Jude Blanchette holds the Freeman Chair in China Studies at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS). Previously, he was engagement director at the Conference Board’s China Center for Economics and Business in Beijing, where he researched China’s political environment with a focus on the workings of the Communist Party of China and its impact on foreign companies and investors. Prior to working at the Conference Board, Blanchette was the assistant director of the 21st Century China Center at the University of California, San Diego. Blanchette has written for a range of publications, including Foreign Affairs, Foreign Policy, the Wall Street Journal, War on the Rocks, the Financial Times, and the Washington Post. His book, China’s New Red Guards: The Return of Radicalism and the Rebirth of Mao Zedong, was published by Oxford University Press in 2019. Blanchette is a public intellectual fellow at the National Committee on United States-China Relations and serves on the board of the American Mandarin Society. He holds an MA in modern Chinese studies from the University of Oxford and a BA in economics from Loyola University in Maryland.
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Washington presses Taiwan on vice-president’s White House visit hopes
Jude Blanchette in Financial Times — July 19, 2023
Financial sanctions may not deter China from invading Taiwan
Jude Blanchette in The Economist — June 29, 2023
A New Report Warns China And The U.S. Are 'Drifting Toward A War' Over Taiwan
Jude Blanchette in NPR — June 22, 2023
Biden Calls Xi a Dictator, Jeopardizing U.S.-China Thaw
Jude Blanchette in Wall Street Journal — June 21, 2023
Blinken calls talks with China's leader 'candid,' 'substantive,' and 'constructive'
Jude Blanchette in NPR — June 19, 2023
U.S.-China economic talks resume while defense dialogue stalls
Jude Blanchette in Nikkei — May 26, 2023
U.S. and China See Fragile Opportunity to Repair Ties; A first test is a meeting between Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo and her Chinese counterpart
Jude Blanchette in The Wall Street Journal — May 24, 2023
China pours cold water on bilateral meeting with US defence secretary
Jude Blanchette in Financial Times — May 11, 2023
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ASEAN's Future Under Great Power Rivalry
Podcast Episode by Michael J. Green and Jude Blanchette — July 11, 2023
How the CCP Finances its Global Ambitions
Podcast Episode by Jude Blanchette — July 6, 2023
Thirteenth Annual South China Sea Conference
Event by Gregory B. Poling , Christopher B. Johnstone , Jude Blanchette , Charles Edel , James Carouso , Harrison Prétat , Lily McElwee , Rep. Jennifer Kiggans (R-VA) , and Daniel J. Kritenbrink — June 28, 2023
POSTPONED: A Fireside Discussion with U.S. Ambassador to China Nicholas Burns
Event by Jude Blanchette and Nicholas Burns — June 16, 2023
The National Security Commission Meets
Podcast Episode by Jude Blanchette — June 15, 2023
How the United States Can Support Taiwan’s Democracy
Commentary by Jude Blanchette and Ryan Hass — June 15, 2023
Deterring Chinese Aggression
Podcast Episode by H. Andrew Schwartz , Gerard DiPippo , and Jude Blanchette — June 15, 2023
Australia's Evolving Defense Strategy
Podcast Episode by Jude Blanchette and Michael J. Green — June 13, 2023
Sunk Costs: The Difficulty of Using Sanctions to Deter China in a Taiwan Crisis
Commentary by Gerard DiPippo and Jude Blanchette — June 12, 2023
Beijing's Overreach
Podcast Episode by Jude Blanchette and Michael J. Green — June 2, 2023