AU staff and adjuncts and grad students together 🤝🤝🤝 theeagleonline.com/article/2021/1…

Hey all! Want an update on bargaining with the American University administration? Spoiler alert: it’s not going well. They refuse to offer more than 2.1% annual adjustments—well below inflation—for academic staff, adjunct faculty, and grad student workers. Graduate Leadership Council - American University

We aren’t the only ones that think American University would benefit from paying us fairly. Here is an open letter to Sylvia M. Burwell from 88(!!!) tenured faculty urging her to settle a fair contract with grads, AU Staff Union, and adjunct faculty.

“Whose got the power? We got the power!” Right now: Adjunct Faculty Protest at American University. Both faculty & students in solidarity to increase wages.

Ecuador and China’s Free Trade Agreement has often been portrayed as a milestone for China in Latin America, but recent developments have thrown the fate of the deal into doubt. As Julie Radomski writes, the uncertainty has implications across the region. worldpoliticsreview.com/ecuador-china-…

Tenemos el agrado de presentar una nueva columna denominada ¿Cómo terminará la historia de Coca Codo Sinclair en Ecuador?, por Julie Radomski, candidata a PhD en Relaciones Internacionales en la American University. #Ecuador #China #CocaCodoSinclair #IED chinayamericalatina.com/como-terminara…

Un nuevo derrame de petróleo en El Chaco, misma zona donde en 2020 y 2022 se rompieron las tuberías de OCP y SOTE por la inestabilidad de la zona sísmica y por erosión. ¿Cuál es el futuro del Coca cuando el presente es devastador? Napo Resiste Alianza de Organizaciones por los Derechos Humanos Frente Nacional Antiminero

📽️ Una nueva agresión de la industria petrolera la #Amazonía. OCP Ecuador S.A. y el Estado ecuatoriano deben responder por el daño ambiental y por las comunidades afectadas. El nuevo incidente demuestra que no se tomado las medidas para evitar que vuelvan a suceder. ¡Ya basta!

Excited to announce that our Julie will be a Global China Fellow (post-doc) at Boston University Global China Initiative next year! bu.edu/gdp/2021/10/22…

🇨🇳🔌 La hidroeléctrica Coca Codo Sinclair en #Ecuador 🇪🇨, un proyecto chino, enfrenta problemas de fisuras y #corrupción. 💡 ¿Cómo afectará esto a la #soberanía energética del país? ✍ Descúbrelo en este análisis de Julie ➡️ latinoamerica21.com/es/china-ecuad…

A big thank you to my amazing committee chair!! I'm so grateful for all the support from the SIS PhD Program community and excited to start the next chapter at Boston University Global Development Policy Center soon

New blog post at Center for Latin American & Latino Studies on the constantly evolving story of Coca Codo Sinclair hydroelectric project and its political implications. Truly never a dull moment following this dam aulablog.net/2024/08/21/the…

What role do public development finance institutions play in transition mineral supply chain governance? In a new policy report, BowenGu Julie Becky Ray + Cynthia Ann Sanborn discuss, with 5️⃣ policy recommendations: bu.edu/gdp/2025/03/04…

🇨🇴 "If Colombia enters the Belt and Road Initiative right at the start of the Trump administration, it’s not going to be well received in the US." Colombia juggles closer China ties and Trump tensions ✍️ Rodrigo Rodríguez (Rodrigo Rodríguez) reports: loom.ly/NstgI1I

Ecuador may soon receive the long-delayed Coca Codo Sinclair dam from Sinohydro, nearly a decade after its 2016 inauguration amid controversy over Chinese financing. chinaglobalsouth.com/analysis/ecuad…

For The China-Global South Project, Julie argues that the fate of Coca Codo Sinclair will stand as a testament to the power of sustained host country pressure in shaping the accountability + future viability of large-scale 🇨🇳Chinese projects. Read more: gdpcenter.org/4ldbL41

What 🔑 issue areas are likely to be on the agenda at the upcoming China-CELAC Forum? In a new blogpost, Julie Zara Albright + Becky Ray outline 5️⃣ topics to watch, from cooperation in green energy to trade relationships: gdpcenter.org/3EVQDPs

From 🇨🇴Colombia's quest for green energy to transition minerals, trade + more, Julie Zara Albright + Becky Ray highlight 5️⃣ topics to watch at the Fourth China-CELAC Forum in a new blogpost. Read more: gdpcenter.org/3ZbRQJb

New research in Resources, Conservation & Recycling from Becky Ray BowenGu Julie + Cynthia Ann Sanborn explores the avenues by which public development finance institutions + export credit agencies can support sustainability + inclusion through patient capital. Read more: gdpcenter.org/445JjKF

🚨The government of Ecuador 🇪🇨 has reached a $400M deal with 🇨🇳PowerChina to operate the Coca Codo Sinclair dam. For context on the project’s complex handover process, see this The China-Global South Project op-ed by Julie: gdpcenter.org/46wc7xC