Jude Blanchette

Freeman Chair in China Studies
Jude Blanchette

Jude Blanchette holds the Freeman Chair in China Studies at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS). Previously, he was engagement director at The Conference Board’s China Center for Economics and Business in Beijing, where he researched China’s political environment with a focus on the workings of the Communist Party of China and its impact on foreign companies and investors. Prior to working at The Conference Board, Blanchette was the assistant director of the 21st Century China Center at the University of California, San Diego. Blanchette has written for a range of publications, including Foreign Affairs and Foreign Policy, and his Chinese translations have appeared in the Wall Street Journal and the Financial Times. His book, China’s New Red Guards: The Return of Radicalism and the Rebirth of Mao Zedong, was published by Oxford University Press in 2019. Blanchette is a public intellectual fellow at the National Committee on United States-China Relations and serves on the board of the American Mandarin Society. He is also a senior advisor at Martin+Crumpton Group, a geopolitical risk advisory based in Arlington, Virginia. He holds an M.A. in modern Chinese studies from the University of Oxford and a B.A. in economics from Loyola University in Maryland.

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To Deter Beijing, What the United States Says Matters

This commentary argues that conflicting statements by top U.S. military and defense leaders about the imminence of a Chinese invasion of Taiwan risk undermining the strength of U.S. deterrence vis-à-vis Beijing.  

Commentary by Jude Blanchette and Ryan Hass — February 2, 2023

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Pekingology

Party Building in China's Institutions

In this episode of Pekingology, Freeman Chair Jude Blanchette is joined by  Daniel Koss to discuss his work on Party-building in two recent articles.

Podcast Episode by Jude Blanchette — February 2, 2023

CSIS Pekingology

Assessing the Future Trajectory of China-Japan Relations

Please join the Interpret: China project, the CSIS Japan Chair, and a panel of leading experts for a discussion of likely trajectories for China-Japan relations, drawing on insights from newly translated Chinese primary source documents.

Event by Jude Blanchette , Christopher B. Johnstone , Bonny Lin , and Rumi Aoyama — January 31, 2023

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Press Briefing: Previewing Secretary Blinken’s China Visit

The CSIS will host a call-in press briefing on Monday, January 30, at 4:00 p.m. ET ahead of U.S. Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken’s anticipated visit to Beijing on February 5 and 6.

Event by Bonny Lin , Jude Blanchette , and Scott Kennedy — January 30, 2023

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Assessing Hong Kong’s Future as a Global Business Hub

Several years have passed since Beijing began tightening its grip on Hong Kong, most notably via the imposition of the National Security Law in 2020. How has the city’s changed political environment affected its regional and global economic competitiveness? 

Event by Jude Blanchette — January 25, 2023

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Pekingology

China’s Influence and Investments in Africa

In this episode of Pekingology, Freeman Chair Jude Blanchette is joined by Margaret Pearson, Distinguished Professor and Distinguished Scholar-Teacher in the Department of Government and Politics at the University of Maryland, College Park to discuss her recent research on Chinese Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in Africa. Her recent works include “Does Chinese FDI in Africa Inspire Support for a China Model of Development” and “Foreign Direct Investment, Unmet Expectations and the Prospects of Political Leaders: Evidence from Chinese Investment in Africa.” 

 

Podcast Episode by Jude Blanchette — January 19, 2023

CSIS Pekingology
The Asia Chessboard

Japan Steps Up

Mike and Jude are joined by Christopher B. Johnstone to look at what Japan’s new national security strategy means for its role in the region and the U.S.-Japan alliance.

Podcast Episode by Michael J. Green , Jude Blanchette , and Christopher B. Johnstone — January 17, 2023

CSIS The Asia Chess Board

Indo-Pacific Forecast 2023

What is the outlook for U.S.-China relations? Which of the U.S. alliance networks in the Indo-Pacific is most promising? Will IPEF thrive? Join CSIS experts to explore these and other questions during our annual preview of political, security, and economic developments.

Event by Victor Cha , Emily Benson , Jude Blanchette , Charles Edel , Matthew P. Goodman , Christopher B. Johnstone , Scott Kennedy , Ellen Kim , and Bonny Lin , Lily McElwee , Erin L. Murphy , Yuko Nakano , Gregory B. Poling , William Alan Reinsch , Nicholas Szechenyi , Raymond Vickery , Kurt Campbell , Ambassador Taeyong Cho , Ambassador Jose Manuel G. Romualdez — January 12, 2023

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