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Carnegie Endowment @carnegieendowment.org · 26/02/2026

What's driving great power competition in the Arctic today? And how do China and Russia perceive President Trump's approach? @ibkardon.bsky.social and @alexgabuev.bsky.social discuss: www.youtube.com/watch?v=FRs5...

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How China & Russia View Trump’s Greenland Policy

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Jason Davidson @profjwdavidson.bsky.social · 07/01/2026

100% I'd also recommend this article from 2025 by @ibkardon.bsky.social and @alexgabuev.bsky.social Annexing Greenland would destroy NATO and NATO allies--Norway, the UK, and Iceland--are necessary for securing the Arctic. foreignpolicy.com/2025/05/26/t...

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Trump’s Greenland Obsession Will Not Secure America

Countering Russia and China in the Arctic requires leveraging alliances, not fracturing them.

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Carnegie Endowment @carnegieendowment.org · 13/11/2025

For more from Sheena, @ibkardon.bsky.social, and Cameron Waltz on how China is training police forces across the world, see their latest Carnegie paper: carnegieendowment.org/research/202...

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China’s Foreign Police Training: A Global Footprint

New data reveal how China’s foreign police training programs have become an integral part of Beijing’s strategy to remake global security.

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Carnegie Endowment @carnegieendowment.org · 13/08/2025

“Analysts and policymakers are used to thinking about China’s military as a global security actor,” says @sheenagreitens.bsky.social‬. But its internal security apparatus also plays a significant role. Sheena, @ibkardon.bsky.social, and Cameron Waltz explain: youtu.be/X0Vtai8xccE?...

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Inside China’s Global Security Playbook

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Carnegie Endowment @carnegieendowment.org · 06/08/2025

China’s internal security agencies are using global engagement to legitimize its national security vision via non-military security cooperation. @ibkardon.bsky.social, @sheenagreitens.bsky.social, & Cameron Walz analyze China’s foreign security policy: carnegieendowment.org/research/202...

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A New World Cop on the Beat? China’s Internal Security Outreach Under the Global Security Initiative

Global outreach by China’s internal security agencies is expanding. This nonmilitary security diplomacy plays a crucial yet overlooked role in Chinese foreign security policy.

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Jennifer Lind @proflind.bsky.social · 04/08/2025

At Blue Blaze, our Scouted series discusses exciting new work in IR and foreign policy. Tune in Wednesday for our first Scouted podcast—in which I host @sheenagreitens.bsky.social & @ibkardon.bsky.social discussing their work on China as an internal security provider

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Carnegie Endowment @carnegieendowment.org · 17/07/2025

How should we understand China’s system of party-state capitalism, and what sets it apart from other countries with strong state intervention in the economy? Meg Rithmire discusses on #TheWorldUnpacked with @ibkardon.bsky.social: youtube.com/shorts/Qly5_...

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What Makes China's Party-State Capitalism Different?

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Carnegie Endowment @carnegieendowment.org · 15/07/2025

Subsea cables carry 95% of the world’s data but are largely invisible in global policy debates. @ibkardon.bsky.social, Jane Munga, and @sophiabesch.bsky.social discuss the geopolitics, economics, and risks surrounding undersea data infrastructure on #TheWorldUnpacked: www.youtube.com/watch?v=sJIq...

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The New Geopolitics of Subsea Cables

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Carnegie Endowment @carnegieendowment.org · 15/07/2025

What are subsea data cables, and why are they important to European security? @sophiabesch.bsky.social explains on the latest #TheWorldUnpacked, with Jane Munga and @ibkardon.bsky.social: youtube.com/shorts/twSI9...

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Subsea Cables and European Security

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Carnegie Endowment @carnegieendowment.org · 16/07/2025

Why are subsea data cables so critical for Africa's socio-economic future? Jane Munga discusses on the latest #TheWorldUnpacked, with @ibkardon.bsky.social and @sophiabesch.bsky.social: youtube.com/shorts/oArgQ...

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Subsea Cables and Africa's Future

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Carnegie Endowment @carnegieendowment.org · 17/07/2025

How does capitalism function in China, a party-state that tries to maintain “rule by market” without ceding too much control to private capital? @ibkardon.bsky.social discusses with Meg Rithmire on #TheWorldUnpacked: youtu.be/BMb3S8Jin_A?...

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Ankit Panda @nktpnd.bsky.social · 11/06/2025

Now available in video: my chat with @ibkardon.bsky.social about my new book. (And definitely the first podcast I’ve done on nukes that ends in a hug!) www.youtube.com/watch?v=XjOp...

