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Given Trump's recent comments on Ukraine, it's becoming increasingly clear that he is willing to parrot the talking points of his authoritarian colleagues. I am worried about whether Taiwan as we know it will survive the next four years. Full post below: open.substack.com/pub/rorytruex/…

Those who know me know I was highly critical of what I saw as some of the rhetorical excesses of the campus protests. Khalil and I wld probably get into a spat immediately. It's all the more important for people who believe as I do to say clearly, the protections of the law are

Once you establish that people can be punished because the administration doesn't like their speech, expanding the bounds of who can be treated that way becomes inevitable.

The hallmark of an effective repressive system is not that everybody is being repressed, but that a few people are targeted and everybody else learns to keep their mouth shut. Meet repression with solidarity and mobilization, not self-censorship. More: tinyurl.com/37fdanve

Ossoff: He’s so consumed by his efforts to secure revenge, crush his enemies, and conquer Greenland that he’s doing nothing for the people who elected him. His entire domestic agenda is tax breaks for the wealthy, rounding up immigrants, revenge, and centralizing as much power as

Must read piece by Rory Truex (祖若水) prcleader.org/post/what-we-k…

As lawyers for Rumeysa Ozturk continue to fight for her release, Tufts University has filed a declaration in federal court in Boston supporting Ozturk's motion for release. It's the first time an American university publicly stands behind a detained international student:

EVENT INVITE: New Carter Center public opinion study on Chinese citizens views of foreign policy & U.S.-China relations. Featuring Renard Sexton, Princeton’s Rory Truex (祖若水), Yawei Liu & more. Co-hosted by Empirical Studies of Conflict Project & The Carter Center. RSVP: bit.ly/4jCJimH

The rage is boiling.

"We are on a very fast slide into what's called competitive authoritarianism." — Kim Lane Scheppele "The government would still have elections and would nominally be democratic. But those elections would no longer be free and fair." — Rory Truex (祖若水) npr.org/2025/04/22/nx-…

What do Chinese citizens think about foreign policy & US-China relations? Join us April 30 @ 9AM for release of a new Carter Center public opinion study. With Renard Sexton, Rory Truex (祖若水), Yawei Liu & more. Co-hosted by Empirical Studies of Conflict Project & The Carter Center. RSVP bit.ly/4jCJimH

The Thunder just registered the highest scoring half in NBA playoff history (87 points).

Professor Rory Truex speaks with South China Morning Post on tariffs, tech wars, Taiwan, and the Trump administration. Rory Truex (祖若水) scmp.com/news/china/dip…

While we should all celebrate the US-China trade truce, it would be a mistake to think these tariffs can simply be rolled back without any long-term consequences: namely that de-risking from both the US and China will be a top priority for many countries going forward.

Spare a thought for the small business owners who had to beg and borrow to pay a $145,000 tax on that $100K shipment of product that happened to arrive while the most extreme China tariff was in place, only to see their president back down with zero Chinese concessions. 1/

I’d highly recommend Rory Truex (祖若水)’s essay in the current issue of the China Leadership Monitor (especially the last section, which contains three policy implications). prcleader.org/post/what-we-k…

#Strongmen vibes. Pathetic.

美方欢迎中国留学生来美学习。 ^This stands out from the Chinese readout. "The US welcomes Chinese students to come study in the US." xinhuanet.com/politics/leade…

Trump's threat to cancel Musk's federal contracts underscored his willingness to use government power to punish enemies. In the old days, that might have been cause for a corruption investigation. In the modern era, it’s just another Thursday. nytimes.com/2025/06/08/us/…

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