Asia Policy Program Director Dr. Sheena Chestnut Greitens recently provided an analysis to Financial Times in an article titled, “How ‘Safe China’ Sells Its Security Strategy to the World.” Within the article, Dr. Greitens discusses how China is reshaping the global security order by making the case that it is the safest country in the world (and that the United States is not), and using its surveillance and internal security tools to do so.
“Showcasing China’s standards, tools and practices allows Beijing to normalise [sic] its surveillance state as a public security good and to present this as a response to public demand,” Greitens writes. “It also positions China as the arbiter of what counts as security, and who provides it best.”
Asia Policy Program Director Dr. Sheena Chestnut Greitens recently co-hosted a discussion on artificial intelligence and its implications for military decision-making and strategic stability for the Texas National Security Review. The Texas National Security Review is a joint venture between the Strauss Center for International Security and Law and the Clements Center for National Security. Dr. Greitens interview with Michael...
Asia Policy Program Director Dr. Sheena Chestnut Greitens was recently interviewed for an article in The Associated Press titled “Counterespionage thriller is first Chinese movie to get backing of intelligence agency.” "Scare Out" is China's first movie officially endorsed by the Ministry of State Security. The move reflects a broader shift by the MSS toward greater public engagement as the...
Asia Policy Program Director Dr. Sheena Chestnut Greitens was recently interviewed in a webinar titled “Assessing the Scope and Impacts of Xi’s Military Purges” by The Center for Strategic and International Studies. In her presentation, Dr. Greitens discussed the role that purges have historically played in autocratic regimes, specifically discussing how President Xi’s recent military purge aligns with this trend...