Deeply shocked to hear David Martin Jones has died. We met only last month & had remarkably wide ranging discussion on domestic & international politics. David had so much more to say & many more years to live. Sympathies to all his family & friends. quadrant.org.au/opinion/obitua…

To what extent is China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) purely driven by its competition with the US?

Shahar Hameiri & Lee Jones’ #free article moves away from geopolitics and analyses the commercial motives driving BRI lending. Read: doi.org/10.1093/ia/iia…

I will be discussing the future of the British nation and whether it has one with David Edgerton and Tomiwa Owolade on 2nd May at LSE.

Entry is free but register here to guarantee a seat: lselaw.events/event/the-brit…

New short piece from me East Asia Forum, building on work with Lee Jones, that examines how China's fragmented governance shapes China's hardball approach to sovereign debt restructuring. eastasiaforum.org/2024/04/07/how…

Great opportunity for a PhD and postdoc interested in China-EU tech decoupling: workingat.vu.nl/faculty/social…

The perma-crisis of UK #highered continues. To understand why we're in this mess, and what needs to be done about it, see my 2020 report with Philip Cunliffe for Cieo: cieo.org.uk/research/savin…

In this tally there are now 20 (TWENTY) universities with restructures and redundancies. How on earth isn't there wide-spread public concern?

1/ The draft The Office for Students (OfS) guidance on securing free speech and what are 'reasonably practicable steps' for the purpose of the new legislation is now here. There is a lot of good stuff in there and I will go over some highlights in this thread. officeforstudents.org.uk/news-blog-and-… 🧵

International Affairs International Affairs is looking for a new editor(s). Andrew Mark Dorman has done a tremendous job - big boots to fill! careers.chathamhouse.org/jobs/3742811-c…

🇨🇳 Is China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) motivated by its competition with the US❓

Shahar Hameiri & Lee Jones’ #free article shifts away from geopolitics and suggests that BRI lending is driven by commercial motives in China. Read here: doi.org/10.1093/ia/iia…

I've seen many destructive university restructurings in my time, but this one at Queen Mary University of London QMUL_HSS takes the biscuit. @qmucu demolishes the case for retrenchment. qmucu.org/2024/03/19/hss…

Another Elsevier article clearly written by hooomans:

'I'm very sorry, I don't have access to real-time informatino as I am an AI language model'

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📢 Reminder that the fourth seminar in the GPE: China series takes place on Friday 15th March at 15:00-16:30 (GMT)! 🇨🇳 Lee Jones

In person (with refreshments) University of Leeds & online⬇️

universityofleeds.zoom.us/j/8951014913?p…

As more non-traditional financiers emerge, borrower countries appear to enjoy an ‘age of choice’ in development financing.

However, Shahar Hameiri & Lee Jones’s #free article reveals repercussions in this new lending structure. Read more here 👉 doi.org/10.1093/ia/iia…

Anti-China hawks will try to make this about 'China' eroding British freedoms. But as Philip Cunliffe & I explained in 2020, it's *UK govt* policy of *marketisation* that made universities dependent on (overseas) fees, & hence on pleasing consumer-students. cieo.org.uk/research/savin…

BANNED and cancelled for asking Masters students a challenging question. I’m grateful to Telegraph for putting my story on today’s front page :
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