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, 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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Book Event - "On Xi Jinping" with Ambassador Kevin Rudd

The CSIS Freeman Chair and CSIS Australia Chair are pleased to be hosting former Australian Prime Minister and current Australian Ambassador to the United States Kevin Rudd for a discussion of his new book "On Xi Jinping: How Xi's Marxist Nationalism is Shaping China and the World" (Oxford University Press, September 2024). 

Event — October 21, 2024

Pekingology

The Sentinel State

In this episode of Pekingology, Freeman Chair in China Studies Jude Blanchette is joined by Minxin Pei, Tom and Margot Pritzker '72 Professor of Government and George R. Roberts Fellow at Claremont McKenna College. He is also editor of the China Leadership Monitor. They discuss his recent book The Sentinel State Surveillance and the Survival of Dictatorship in China. (Harvard University Press, 2024)

Podcast Episode by Jude Blanchette — October 3, 2024

CSIS Pekingology
The Asia Chessboard

US-China Relations From the Inside

This week Mike and Jude are joined by Rick Waters, managing director of Eurasia Group's China practice. Rick previously served as the US State Department's top China policy official, overseeing the creation of the Office of China Coordination, informally known as the China House, and concurrently serving as deputy assistant secretary of state for China and Taiwan.

Podcast Episode by Jude Blanchette and Michael J. Green — October 1, 2024

CSIS The Asia Chess Board

The Global Impact of the 2024 U.S. Presidential Election

Please join us for the inaugural event of the CSIS Geopolitics and Foreign Policy Department to discuss a collection of essays by CSIS scholars assessing the meaning of the election for Europe, Russia, Eurasia, the Indo-Pacific, the Americas, Africa, and the Middle East. 

Event — September 26, 2024

Navigating China’s Inflection

Beijing’s policy agenda faces difficult headwinds, creating unique opportunities for the United States to confront China by leveraging its pluralistic society, adopting a nuanced approach to inbound Chinese investment, and bolstering its coalition-building efforts.

Commentary by Jude Blanchette — September 26, 2024

Audio Briefs

Navigating China’s Inflection

An audio version of “Navigating China’s Inflection,” a new commentary by CSIS’s Jude Blanchette. This audio was generated with text-to-speech by Eleven Labs. 

Podcast Episode by Jude Blanchette — September 26, 2024

Audio Briefs
Pekingology

Xi Jinping’s Plan for Taiwan

In this episode of Pekingology, Freeman Chair in China Studies Jude Blanchette is joined by Kharis Templeman, Research Fellow at the Hoover Institution and the manager of the Project on Taiwan in the Indo-Pacific Region. He is also a Lecturer at the Center for East Asian Studies at Stanford University. They discuss Taiwan’s Lai Ching-te administration, and the strategy Beijing may adopt to govern its relations with the Taipei.

Podcast Episode by Jude Blanchette — September 19, 2024

CSIS Pekingology