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Colin Chia

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Tech sovereignty, economic nationalism, identities and ideologies in international politics | www.cdchia.com

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The Syllabus @the-syllabus.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Since 2020, authorities in China have sought to rein in platforms like Alibaba amid their growth in market power and concerns about political disruption. Our article of the week examines the political economy of Fintech disruption. By @cchia.bsky.social & @jingdingwang.bsky.social buff.ly/XDo7crG
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Colin Chia @cchia.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Justin Bieber receives the Diamond Jubilee Medal from Prime Minister Stephen Harper
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Colin Chia @cchia.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Thing I did - doi.org/10.51685/jqd... 1. There's a little bit of Canadian "vibecession" in 2023-24, and it's when left-coded podcasts talk about inflation (capturing affordability and cost of living) 2. We should think about how well the usual poli sci coding of "left/right" still works in 2026
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Colin Chia @cchia.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
@robarmstrong.bsky.social
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Colin Chia @cchia.bsky.social · 27/11/2025
Well, Tether is worse than I thought
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Tether gets junked by S&P
Collateral damaged
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🇨🇦 CPSA ACSP 🇨🇦 @cpsa-acsp.bsky.social · 19/09/2025
Annual Conference @isa-canada.bsky.social #CPSA_ACSP26 For the 20th consecutive year, ISA Canada will co-organize with CPSA the IR section of 2026 CPSA. Submit yr proposals on areas of interest in the study of IR! Section Heads Can E. Mutlu (Acadia) Shaun Narine (St. Thomas). @jplewis.bsky.social
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Colin Chia @cchia.bsky.social · 15/09/2025
Sufficiently advanced magic is indistinguishable from technology🪄
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Colin Chia @cchia.bsky.social · 02/09/2025
Hiring accountants is actually a really important way to get defence spending to the 5% target 🤫
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Colin Chia @cchia.bsky.social · 08/07/2025
My latest work on lessons from the financial crisis comedy starring Christian Bale and Steve Carrell in "Don't Create the Shadow Money"
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Could Stablecoins Create Financial Instability?
Regulators need to act to manage risks that the rapid scaling up of stablecoins, and diverging approaches on how to govern them, pose to global financial stability.
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Colin Chia @cchia.bsky.social · 02/07/2025
Long may Canada be our country to celebrate.
People watching Canada Day fireworks
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Colin Chia @cchia.bsky.social · 06/06/2025
My department is hiring a limited term IR teaching position. Please forward and feel free to reach out to me if you'd like to chat about it!
uvic.ca
POLI 280-197 - Faculty & staff - University of Victoria
Inspired by and honouring place, we are a community-minded, globally engaged university where we transform ideas into meaningful impact.
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Joey Politano🏳️‍🌈 @josephpolitano.bsky.social · 29/05/2025
courts to the US economy
a meme that says "INJURED? I can not help you"
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Colin Chia @cchia.bsky.social · 26/05/2025
To be clear I think the right answer in 2025 is "why not ALL the symbols?"
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Colin Chia @cchia.bsky.social · 26/05/2025
This old Kate Beaton comic about the flag debate in 1965 sums up the strangeness of how we're apparently doing Canadian identity politics in 2025
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Colin Chia @cchia.bsky.social · 19/05/2025
Telling students the IPE course will cover "appeals into the void" does seem to keep them interested
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Colin Chia @cchia.bsky.social · 07/05/2025
#CPSA_ACSP25
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Colin Chia @cchia.bsky.social · 07/05/2025
#CPSA_ACSP25
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Colin Chia @cchia.bsky.social · 29/04/2025
There are more airplanes in the ocean than submarines in the sky.
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Colin Chia @cchia.bsky.social · 12/04/2025
👊💵🔥
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Colin Chia @cchia.bsky.social · 09/04/2025
I wonder how this White House will react when the inspectors from Dublin arrive to check on the fleet of Delta Aviation Financing Ireland
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Colin Chia @cchia.bsky.social · 08/04/2025
What can I say, historical IR drew me in again. Here's a book review I wrote. networks.h-net.org/group/review...
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Chia on Anderson, 'The Dong World and Imperial China's Southwest Silk Road: Trade, Security, and State Formation' | H-Net
Anderson, James A.. The Dong World and Imperial China's Southwest Silk Road: Trade, Security, and State Formation. : University of Washington Press, 2024. 298 pp. $35.00 (paper), ISBN 9780295752792. R...
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Colin Chia @cchia.bsky.social · 04/04/2025
It's wonderful how the White House's April 2 schedule ended with "8pm ET: Global markets respond to America's renewed strength."
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Colin Chia @cchia.bsky.social · 03/04/2025
Here's what the USA imported from the uninhabited Heard and McDonald Islands in 2024 (dataweb.usitc.gov). I'd love to know the story behind these figures, but anyway they're clearly ripping off America, very unfair.
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Colin Chia @cchia.bsky.social · 31/03/2025
🌈😀🎇🌈🙏🫧?
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Colin Chia @cchia.bsky.social · 31/03/2025
I don't think the right emoji for this exists
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Colin Chia @cchia.bsky.social · 26/03/2025
Just posting to assert authorship of the term "geotechnoeconochronopolitics", you heard it here first
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Colin Chia @cchia.bsky.social · 20/03/2025
theconversation.com/why-annexing... Worth looking at Ahmad's extended piece too.
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Why annexing Canada would destroy the United States
Americans have already been defeated by insurgents all over the world. Invading Canada would be no exception.
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Colin Chia @cchia.bsky.social · 08/03/2025
Trade war at the deli counter
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ISA-Canada @isa-canada.bsky.social · 25/02/2025
Are you an ISA member resident in Canada? You’re also a member of the ISA-Canada region and you’re invited to our business meeting on Sunday March 2, 7:30pm at Boulevard A (Hilton). A reception will follow! For virtual attendance, contact colinchia@uvic.ca
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Colin Chia @cchia.bsky.social · 10/02/2025
We're all economic nationalists now
Front page of Victoria Times-Colonist newspaper with banner reading "Shop local - buy Canadian"
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Colin Chia @cchia.bsky.social · 05/06/2024
Why did lower-income countries launch central bank digital currencies, while major economies are not going ahead with them? My latest article in Competition & Change doi.org/10.1177/1024...
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Technology and monetary sovereignty: Understanding motivations for central bank digital currencies - Colin Chia, 2024
Central bank digital currency (CBDC) projects have advanced the furthest in small or developing economies. In contrast, central banks in wealthy countries where...
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