Sheena Chestnut Greitens
Associate Professor at UT-Austin. I study authoritarian politics, security, & East Asia, especially China and Korea.
Non-resident scholar at Carnegie Endowment & U.S. Army War College, editor of the Texas National Security Review. Views my own.
- Reposted by Sheena Chestnut GreitensChina will stabilize grain and oilseed output, diversify agricultural imports, and increase support for farmers, state media reported on Tuesday, citing a government rural policy blueprint aimed at ensuring food security.
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- Reposted by Sheena Chestnut GreitensIn 1956, the Suez Crisis revealed the limits of British power. Could a similar event hollow out the US alliance system today? Bence Nemeth — @bencenemeth.bsky.social — applies his "five factor theory of defense cooperation" to answer this critical question on our latest episode.
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- Reposted by Sheena Chestnut GreitensPakistan plans a special protection unit for Chinese nationals after Beijing talks, boosting rapid-response counterterrorism and joint police training amid attacks.
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- Reposted by Sheena Chestnut GreitensIn our latest podcast episode, Ambassador Kang Kyung-wha joins Sheena Chestnut Greitens (@sheenagreitens.bsky.social) to discuss the US–Korea alliance. They examine the $350 billion investment in US manufacturing and the strategic challenges posed by North Korea’s alignment with Russia.
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- Reposted by Sheena Chestnut GreitensDr. Carter Malkasian joins Sheena Chestnut Greitens (@sheenagreitens.bsky.social) and Ryan Vest (@rgvest.bsky.social) to discuss war and state-building in the Middle East and South Asia.
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- Reposted by Sheena Chestnut GreitensChina is holding a staggering number of trainings for police in countries around the world. Why? @sheenagreitens.bsky.social and Cameron Waltz break down what’s going on – and what's in it for China: youtube.com/shorts/kFiSn...
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- Reposted by Sheena Chestnut GreitensFrom surveillance tech to police trainings, countries are buying what China is selling, and Beijing is “resetting standards around what security means,” says @sheenagreitens.bsky.social. More in @economist.com: www.economist.com/internationa...
- Delighted to share a new @carnegieendowment.org report on China’s Foreign Police Training: A Global Footprint. Over 50 entities in China have provided training to at least 138 countries, forming a major pillar of Beijing’s drive to reshape global security: carnegieendowment.org/research/202...
- Reposted by Sheena Chestnut GreitensThey join Sheena Chestnut Greitens – @sheenagreitens.bsky.social and Ryan Vest – @rgvest.bsky.social to discuss lessons from the COCOM regime and why China is a far more adept target than the Soviet Union. Listen wherever you get your podcasts!
- Reposted by Sheena Chestnut GreitensAre today's tech export controls against China just a repeat of the Cold War? Not quite. It was "Hard then Harder Now," argue @dartmouthartsci.bsky.social scholars Jennifer Lind – @proflind.bsky.social and Michael Mastanduno.
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- Reposted by Sheena Chestnut GreitensCan China sell itself as an alternative to the Western-led security order? @sheenagreitens.bsky.social joined @gmfus.bsky.social’s @bglaser.bsky.social on the China Global podcast to discuss. Listen here: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/g...
- The @gmfus.bsky.social China Global podcast is one of my go-to podcasts on China’s role in the world, so I was delighted to get join @bglaser.bsky.social this week to talk about China’s expanding global security cooperation: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/c...
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- Reposted by Sheena Chestnut GreitensChina is trying to sell itself as the safest country in the world – especially, implicitly, as safer than the West. @sheenagreitens.bsky.social on the success of this sales pitch at last week’s global forum, for @financialtimes.com: www.ft.com/content/5c42...
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- China is rewriting global security order by positioning itself as the safest country in the world - and the US as unsafe. Thx to @financialtimes.com, & co-authors on @carnegieendowment.org project @ibkardon.bsky.social & @cameronwaltz.bsky.social : www.ft.com/content/5c42...
- Honored to join my @utaustin.bsky.social colleagues today for this event on 9/11 and its legacies. If you’re around campus today, join us to remember and reflect:
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- Reposted by Sheena Chestnut Greitens“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?...
- Reposted by Sheena Chestnut GreitensChina’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...
- Reposted by Sheena Chestnut GreitensTerrific conversation about China as an internal security provider—with @sheenagreitens.bsky.social and @ibkardon.bsky.social open.substack.com/pub/blueblaz...
- Delighted to share a new report that's been over a year in the making, with @carnegieendowment.org 's @ibkardon.bsky.social & Cameron Waltz, on China's internal security outreach under GSI: carnegieendowment.org/research/202...
- "No country has embraced the authoritarian potential of digital surveillance tools with greater alacrity than the People's Republic of China." New report from UT's Strauss Center on practical steps that could address this challenge here: www.strausscenter.org/wp-content/u...
- Reposted by Sheena Chestnut GreitensPresenting our Summer 2025 roundup! A thread of all the articles from our latest issue. 🧵 tnsr.org/latest-print...
- Reposted by Sheena Chestnut GreitensSheena Chestnut Greitens (@sheenagreitens.bsky.social) provides the intro, detailing how national security scholarship can provide both guidance and useful warning during a time of disruption. tnsr.org/2025/06/when...
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- I hope @christiehenry.bsky.social understands that for many in Xinjiang, the “peace” she saw is what scholars have elsewhere termed “the peace of the prison-yard.” (Plenty of good scholars at Princeton who could’ve helped them avoid this. Just embarrassing.)
- So, @princetonupress.bsky.social, for future reference: you have world-class scholars like Gary Bass or @rorytruex.bsky.social who could really have helped you avoid this….
- Valuable thread:
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- As someone who couldn’t have written her first book without access to materials from here, I’d really like to know who defines “legitimate business need” and what the standard is.
- Update: notice appears to have been removed from website. 🤷🏻♀️
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- Reposted by Sheena Chestnut GreitensIWI is the place for scholars with research/publications on irregular warfare topics to reach a practitioner/policymaker audience! Love this piece by Sheena Greitens and Isaac Kardon based on recent International Security publication. Share your work thru IWI! irregularwarfare.org/articles/doe...
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