Heine Interviewed on China’s Relationship with Central American Countries

In an interview with France24, Jorge Heine, Research Professor at Boston University’s Frederick S. Pardee School of Global Studies and Interim Director of the Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future, discussed the possible motivations behind burgeoning relationships between Central American countries and China. In light of Honduras’s recent move to establish diplomatic relations…

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Heine Remarks on China’s Increased Presence in Western Asia

In an appearance on WION, a leading Indian news publication, Jorge Heine, Research Professor at Boston University’s Frederick S. Pardee School of Global Studies and Interim Director of the Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future, discusses Chinese foreign policy and the peace brokered between Saudi Arabia and Iran.  The article first examines the idea that the United…

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Heine Interviewed on China in the Saudi Arabia-Iran Truce

In an appearance on WION, a leading Indian news publication,” Jorge Heine, Research Professor at Boston University’s Frederick S. Pardee School of Global Studies and Interim Director of the Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future, discusses Chinese foreign policy and the peace brokered between Saudi Arabia and Iran.  Heine explored the…

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Pardee School Faculty Discuss China’s Global Impact During “Research on Tap” Event

This “Research on Tap” convened BU faculty and researchers from across schools and disciplines. Through a series of individual presentations on a wide range of topics, the suite of experts expanded BU’s reservoir of knowledge on China and helped inform research and teaching on China at global and local dimensions.

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Heine Breaks Down Emergence of Second Cold War

“There’s a growing consensus that we’re facing a Second Cold War…It’s a notion that I’ve held since at least 2020. At the time, [this position] was criticized by several colleagues, who saw it as premature, considering that there was only a commercial-technological conflict, but without ideological-military overtones. It’s now becoming increasingly apparent that the conflict does have the latter elements.”

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Georgia Nichols (MAIA ‘ 23) Recounts Her Field Research Experience in Vanuatu

Vanuatu is the world’s most at-risk nation for natural disasters, and its vulnerability continues to grow under the current climate crisis. Georgia Nichols (MAIA ‘ 23) recently traveled there with the support of the Pardee School’s Gilman Travel Grant in order to interview climate policy leaders whose knowledge and expertise she will incorporate into her final MA paper. This is the story of her experience.

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Pardee School Faculty Explore Trends in Global Democracy and Democratic Decline

In recent years, global patterns have emerged that threaten to undermine democracy – election denialism, the emergence of nationalist regimes, and the removal of democratically elected governments to name a few. A panel of Pardee School professors commented on these trends in their regions of study as well as the implications for global democracy.

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Fewsmith Expounds Findings of “Rethinking Chinese Politics

Up until a couple of years ago, most observers viewed the Chinese political system as institutionalized; party leaders would serve two terms and another party leader who had been named at the previous party congress would take their place. Professor Fewsmith breaks from this notion and explains Xi Jinping’s political maneuvering.

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