Pekingology

In this special episode from The Truth of the Matter from CSIS, host Andrew Schwartz speaks with Scott Kennedy, CSIS senior adviser and Trustee Chair in Chinese Business and Economics, to discuss the latest in the U.S.-China trade war, including China’s technological capabilities, new export controls, and the possibility of future decoupling. Original interview published on April 17, 2025.

In this episode of Pekingology from January 2023, Freeman Chair Jude Blanchette is joined by Martin K. Dimitrov [https://liberalarts.tulane.edu/departments/political-science/people/martin-dimitrov],  a professor of political science at Tulane University, to discuss his recent book, ‘Dictatorship and Information’: Authoritarian Regime Resilience in Communist Europe and China. [https://global.oup.com/academic/product/dictatorship-and-information-9780197672938?cc=us&lang=en&]

In this episode of Pekingology which aired in February 2022, Jude Blanchette is joined by Xuezhi Guo [https://www.guilford.edu/profile/gguo], the Lincoln Financial Professor of Political Science at Gilford College, to discuss his book, The Politics of the Core Leader in China: Culture, Institution, Legitimacy, and Power [https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/politics-of-the-core-leader-in-china/3401C9529470282FFF556A187D5983FD].

In this episode of Pekingology from June 2022, Jude Blanchette is joined by Victor Shih [https://gps.ucsd.edu/faculty-directory/victor-shih.html], associate professor and Ho Miu Lam Chair in China and Pacific Relations at the School of Global Policy and Strategy, UC San Diego. They discuss his book, Coalitions of the Weak: Elite Politics in China from Mao’s Stratagem to the Rise of Xi [https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/coalitions-of-the-weak/6E99B6DB73F934166175D872B51DACD0#fndtn-information].

In this episode of Pekingology which aired on July 6, 2023, Freeman Chair Jude Blanchette is joined by Zongyuan Zoe Liu, a fellow for international political economy at the Council on Foreign Relations and author of the book Sovereign Funds [https://www.hup.harvard.edu/catalog.php?isbn=9780674271913]: How the Communist Party of China Finances Its Global Ambitions.