Second Cold War Observatory

@ramsey49281649 @IliasAlami We have expanded rapidly in recent years, so we've paused membership for the moment. But send a DM with your details - what your research interests are, etc. We will accept new members at some point.

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Next book to be discussed with the @SCWObservatory comrades

ICE officers shoot another individual in Minneapolis

My new paper with Chaofan Yu presents primary data from field research and discusses the Chinese and Turkish investments in Africa within the @SCWObservatory framework. tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10… Contact us if you need a free copy! #China #Africa #Turkey

We sat down with @WeilaGong to discuss her book "Implementing a Low-Carbon Future: Climate Leadership in Chinese Cities," which asks who actually makes low-carbon policy work on the ground? newbooksnetwork.com/implementing-a…

The era of state capitalism is here, says @IliasAlami, the question now is how it's going to develop. 👇

How does Global China shape state-society relations in particular places? Find out here, through Irna Hofman's in-depth ethnographic research in Tajikistan

Online course open to external students. Offered jointly by @UNSAM_EPyG @rriiunsam @UniFreiburg @SCWObservatory Starts in October! Info and Registration by email: maestriarrii@unsam.edu.ar

Extremely excited to co-convene this MA course with Marcelo Saguier from @rriiunsam and a stellar line-up of @SCWObservatory scholars. If you are a @UniFreiburg student, you can sign up on HisInOne.

We are thrilled to announce that we are offering the first postgraduate course on the Second Cold War, in collaboration with University of Freiburg (Germany) and University of San Martin (Argentina)

Check out our latest podcast episode with @drjacktaggart on "The end of aid? US, China, and the future of development" 🌍 newbooksnetwork.com/the-end-of-aid…

Polyalignment in action "Xi and Modi say they are ‘partners not rivals’ in bid to repair China-India ties" - on.ft.com/4n6jHnH via @FT

In @Geopolitics_Jl our members argued that the US is pursuing restorative political projects, and that MAGA seeks to re-establish the post-war era. But now it invokes a darker past - settlement of the frontier and genocide against Native Americans as 'heritage to be proud of.'

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. globalaffairs.org/events/china-a…

Want to understand what makes tech sectors thrive in the Global South? 📈 I apply Porter’s theory—and share how it can guide strategy in AI, fintech, and beyond. 🌍💡 Read the blog 👉 ict4dblog.wordpress.com/2025/07/23/how…

Relating and Differentiating: Navigating Worlds and Negotiating Positionality in Research on Chinese Agribusinesses in Rural Tajikistan My contribution to the Special Issue on "Researching Global China" in Global China Pulse globalchinapulse.net/relating-and-d…

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“American AI can’t succeed without China." nytimes.com/2025/07/22/pod…

Recent data shows that Central Asia is a major site of Chinese investment (and BRI funding is once more on the rise). How is that impacting production and local economies? Find out, with the case of Chinese agribusiness firms in Tajikistan👇

Timely contribution by @SCWObservatory colleagues Jessica DiCarlo & Dinesh Paudel to the literature, introducing "infrastructural polyalignment" in the context of Nepal as a strategy of engaging rival powers through overlapping infrastructure projects without formal alignment

BRICS are greening. Our report is out We find -new wave of pro-active green industrial policies to develop potential -surge of major green industrial assets & electricity shift -cases of co-development of green industries within BRICS @Jayati1609 netzeropolicylab.com/brics-going-gr…