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Audrye Wong
@audryewong
@AEIfdp. PhD @PrincetonSPIA. Econ statecraft, info statecraft, foreign influence ops, diasporas, China.
Joined March 2019
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    Has China mastered the art of economic statecraft? I argue not - or at least, that it's more complicated - in a piece for @ForeignAffairs. Paywall-free link here
    Replying to @ForeignAffairs
    Audrye Wong offers a damning assessment of China’s “economic statecraft,” including headline-grabbing efforts such as the Belt and Road Initiative, which backfire as often as they succeed. foreignaffairs.com/articles/china…
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    Come work with me and please spread the word! Looking for a research assistant for exciting projects on China's foreign influence activities, info ops and propaganda, and economic statecraft. This is a full-time position based in DC careers-aei.icims.com/jobs/2276/rese…
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    Dissertation defended! Thanks to Tom Christensen, John Ikenberry, @rorytruex for all their support and advice over the years, and Jim Vreeland for being such a positive 4th! Should I go by Dr Dr(y)e? #phinished
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    Honored to receive this award. Thanks to @KissingerCenter, and to @ForeignAffairs for the opportunity to write!
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    Winner of the Best Policy Article on U.S. Foreign Policy and Grand Strategy is Audrye Wong (@audryewong) for “How Not to Win Allies and Influence Geopolitics: China’s Self-Defeating Economic Statecraft” appearing in @ForeignAffairs. foreignaffairs.com/articles/china…
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    I'm very honored to receive this award, and grateful to all those who have provided generous feedback on this paper. Thank you @ISSS_ISA and the selection committee!
    Congratulations to Audrye Wong , winner of the 2020 Patricia Weitsman Award for Outstanding ISSS Graduate Paper, for her paper “Reaping What you Sow: Public Accountability and the Effectiveness of China’s Economic Statecraft" @audryewong @isanet
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    Excited to work on this project with great colleagues! We examine whether and how the BRI has gained China geopolitical influence
    .@DoDMinerva will again fund ESOC for its new project "Measuring China’s Political Influence along the Belt and Road"... Key investigators include @JacobNShapiro @EthanKapstein @JoeFelter and @audryewong Full announcement here: bit.ly/2Odh3hE @PrincetonSPIA
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    Replying to @FairbankCenter
    Hi! I'm a postdoc at MIT/Harvard and @FairbankCenter. My research focuses on China's foreign policy, and the use of economic and informational tools to gain political influence. My current book project examines how China uses economic statecraft and when it succeeds (or fails).
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    A @CSIS piece I wrote about China's trade inducements: while Beijing's heavy-handed approach has created pushback, trade-expanding activities have also reshaped elite interests in recipient countries csis.org/analysis/tradi…. Thanks to @HillmanJE @ReconAsia
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    Thank you @BtGProjectDC and @ISSS_ISA! In this paper, I examine how public accountability in recipient countries constrains China's ability to use economic statecraft in pursuit of its geopolitical goals
    Congratulations to BtG alum @audryewong, this year's recipient of the @isanet ISSS Patricia Weitsman Award!
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    I got to speak on the BRI while looking out onto a fjord!
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    Postdoctoral fellow @audryewong, @BelferCenter @Harvard, speaking on The Belt and Road Initiative and Economic Statecraft "We are starting to see a resistance from developing countries against China's BRI" #Leangkollen #Security
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    Had a great discussion @BrookingsFP with everyone on China's BRI, grand strategy, and implications for U.S. foreign policy!
    On Monday @BrookingsInst, @DeptofDefense's Randall Schriver, @brucebrookings, @ryanl_hass, @RushDoshi, @ChhabraT, Jamie Horsley, Cheng Li, and Audrye Wong discussed what #GlobalChina means for U.S.-China strategic competition. If you missed it, watch here brook.gs/2l4vfP2
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    Not all training data are created equal -- how generative AI could end up being "force multipliers" for CCP propaganda @Yaqiu
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    Replying to @BtGProjectDC
    Hi everyone! NEW '17. PhD Princeton @WilsonSchool. Incoming Grand Strategy postdoc @BelferCenter, @BrookingsFP, An Wang fellow @FairbankCenter @CWPColumbia. My research focuses on China's economic statecraft and foreign influence efforts.