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Why We All Need to Care About Nukes Again

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Carnegie Endowment @carnegieendowment.org · 10/06/2025

“The Life of the Party: Past and Present Constraints on the Future of the Chinese Communist Party" Yvonne Chiu, @ibkardon.bsky.social, & Jason M. Kelly’s co-edited publication contains essays from experts on persistent patterns and new developments in Chinese politics since the CCP’s founding.

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Sheena Chestnut Greitens @sheenagreitens.bsky.social · 04/06/2025

On this 6/4, sharing a new piece out at Irregular Warfare Initiative with @ibkardon.bsky.social on "Does China's Growing Security Outreach Matter?" (Spoiler: Yes.) Grateful to @atwellkyle.bsky.social & the entire IWI team for the chance to share our analysis: irregularwarfare.org/articles/doe...

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Does China’s Growing Security Outreach Matter? Tracing Implications for Irregular Warfare and U.S. Security Cooperation

More countries are turning to both the U.S. and China for different types of security support. Learn what “security hybridization” means and why it matters.

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Sheena Chestnut Greitens @sheenagreitens.bsky.social · 31/05/2025

SecDef Hegseth's Shangri-La Dialogue speech repeated conventional wisdom that's already eroded. No longer a functional division of getting security from US, prosperity from China. China's emerged as a global security provider, as @ibkardon.bsky.social and I show in @intsecurity.bsky.social:

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Carnegie Endowment @carnegieendowment.org · 27/05/2025

President Trump’s desire to “get” Greenland isn’t keeping the U.S. secure. By working with – not against – its allies, Washington can counter Russia and China in the Arctic. @ibkardon.bsky.social‬ and @alexgabuev.bsky.social‬ explain for @foreignpolicy.com: foreignpolicy.com/2025/05/26/t...

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Trump’s Greenland Obsession Will Not Secure America

Countering Russia and China in the Arctic requires leveraging alliances, not fracturing them.

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Isaac Kardon @ibkardon.bsky.social · 21/03/2025

Appreciate the extensive quotations and use of my data in this excellent article, which puts the Panama Canal ports in their proper global context. context. We are still waiting for the other shoe to drop in this maritime mega-deal…watch this space.

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Carnegie Endowment @carnegieendowment.org · 31/03/2025

President Trump’s efforts to take the Panama Canal may now be in limbo thanks to a Chinese antitrust investigation. Carnegie’s @ibkardon.bsky.social explained for @nytimes.com . Read the full article here: buff.ly/FkEMSR2

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Austin Ramzy @austinramzy.bsky.social · 14/03/2025

CK Hutchison is accused of "disregarding national interests and national justice and betraying and selling out all Chinese people" over its sale of Panama Canal ports to US. firm BlackRock in a state media commentary posted by China's Hong Kong and Macao office. www.hmo.gov.cn/sgazx/gayw/2...

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Isaac Kardon @ibkardon.bsky.social · 11/03/2025

Just published this short piece on the big Panama Canal port deal and implications for US-China (maritime) competition, and the middle powers squeezed in between. BLUF: BlackRock acquired a huge port-folio of port terminals, planting US flag in a long-neglected sector. rsis.edu.sg/rsis-publica...

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IP25026 | American Consortium’s Purchase of Hong Kong-Owned Port Terminals Has Implications Far Beyond Panama

SYNOPSIS The announcement that the American consortium BlackRock will be buying Hong Kong CK Hutchison’s port operations business has been heralded as a success in support of President Donald Trump’s ...

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Phil Klay @philklay.bsky.social · 09/03/2025

Fascinating piece from @ibkardon.bsky.social and @sheenagreitens.bsky.social on US-Chinese rivalry www.foreignaffairs.com/united-state...

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Isaac Kardon @ibkardon.bsky.social · 05/03/2025

Of course, the US has no recognizable claims on the Canal, nor has it been 'reclaimed' - but this is a seismic shift in the global commercial maritime landscape. Hutchison is selling off its Panama holdings - and also another 41 terminals in 22 countries. Big deal!! www.reuters.com/markets/asia...

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CK Hutchison shares jump 22% after Panama Canal stake sale to BlackRock

CK Hutchison stock gained more than 22% on Wednesday after the Hong Kong conglomerate sold a majority stake in a $22.8 billion ports unit, including assets along the Panama Canal, to a group led by U.S. buyout firm BlackRock .

