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🎧NEW: @dannyrrussel and @blakehberger join @ChinaGSProject to discuss their two-year-long project Development as Strategy and the future of the U.S. and Chinese aid programs in the global south ⬇️ Listen here: chinaglobalsouth.com/podcasts/the-f…

Will China fill the gap left by declining U.S. foreign aid? ASPI Consultant @blakehberger breaks down China's international development engagement and how it compares to U.S. efforts.

"Washington and Beijing will not be judged by who wins a tariff war—but by who helps South-east Asia build a future based on opportunity, resilience and lasting prosperity," write @dannyrrussel and @blakehberger for the @straits_times straitstimes.com/opinion/the-be…

@dannyrrussel Watch his full conversation with ASPI’s @blakehberger and journalist @MaryKayMagistad here: youtu.be/cZiGr_9mlRU?si…

In a new @AsiaPolicy report, @blakehberger and I assess how escalating U.S.-China strategic competition is reshaping global development, based on in-depth dialogue with experts from Africa, Southeast Asia, China, and the U.S. Read here: asiasociety.org/policy-institu…

The report website features written insights and interviews with experts from the U.S., China, Southeast Asia, and Africa. asiasociety.org/policy-institu…

The report builds on a series of Track 2 dialogues with regional experts and highlights their perspectives on what aspects of U.S. and Chinese development efforts are effective, where they fall short, and what stakeholders are seeking from external partners.

Excited to share the release of my new report with Danny Russel, "Development as Strategy," which examines and compares the international development strategies of the United States and China—focusing on how each engages with recipient states and partners in the Global South.

My two cents on #terror attacks near #Karachi Airport in #Pakistan, which claimed the lives of 2 #Chinese nationals. I argue, "#China's sheer ignorance of #Balochistan’s regional & cultural dynamics for its strategic gains has contributed to instability." theprint.in/opinion/cpec-b…

@eric_olander, @stadenesque, and the team at the @ChinaGSProject are looking for a Southeast Asia Editor. Tremendous opportunity to be at the forefront of research and reporting in Southeast Asia! chinaglobalsouth.com/jobs/southeast…

@JackMurphyRGR Ahh yes… the free trade capitalist communists are to blame…🤦‍♂️

I've been listening to idiots on the internet play out the same lame ass civil war hype since the mid-1990s.

Relocated back to Singapore! It's absolutely great to be back!

"Obviously, none named China, but a veiled counter to Beijing’s aggressive posturing in the Indo-Pacific region was central to the discussion." @RishiGupta_JNU writes about the #Quad meeting in Tokyo for @Diplomat_APAC ⬇️

@blakehberger is absolutely right here. The Quad is best when it provides tangible public goods to the Indo-Pacific, and HADR is perhaps the most tangible and longest standing of its efforts.

The Quad's support for PNG and undertaking HADR shouldn't be seen as something new but as part of a longer historical trajectory of the group and its renewed effort to be a provider of public goods to the Indo-Pacific.

This isn't exactly a re-branding IMO... HADR has always been part of the Quad's foundation and was the initial reasoning the four states banded together in the first place in the aftermath of the Indian Ocean Tsunami in 04'.

When White House staffers awoke to news of Papua New Guinea's devastating landslide, on-the-ground officials from the U.S., Japan, India and Australia had already started calling one another, discussing how to coordinate aid. (1/4) asia.nikkei.com/Politics/Inter… via @NikkeiAsia

Welcome @jamescrabtree to the @AsiaSociety @AsiaPolicy team!

📣 Asia Society Switzerland is delighted to announce James Crabtree @jamescrabtree as the new TOY Senior Fellow at Asia Society Policy Institute, based in New York, and Asia Society Switzerland, focusing on Asian geopolitics. 🔎More: asiasociety.org/switzerland/an… #AsiaCompetence

My latest for @NikkeiAsia on South Asia’s water security challenges, the need for rethinking sharing mechanisms, and the role of global platforms like the upcoming World Water Forum. asia.nikkei.com/Opinion/Climat…