Sep 3

What Does China Want? A Conversation With Jessica Chen Weiss

There has been no shortage of dizzying shifts in American foreign policy since Donald Trump returned to the White House last year. But perhaps none have been as surprising as the shift on China. In his first term, Trump helped create a hard-line consensus centered on fears of a g ... Show More

50m 13s

Aug 27

Afghanistan After America: A Conversation With Laurel Miller and Graeme Smith

Five years ago this month, the United States ended its war in Afghanistan. Washington’s exit was chaotic; as Taliban forces swept through the country and the U.S.-backed government collapsed, officials scrambled to evacuate tens of thousands of Afghans who might fall victim to re ... Show More

1h 13m

Aug 20

Is a Post-American World Inevitable? A Conversation With Kurt Campbell, Rush Doshi, and Mark Leonard

Ever since Donald Trump returned to the White House last year, a big question has loomed over any discussion of global politics: How much of the change he has brought to U.S. foreign policy, and to the international system, will endure beyond this presidential term? Two essays th ... Show More

1h 16m

Jan 2022

The World According to China with Elizabeth Economy

In this episode of the China in the World podcast, Paul Haenle speaks with Elizabeth Economy about her new book, “The World According to China.” Dr. Economy’s book challenges the notion that China’s foreign policy ambitions are circumscribed by a set of narrow sovereignty interes ... Show More

37m 27s

Apr 2021

King of the Chessboard? Xi Jinping and the Future of China’s Grand Strategy

This week, Mike is joined by Elizabeth Economy, senior fellow at Stanford University's Hoover Institution and senior fellow for China Studies at the Council on Foreign Relations, to explore the evolution of Xi Jinping’s leadership and China’s current foreign policy strategy. Liz ... Show More

35m 50s

May 2018

China's Foreign Policy is at a Turning Point

<p>My guest today, Elizabeth Economy, is the author of the new book <em>The Third Revolution: Xi Jinping and the New Chinese State.</em> The book examines the transformative changes ongoing in China today under the leadership of Xi Jinping. </p> <div>Xi Jingping has consolidated ... Show More

31m 29s

Feb 2021

Elizabeth Economy on China’s Communist Party-State under Xi Jinping | Episode 2101

Recorded on January 7, 2021 Hoover senior fellow, Elizabeth Economy discusses the structure of the Chinese party-state, and Xi Jinping's populist appeal. GUEST PROFILE Elizabeth Economy is a senior fellow at the Hoover Institution and a senior fellow for China studies at the Coun ... Show More

15m 49s

Dec 2020

Xi's China

As it recovers from Covid more quickly than other nations, China appears to be stronger than ever. But the world’s next superpower faces enormous challenges of its own. Minxin Pei, a professor at Claremont McKenna College and one of the world’s leading China experts, has spent ye ... Show More

56m 44s

Mar 2023

The US is obsessed with China

There’s rare bipartisan consensus in Washington: China is a threat to be countered. Cornell professor Jessica Chen Weiss says the American approach could lock both countries into an escalatory spiral. This episode was produced by Victoria Chamberlin, edited by Matt Collette, fact ... Show More

26m 6s

Apr 2024

Drum Tower: Xi’s doomed economic plan

The Economist’s editor-in-chief Zanny Minton Beddoes was recently in Beijing for the China Development Forum, an annual gathering where senior Chinese officials meet foreign business bosses. She joins our Beijing bureau chief David Rennie to assess Xi Jinping’s new plan to escape ... Show More

37m 18s

China’s Vision for a New World Order: A ...