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Isaac Kardon @ibkardon.bsky.social · 25/02/2025

Excited to share my latest piece with @sheenagreitens.bsky.social, just out with International Security: Quarterly Journal (doi.org/10.1162/isec...). Builds on our prior work in @foreignaffairs.com (www.foreignaffairs.com/united-state...) Paywalled for now, but here's the gist: (1/6)

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Playing Both Sides of the U.S.-Chinese Rivalry

Many countries get external security from Washington—and internal security from Beijing.

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Kori Schake @kschake.bsky.social · 18/01/2024

Delighted to see Dr. Chestnut Greitens’ much anticipated book arrive!

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Thorsten Benner @tbenner.bsky.social · 25/02/2025

Caught in the act. Taiwan’s coastguard said it caught a Chinese-owned freighter cutting a subsea communications cable off its western coast early on Tuesday. www.ft.com/content/eb4a...

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Taiwan catches Chinese-owned ship in act of cutting subsea cable

Confrontation comes after Taipei launched crackdown on Beijing’s ‘shadow fleet’

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Playing Both Sides of the U.S.-Chinese Rivalry

Many countries get external security from Washington—and internal security from Beijing.

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Isaac Kardon @ibkardon.bsky.social · 25/02/2025

So Adani (which had its DFC funding pulled due to US corruption against its owner) still got a better deal at Colombo than China Merchants? Go figure… www.maritimegateway.com/slpas-collab...

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Foreign Affairs @foreignaffairs.com · 15/03/2024

A growing number of countries are receiving security assistance from both Beijing and Washington, write Sheena Chestnut Greitens and Isaac Kardon. How should U.S. policymakers navigate these patterns of overlapping cooperation?

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Playing Both Sides of the U.S.-Chinese Rivalry

Many countries get external security from Washington—and internal security from Beijing.

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Sheena Chestnut Greitens @sheenagreitens.bsky.social · 19/02/2025

Delighted to have a new article out with @ibkardon.bsky.social in International Security. China is emerging as a global security provider, including to countries that get security assistance from the US. 1/3

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Isaac Kardon @ibkardon.bsky.social · 14/02/2025

Grateful for the chance to testify in the House this week about "China's strategic port investments in the Western Hemisphere"...including extensive analysis of the Panama Canal, ZPMC cranes, and the unwisdom of PLA power projection in this hemisphere. homeland.house.gov/hearing/exam...

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Examining the PRC’s Strategic Port Investments in the Western Hemisphere and the Implications for Homeland Security, Part I – Committee on Homeland Security

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Isaac Kardon @ibkardon.bsky.social · 14/02/2025

Sharing my latest @CarnegieEndow piece, with @milomcbride evaluating China's critical mineral export controls as a potent upstream countermeasure against US chip/AI controls. BLUF: China's mineral weapon can hurt global tech industry, but it can't last long. carnegieendowment.org/research/202...

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Rocks vs. Chips

How the U.S.-China competition is playing out for high-tech advantage

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Rocks vs. Chips

How the U.S.-China competition is playing out for high-tech advantage

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Isaac Kardon @ibkardon.bsky.social · 14/02/2025

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Examining the PRC’s Strategic Port Investments in the Western Hemisphere and the Implications for Homeland Security, Part I – Committee on Homeland Security

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Sarah Kirchberger @sarahkirchberger.bsky.social · 28/01/2025

The latest trend in ship design: broken ⚓️ , for a rugged look 🎉

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National Committee on U.S.-China Relations @ncuscr.bsky.social · 15/01/2025

Read the latest by our #PIPFellows @ibkardon.bsky.social and @sheenagreitens.bsky.social on the evolving U.S.-China-Vietnam triangle:

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Isaac Kardon @ibkardon.bsky.social · 14/01/2025

Today we see strategic “non-monogamy,” where countries like Vietnam are working with US on external security and meanwhile cooperating with PRC internal security (policing, surveillance, suppressing opposition). Our piece unpacks this emerging trend in global security alignment in Asia & beyond.

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Isaac Kardon @ibkardon.bsky.social · 14/01/2025

New piece with @sheenagreitens.bsky.social in @foreignpolicy.com on Vietnam and US-China security competition. We argue that this rivalry doesn’t require countries to choose the US or China as sole security partner. That type of bipolarity is Cold War 1.0. (1/2) foreignpolicy.com/2025/01/13/v...

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Vietnam Wants U.S. Help at Sea and Chinese Help at Home

Washington shouldn’t overestimate its influence in Hanoi.

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