CSR Volume 7: Interview with Yilin Wang

By Ava Shen Yilin Wang’s article, “China’s Techno-Nationalism: A New Path Towards Authoritarian Resilience?,” is featured in Volume 7 of the SAIS China Studies Review. Below she talks with Editor-in-Chief Ava Shen about her background, her piece in the CSR, and shares her thoughts on Chinese and American tech policies.  Questions about the Author  AS: …

CSR Blog: China’s Vertical Nuclear Proliferation – A short history

By Natalie Craig In October 1964, the People’s Republic of China tested its first nuclear bomb, forever shifting the balance of power in Asia. The Chinese people persisted and struggled forward to build up their nuclear program, coupled with a “no first use” (NFU) policy announced by Zhou Enlai the same year the bomb was …

CSR Blog: China’s Western Horizon: Interview with Professor Daniel Markey

By Jacob Larsen Daniel Markey is a senior research professor at Johns Hopkins University’s School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS). He also serves as the academic director of the Johns Hopkins SAIS Global Policy Program. Dr. Markey’s latest book, China’s Western Horizon: Beijing and the New Geopolitics of Eurasia (Oxford University Press, 2020), assesses the …

CSR Blog: A Tale of Two Dams in Southeast Asia

By Qihan Zou This article analyzes two cases of China’s overseas hydropower station construction: the suspended Myitsone Dam project on the Ayeyarwady River in Myanmar, and the successfully constructed Lower Sesan 2 Dam on the Sesan River in Cambodia. It explains why the Sesan 2 project was successfully constructed while the Myitsone was suspended. This …