Christopher Clark: "It is often claimed that Trump represents the fall of neoliberalism and the pushback against globalization. But it would make more sense to see the relationship between Trump and neoliberalism as analogous to the one between Stalinism and Leninism. Vladimir

Ninety years ago, the Wagner Act was signed. Labor historian Joseph McCartin says it doesn't really exist anymore.

The proofs are in. It has a website. It has blurbs from amazing scholars. So I guess my book is real, and Cornell University Press must agree! Civilizing Contention: International Aid in Syria's War is coming out later this year 🤓 cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/978150178…

🚨 My next book, EXTRACTION: THE FRONTIERS OF GREEN CAPITALISM is out 9/23 with W. W. Norton & Company Today and tomorrow, you can pre-order it at 25% off 😊 Link below!

What If the Political Pendulum Doesn’t Swing Back? trib.al/wrIKARw

We are told that “the pendulum will swing back” after Trump’s presidency. But what will it swing back to? For the The New Republic, I wrote about the “cycles of American history,” and why the “Age of Trump” must be met with a renewed vision for our democracy. newrepublic.com/article/197515…

It's weird that a big tent Democratic party wouldn't include the guy who just handily won the Democratic primary in the city with the most Democratic voters in America. #votersmatter

For some unknown reason, you can buy my new book with Van Jackson for only $9 on Amazon. It makes a great addition to your summer reading. amazon.com/Rivalry-Peril-…

First time in “Harper’s” this month-forgot which of these articles I wrote

“China isn’t just sort of an analytical problem, it is the political problem…. The development of China is the master key, I think, to understanding modernity…. And without it, you just don’t have a hope of grasping what’s going on.” podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sin…

Just resharing this piece by Van Jackson, which I felt was a necessary corrective: un-diplomatic.com/p/against-chee…

“Party officials described the draft document as focusing on the 2024 election as a whole, but not on the presidential campaign — which is something like eating at a steakhouse and then reviewing the salad.” nytimes.com/2025/07/19/us/… via @NYTimes

This brilliant discussion between Kaiser Kuo and Adam Tooze is great on China as a project in “modernity,” but is also a great reminder of how parochial (as Tooze calls it) and tiring the U.S. conversation is, and has been, on China. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sin…

Exciting personal news: I've just signed a book contract with Princeton University Press. My book will be about China's industrial policy, from EVs and batteries to AI and robotics. It's aimed at both general readers and researchers, in the style of my High Capacity newsletter.

Many thanks to Paul Poast for the shout out! Awesome to have our book on his list. For some reason—I still don’t know why—you can get our book on Amazon for only $7 right now.

E220 - The Perils of Competition With China w/ Michael Brenes Michael Brenes returns to the pod, this time to tell us why a rivalry with China might not exactly be in everyone’s best interest. Link in replies!

Read the book on the matter which he co-authored with Van Jackson , The Rivalry Peril: yalebooks.yale.edu/book/978030027…

I’m back on my favorite—the only—podcast I listen to with podcast rockstars db and derek davison discussing why great-power competition with China preoccupies policymakers, and why a protracted conflict with China is bad for American democracy.