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Debate Night: Trust in US Elections and the Peaceful Transition of Power

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Authoritarian Interference Foreign Policy Global Implications of China's Rise

“ But in Brussels, many will miss Buetikofer’s straight-shooting ways and a perspective on China that evolved over half a century. “Seen by many as a polariser, he was actually a consensus builder for a realistic China policy and, as such, appreciated by many in the EU institutions,” said Gunnar Wiegand, until last year the EU’s top diplomat on Asia.”

South China Morning Post
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Gunnar Wiegand
Global Implications of China's Rise Security and Geopolitics

“ Taiwan President Lai Ching-te faced China's largest-scale military exercises in nearly two years during his first week in office, with one analyst telling Newsweek she expects more to follow. "This is the exercise season, so I expect more military drills around Taiwan intended to intimidate and warn the new Lai administration against pursuing independence actions," Bonnie Glaser, managing director of the Indo-Pacific Program at the German Marshall Fund of the United States, told Newsweek. (...) In a diplomatic coup for China, the Pacific island nation of Nauru announced it was switching official ties from Taipei to Beijing, becoming the 10th Taiwan ally to do so during Tsai's two terms as president. This left only a dozen countries maintaining official ties with Taipei. "Beijing also may poach one of Taiwan's 12 remaining diplomatic allies, if there is one that is willing to be bought off," Glaser said.”

Newsweek
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Bonnie S. Glaser

“ Anaklia is the crown jewel of the Middle Corridor. If you have China building such a key point, then you are giving them the capacity and opportunity to control a very important route for trade between Europe and Asia.”

RFE/RL
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Romana Vlahutin
Elections Foreign Policy Global Implications of China's Rise

“ Beijing is closely watching how far-right parties perform in particular: A strong showing in the EU, followed by elections in three German states later this year, could “create an impression of political disarray,” a German Marshall Fund fellow wrote, which could slow any legislation aimed at curbing China’s ambitions. ”

Semafor
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Noah Barkin
War in Ukraine

“ China is not neutral as regards Russia’s war against Ukraine. It provides a lifeline to Russia’s economy, and in particular to its defence industry with its massive critical dual-use goods exports, supporting the war effort. ”

South China Morning Post
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Gunnar Wiegand
Global Implications of China's Rise War in Ukraine

“ The problem for Europeans is that the Chinese are pursuing this ever more hostile, ever closer alignment with the Russians, because it serves them to have the Russians as a partner who is openly challenging and disruptive, while China at the same time wants to remain a very close economic and technological partner of the EU and the U.S. So China wants to have it both ways”

POLITICO China Watcher
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Gunnar Wiegand
Cybersecurity Digital Regulation Technology and Democracy

“ The big issue with TikTok is that it's owned by a company, ByteDance, that is based in the Peoples' Republic of China and is held accountable to the Chinese Communist Party. (...) the ability to influence TikTok's algorithm, to have massive amounts of data about the likes, dislikes, and habits of American voters [is] handing the Chinese Communist Party a loaded gun”

The Burn Bag Podcast
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Lindsay Gorman
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