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MariaRepnikova @mariarepnikova.bsky.social · 20/11/2025

My new piece @foreignaffairs.com on whether #China is stepping into the #SoftPower gap left by the US withdrawal. I argue that it is doing so reluctantly, both in terms of material and ideological diplomacy. Take a look here: www.foreignaffairs.com/united-state...

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The New Soft-Power Imbalance

China’s cautious response to America’s retreat.

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Jeremy Goldkorn @goldkorn.bsky.social · 15/11/2025

New Rhyming Chaos podcast with @mtemkin.bsky.social talking to @mariarepnikova.bsky.social and me, on many things including forgotten heroes like senators Morse and Gruening, lone dissenters against the 1964 Gulf of Tonkin Resolution.

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Trump is the symptom, not the disease

What we can actually learn from history to make sense of the world and its leaders in 2025, with historian and author Moshik Temkin.

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MariaRepnikova @mariarepnikova.bsky.social · 29/05/2025

Our new Rhyming Chaos episode with @goldkorn is out now contrasting #Chilean dictatorship with contemporary #America. We interview Stacy Torres, a sociologist and a daughter of a Chilean immigrant who taught her how to be careful: www.rhymingchaos.com/p/dont-open-...

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"Don’t open the door to nobody!” Life in Pinochet's Chile and Trump's America.

Stacy Torres' Chilean father advised her to be extremely suspicious about anyone who wanted information from her. She now knows why he seemed so paranoid.

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Jeff Wasserstrom @jwassers.bsky.social · 12/05/2025

In addition to liking and learning from multiple episodes of Rhyming Chaos, enjoyed this updated "about" page for it now that @mariarepnikova.bsky.social has joined to co-host it with originator @goldkorn.bsky.social www.rhymingchaos.com/about

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Jeremy Goldkorn @goldkorn.bsky.social · 07/04/2025

The Trump-Musk junta and their goons, supported by cowards like Jeff Bezos and Patrick Soon-Shiong, are threatening freedom of expression at universities and in the media. Here are some lessons from China and Russia, from @mariarepnikova.bsky.social.

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Self-censorship and media control in China, Russia, and the U.S.A.

How authoritarian regimes control public discourse—an interview with Maria Repnikova, a scholar of censorship and propaganda in China and Russia.

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MariaRepnikova @mariarepnikova.bsky.social · 07/04/2025

Enjoyed recording this with @goldkorn.bsky.social -- long-time expert in everything #China who happens to also have Jewish-Latvian roots ha. His podcast is awesome, and what a great name: Rhyming Chaos.

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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 05/04/2025

To the world: We are fighting back. Our movement has been silenced by the media here—but we are not backing down. This is what our streets looked like across multiple cities. Tomorrow, there will be more of us! Raise a glass to freedom. —With love, Your American allies.

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MariaRepnikova @mariarepnikova.bsky.social · 21/01/2025

“They need us” and we don’t really need them is basically #trump era foreign policy 2.0

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MariaRepnikova @mariarepnikova.bsky.social · 21/01/2025

So #China is now a motivator for withdrawing from international orgs like WHO. Every policy to come is a pure transactional logic. No vision. #trumpreturn

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MariaRepnikova @mariarepnikova.bsky.social · 21/01/2025

Today feels like a month already. What’s everyone’s coping strategies?

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MariaRepnikova @mariarepnikova.bsky.social · 11/01/2025

Brother knows me like no other. Look at this #Navalny art piece he gave me.

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MariaRepnikova @mariarepnikova.bsky.social · 06/01/2025

Sassy and I wish you a vigorous week!

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MariaRepnikova @mariarepnikova.bsky.social · 02/01/2025

I don't quite get the book lists for the year. Tell me instead about the writing you read over and over and how it moved you, or a poem that you can't forget.

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MariaRepnikova @mariarepnikova.bsky.social · 21/12/2024

Babushka Galina tells everyone to carry on and be happy.

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MariaRepnikova @mariarepnikova.bsky.social · 18/12/2024

#GlobalCommunication scholars: please share new exciting work on global cultural production and reception + communication of geopolitics. Teaching a #PhD seminar next term and hope to assign your latest work! @bilgeyesil.bsky.social and Fan Yang's latest books are already on the syllabus!

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Neil Thomas 牛犇 @neilthomas123.bsky.social · 05/12/2024

How does the world view China? Kudos to Andrew Chubb on his new @asiasociety.org product Global Public Opinion on China As China rose, its average favorability in worldwide opinion polls fell, and faster in recent years 2002: +33 2007: +22 2012: +14 2017: +8 2022: -10 But... 1/20

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MariaRepnikova @mariarepnikova.bsky.social · 03/12/2024

#China #academics and friends, who is around NYC for Christmas/New Year? Would love to meet up. Any cool events going on?

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MariaRepnikova @mariarepnikova.bsky.social · 03/12/2024

Unbelievable. And very plausible in our Trumpian Americaland, isn't?

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MariaRepnikova @mariarepnikova.bsky.social · 03/12/2024

In case, you are wondering what's happening on "the other side," a newly minted PhD posted a lovely photo sharing her accomplishment, and attracted immense hatred and dissection of her topic. Well she also garnered support, but still: x.com/yhdistyminen...

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The China Quarterly @chinaquarterly.bsky.social · 02/12/2024

Drawing on data gathered from qualitative interviews with Chinese students, Zhe Wang & Xuerui Hu explore the international higher education fever gripping China's middle-class families #China #HigherEducation doi.org/10.1017/S030...

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The Normative Biography: International Higher Education Fever among China's Middle-class Families | The China Quarterly | Cambridge Core

The Normative Biography: International Higher Education Fever among China's Middle-class Families

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MariaRepnikova @mariarepnikova.bsky.social · 30/11/2024

Sassy and I are figuring things out.

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MariaRepnikova @mariarepnikova.bsky.social · 27/11/2024

If you could go away for a few months to write and get inspired where would you go?

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MariaRepnikova @mariarepnikova.bsky.social · 27/11/2024

Teaching #GlobalAuthoritarianism this coming semester, and wondering whether to assign a novel again at the start of class, or excerpts from #Navalny book. What are the latest novels that capture our times you would recommend?

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