
ACF @ Johns Hopkins SAIS
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The Institute for America, China, and the Future of Global Affairs (ACF) brings rigor and reason to public and policy discussion on China.
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https://acf.sais.jhu.edu/ 09-01-2025 20:36:05
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Grateful to discuss US-China AI security dynamics and the implications of DeepSeek at Jessica Chen Weiss's Institute for America, China, and the Future of Global Affairs at SAIS. Learned much from Richard Danzig, Jeffrey Ding, Kathleen Fisher, Henry Farrell. youtube.com/watch?v=C7UgNv…

Recordings of the launch event for the ACF @ Johns Hopkins SAIS are now available! 🎥 Morning Sessions: youtube.com/watch?v=C7UgNv… 🎥 Afternoon Sessions: youtu.be/oeyAM-D_xtM?si…


"We need more research, more discussion, more debate, and from different perspectives and backgrounds, to begin to get China right." - Jessica Chen Weiss, ACF @ Johns Hopkins SAIS Watch the ACF @ Johns Hopkins SAIS launch here: 🎥 Morning: youtube.com/watch?v=C7UgNv…… 📷 Afternoon: youtu.be/oeyAM-D_xtM?si…


A very big thanks to Kaiser Kuo for featuring key discussions from our Feb 3 ACF @ Johns Hopkins SAIS launch, incl with Senator Andy Kim, on the Sinica Podcast! Listen to the audio here: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/get…


A bonus episode of the Sinica Podcast this week. Listen to Senator Andy Kim (@andykimNJ) speak with JHU SAIS's Dean Jim Steinberg in the inaugural session of SAIS's Inst. for America (ACF @ Johns Hopkins SAIS ), China, & the Future of Global Affairs (ACF)—"Getting China Right." Link in replies.


What's mostly driving China's solar overcapacity? Jonas Nahm cites two main causes: 1) policy support from subnational governments for local firms 2) lack of coordination among provinces More in the ACF @ Johns Hopkins SAIS report, "Getting China Right at Home": acf.sais.jhu.edu/reports.html



How can the US account for the nuances in U.S.-China policy as it looks to advance key econ and nat sec objectives? JHU's The Hub coverage of the ACF @ Johns Hopkins SAIS launch event: washingtondc.jhu.edu/news/how-to-ad…

AASF applauds the publication of “Getting China Right at Home: Addressing the Domestic Challenges of Intensifying Competition” from ACF @ Johns Hopkins SAIS: aasforum.org/2025/03/13/asi…


ACF @ Johns Hopkins SAIS's Jessica Chen Weiss shared her some thoughts with Amanpour and Company on how China responding to new developments in US trade and foreign policy.

Today, ACF @ Johns Hopkins SAIS was pleased to welcome Phillip Saunders and Joel Wuthnow to discuss their book, China's Quest for Military Supremacy. *⃣Key takeaway: "We see a Chinese military today that is stronger than it has ever been, but there are also vulnerabilities that more PRC money


Can the PLA adapt to the "fog of war"? Panelist @Kristengunness said at today's ACF @ Johns Hopkins SAIS event that CCP's control over the PLA undermines the sort of reforms necessary to be able to operate in a high-intensity environment.


"A lot of what the PLA does to be ready is to have a plan. The problem is when you have to change the plan. What happens if you have to adapt? This is where the PLA's weaknesses may come to the fore." - NDU's Dr. Phil Saunders today at ACF @ Johns Hopkins SAIS.

The PLA would prefer to have the US bogged down in military conflict across the globe. It is mostly focusing on and putting funds toward those issues that concern it in Asia. - takeaways from today's ACF @ Johns Hopkins SAIS event, featuring Joel Wuthnow, Phillip Saunders, and Kristen Gunness.


Join ACF @ Johns Hopkins SAIS on April 24 for a film screening and discussion with Samuel George, Stuart Levenbach, and Abigail Hunter of trends in global critical minerals supply. REGISTER HERE: eventbrite.com/e/lithium-risi… Bertelsmann Foundation


Join ACF @ Johns Hopkins SAIS and the Bertelsmann Foundation on April 24th at 5pm for a film screening and expert discussion of trends in global critical minerals supply. We'll conclude the event with a cocktail reception. REGISTER HERE: eventbrite.com/e/lithium-risi……




ACF Faculty Director Jessica Chen Weiss joined Leslie Vinjamuri on the Chicago Council on Global Affairs’s Deep Dish podcast to explain why resilience should define US strategy toward China, and how tariffs, Taiwan, and supply chains are reshaping the relationship. Listen: brnw.ch/21wVh4r