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New video explainer of our @CarnegieEndow paper (with @IBKardon & @CameronWaltz_ ) on China's internal security outreach under the Global Security Initiative:
Sheena Chestnut Greitens
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Sheena Chestnut Greitens
@SheenaGreitens
National security, China/Asia, dictatorship & democracy. @UTAustin @TheLBJSchool @ClementsCenter @StraussCenter. Nonres fellow @CarnegieEndow. RT≠Endorse.
- The circled statement here is untrue. Not a *single one* of these people has ever said the allegations I made in 2018 were false. @EricGreitens is lying in public about court records that are private to protect our minor children. cc: @MattFlenerKMBC
- I teach the end of WWII in Asia in an undergrad course called “America’s Wars in Asia.” This is just historically inaccurate.
- Statement on my affidavit to the Boone County court:
- A LOT of non-democracies have elections. This is why my Democracy & Dictatorship syllabus has a whole section on "why authoritarian regimes have features that look like democracies (courts, legislatures, elections, etc)":
I'm going to simply destroy the lie that there are no elections in Cuba. This first picture is from the 2008 Cuban elections. As you see there are multiple candidates for each particular office. (At least 3 or 4 are Afro-Cuban) - Quite the statement from the WTA Chair:
Statement by Steve Simon, WTA Chairman & CEO: The statement released today by Chinese state media concerning Peng Shuai only raises my concerns as to her safety and whereabouts. Peng Shuai must be allowed to speak freely, without coercion or intimidation from any source. - Hey guys, any follow-up?You cannot simultaneously prevent and prepare for war. We call on President Biden to de-escalate tensions and work for peace rather than prepare for war. Sending thousands more US troops to Europe in response to Russia’s threats against Ukraine only fans the flame of war.
- Harvard moves Chinese language programme to Taiwan:
- Sec. Blinken in favor of admitting refugees from HK to US. Good.
- It feels a little odd to announce good news with all that's going on, but - I'm delighted to share that in August, I'll join @UTAustin's @TheLBJSchool. Excited to continue working on Asia, authoritarian politics, & U.S. national security. /1
- Reminder: the most basic definition of democracy is "a system in which parties lose elections." (You have to actually alternate parties in power to be sure that one party won't balk & try to hold onto power at the point of a gun.) 1/2
- I have spent my life studying democracy & dictatorship. I am finding it hard to articulate the grief and anger I feel at seeing democracy & the peaceful transition of power so destabilized in my own country.Day 1 vs. Day 1,448
