment.org/research/202...

A New World Cop on the Beat? China’s Internal Security Outreach Under the Global Security Initiative

Global outreach by China’s internal security agencies is expanding. This nonmilitary security diplomacy plays a crucial yet overlooked role in Chinese foreign security policy.

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Sheena Chestnut Greitens @sheenagreitens.bsky.social · Aug 1

"No country has embraced the authoritarian potential of digital surveillance tools with greater alacrity than the People's Republic of China."
New report from UT's Strauss Center on practical steps that could address this challenge here:
www.strausscenter.org/wp-content/u...

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Texas National Security Review @tnsr.org · Jul 14

Presenting our Summer 2025 roundup! A thread of all the articles from our latest issue. 🧵
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Latest Issue - Texas National Security Review

Rethink, Reframe, Re-examine (Summer 2025) You will be able to read the entire issue here. The Foundation When Conventional Wisdom Fails Sheena Chestnut Greitens The Scholar Lost Seoul? Assessing…

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Texas National Security Review @tnsr.org · Jul 14

Sheena Chestnut Greitens (@sheenagreitens.bsky.social) provides the intro, detailing how national security scholarship can provide both guidance and useful warning during a time of disruption.

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When Conventional Wisdom Fails - Texas National Security Review

At a time of disruption, this issue of the "Texas National Security Review" examines how national security scholarship can provide both guidance, and useful warning.

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Big Data Kane @cmwitko.bsky.social · Jul 8

Non-academics: if you see an interesting academic paper on here and you can’t access it due to a paywall just email the author and (depending on the state of their inbox 😜) they will generally be thrilled you are interested in their work and send you a copy.

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