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Thank you to the faculty and students of Schwarzman Scholars for hosting me on campus. A great conversation with the next generation of China experts and future leaders.

Well articulated Ollie Ryan Tucker:
'In arguing that 'governments do not have to choose between values and interests', Lammy continues to cling to the utopian thinking that has dominated British foreign policy for the last few decades'

Deputy PM Oliver Dowden laying out HMG’s approach to Britain’s economic security at Chatham House.
Phrases such as “derisking but not decoupling” and “small garden(?), high fence” echo those used in the US.
Is this designed with China in mind? Reply: “country agnostic”

Great work Dan Lawes is pushing for!

Honoured to welcome Simon Stiell, Executive Secretary of the UN Climate Change, to Chatham House.

“Two years to save the world”

#CHevents Chatham House Environment and Society

Livestream of the event 👇

I just listened to the first episode of Face Off, the U.S. v. China, an excellent new podcast series that is hosted by my former colleague Jane Perlez, with Harvard's Rana Mitter. lnk.to/Face-Off

How can the US and China entrench their recent progress in climate cooperation?
Our Academy Fellow Chengkai Xie writes with Herbert Crowther for The Wire China on U.S.-China climate engagement this year.
thewirechina.com/2024/03/03/a-v…

A unique experience to screen The Three Body Problems with a dozen Schwarzman Scholars … especially with the cultural revolution scene in Tsinghua at the start … #3BodyProblem

Love Steph McGovern’s incredible anecdote of interviewing Donald Trump in this episode …

“He who controls the spice controls the universe” #Dune2

Former Chief Editor of the Global Times invites Taylor Swift Taylor Swift to come to China and tasks Nicholas Burns, Ambassador Nicholas Burns , to help get it done.

Talk about strange bedfellows.

Thrilled to be in Baku to wrap up Nizami Ganjavi International Center - NGIC Global Baku Forum on a youth panel to share my perspective on the role of young people in climate policy and energy transition. #GlobalBakuForum

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An excellent and candid opening session at this year’s Global Baku Forum. All eyes on Gaza. Fmr PM of Bosnia chairing a conversation between the fmr SecGen of Arab League and fmr Isareli Foreign Minister about the path to peace.

Christopher Nolan's first post-Oppenheimer project, an adaptation of ‘WHY NATIONS FAIL’, has begun filming.

Starring Paul Giamatti as Daron Acemoglu & Jared Harris as James A. Robinson

Delighted to see our piece (with my fellow Schwarzman Scholars friend Herbert Crowther) on US-China climate engagement on The Wire China.
There’s plenty of room for both countries to entrench recent progress in cooperation in 2024.
Chatham House Environment and Society QE II Academy
thewirechina.com/2024/03/03/a-v…

Look forward to reading this Igor Patrick 伊戈尔 !

Gillian Tett summarises her three takeaways from Yuval Noah Harari's talk

1 We live in an era of global risk
2 We are not powerless - join a group, focus and get to work
3 Keep in mind the power of narratives

Boarded a China Eastern plane flying to China, the in-flight radio still reminds me to put on a face mask. Am I about to travel back in time? 🫠