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, Foreign Policy, the Wall Street Journal, War on the Rocks, the Financial Times, and the Washington Post. 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 holds an MA in modern Chinese studies from the University of Oxford and a BA in economics from Loyola University in Maryland.
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Column: Taiwan held an election. War didn’t break out. That’s good news for California and the world
Jude Blanchette in The Los Angeles Times — January 22, 2024
Xi, Biden and a $10t. cost of war over Taiwan
Jude Blanchette in The Jerusalem Post — January 12, 2024
Xi, Biden and the $10 Trillion Cost of War Over Taiwan
Jude Blanchette in Bloomberg News — January 8, 2024
US political moves, war planning risk destabilising Taiwan Strait, analysts say
Jude Blanchette in South China Morning Post — November 21, 2023
What a 21st Century Cold War Looks Like
Jude Blanchette in Bloomberg — November 18, 2023
Bloomberg Daybreak: Australia 11/17/2023
Jude Blanchette in Bloomberg — November 17, 2023
Biden and Xi, meeting in Silicon Valley, promise to work to avoid U.S.-China conflict
Jude Blanchette in LA Times — November 15, 2023
U.S. Manages Expectations of a Breakthrough Before Biden and Xi Meet
Jude Blanchette in New York Times — November 14, 2023
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Understanding China's Regionally Administered Totalitarianism
Event — March 26, 2024
China’s Food Security: Key Challenges and Emerging Policy Responses
Brief by Kevin Dong, Mallie Prytherch, Lily McElwee, Patricia Kim, Jude Blanchette, and Ryan Hass — March 15, 2024
A Journalist’s Take on the U.S.-China Relationship
Podcast Episode by Jude Blanchette and Michael J. Green — March 12, 2024
Hong Kong's New Security Law: Assessing Article 23
Event — February 28, 2024
Building International Support for Taiwan - Report Launch
Event — February 14, 2024
Building International Support for Taiwan
Brief by Jude Blanchette, Ryan Hass, and Lily McElwee — February 13, 2024
2024 Global Forecast: The China Challenge
Digital Report by Victor Cha, Gregory C. Allen, Scott Kennedy, Seth G. Jones, Kari A. Bingen, and Heather Williams, Tom Karako, Bonny Lin, Jude Blanchette, Charles Edel, Christopher B. Johnstone, Nicholas Szechenyi, Lily McElwee, Daniel F. Runde, Craig Cohen, Alex Kisling — January 25, 2024
Taiwan’s 2024 Elections: Results and Implications
Critical Questions by Brian Hart, Scott Kennedy, Jude Blanchette, and Bonny Lin — January 19, 2024