# ![@Ali_Wyne Avatar](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:26/cr:twitter::140179956.png) @Ali_Wyne Ali Wyne

Ali Wyne posts on X about china, united states, beijing, ali the most. They currently have [------] followers and [---] posts still getting attention that total [---] engagements in the last [--] hours.

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### Social Influence

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[countries](/list/countries)  54.39% [travel destinations](/list/travel-destinations)  14.91% [finance](/list/finance)  11.4% [technology brands](/list/technology-brands)  2.63% [stocks](/list/stocks)  1.75% [social networks](/list/social-networks)  1.75% [automotive brands](/list/automotive-brands)  0.88% [currencies](/list/currencies)  0.88%

**Social topic influence**
[china](/topic/china) 37.72%, [united states](/topic/united-states) 19.3%, [beijing](/topic/beijing) 12.28%, [ali](/topic/ali) #3869, [taiwan](/topic/taiwan) 5.26%, [united](/topic/united) 3.51%, [tariffs](/topic/tariffs) 3.51%, [india](/topic/india) 3.51%, [dominance](/topic/dominance) 2.63%, [russia](/topic/russia) 2.63%

**Top accounts mentioned or mentioned by**
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### Top Social Posts
Top posts by engagements in the last [--] hours

"THREAD: In a conversation with @economicsnoah for @thewirechina I argued that there are broadly two reasons why theres growing political and analytical room for a fresh conversation on U.S. policy towards China. 1/10 https://www.thewirechina.com/2026/02/08/ali-wyne-on-the-rupture-in-the-china-consensus/ https://www.thewirechina.com/2026/02/08/ali-wyne-on-the-rupture-in-the-china-consensus/"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Ali_Wyne/status/2020861861827170670)  2026-02-09T14:06Z 13.7K followers, [----] engagements


"Noah and I covered much more ground as youll see; he did a masterful job of distilling the essence of our roughly 1.5-hour conversation. Im grateful to Andrew Peaple for creating this opportunity. 9/10"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Ali_Wyne/status/2020861873361502270)  2026-02-09T14:06Z 13.7K followers, [---] engagements


"Im also grateful that I got to shout out a few folks whore doing vital work to advance and make room for a more nuanced expansive discourse on China policy: @jessicacweiss @ryanl_hass @susanjakes @KaiserKuo and @NeysunM. 10/10"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Ali_Wyne/status/2020861874644963610)  2026-02-09T14:06Z 13.7K followers, [----] engagements


"Thanks very much for sharing @JChengWSJ. .@Ali_Wyne: Trump does not subscribe to the view that strategic competition between the United States and China is inexorably zero-sum fundamentally ideological and potentially existential. @economicsnoah https://t.co/iKSuDjrCuY .@Ali_Wyne: Trump does not subscribe to the view that strategic competition between the United States and China is inexorably zero-sum fundamentally ideological and potentially existential. @economicsnoah https://t.co/iKSuDjrCuY"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Ali_Wyne/status/2021276078531019016)  2026-02-10T17:32Z 13.7K followers, [----] engagements


"Thanks very much for sharing @PennUSChina. Our third cohort fellow Ali Wyne featured in this week's @thewirechina Q&A with @economicsnoah Our third cohort fellow Ali Wyne featured in this week's @thewirechina Q&A with @economicsnoah"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Ali_Wyne/status/2021622842333512019)  2026-02-11T16:30Z 13.7K followers, [---] engagements


"An important conversation between some of the folks whore doing the most to advance the Overton window on U.S. foreign policy CIP EVP @MattDuss will join @CarnegieEndows @CChivvis @StephenWertheim and @AfreenAkhter tomorrow morning at the Munich Security Conference to discuss to discuss Americas global role its alliances and new foreign policy thinking. CIP EVP @MattDuss will join @CarnegieEndows @CChivvis @StephenWertheim and @AfreenAkhter tomorrow morning at the Munich Security Conference to discuss to discuss Americas global role its alliances and new foreign policy thinking"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Ali_Wyne/status/2022072549841207416)  2026-02-12T22:17Z 13.7K followers, [----] engagements


"Ive had the privilege of discussing U.S.-China relations with three cohorts of Humphrey Policy Fellows (@policy_fellows) emerging and mid-career professionals from Minnesota during their visits to DC. I spoke with the latest cohort on 2/4 just after the Trump-Xi call"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Ali_Wyne/status/2022290085891228020)  2026-02-13T12:41Z 13.7K followers, [---] engagements


".@niubi Xi can be the paramount leader.But its a massive country with a massive bureaucracy.and you can see from the way theyre trying to fix things in the economy that just because Xi says something doesnt mean it happens right away. https://www.newyorker.com/news/q-and-a/what-does-xi-jinping-want https://www.newyorker.com/news/q-and-a/what-does-xi-jinping-want"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/2022312429338689997)  2026-02-13T14:10Z 13.7K followers, [---] engagements


"The United States can both (1) acknowledge Chinas enormous strides especially in technology without concluding that its headed for global dominance and (2) spotlight its structural stresses without concluding that its headed for internal collapse. https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/10/opinion/china-ai-ev-trump.html https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/10/opinion/china-ai-ev-trump.html"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/2022370880165208372)  2026-02-13T18:02Z 13.7K followers, [----] engagements


"Absolutely @mitchpresnick: Serious strategy requires holding both realities at once. Overestimating China breeds paralysis. Underestimating China breeds complacency. Agreed. The United States can recognize the scale and speed of Chinas technological advancesacross EVs batteries robotics rare earth processing and digital platformswithout defaulting to fatalism about inevitable global relegation. Especially if the U.S. develops public Agreed. The United States can recognize the scale and speed of Chinas technological advancesacross EVs batteries robotics rare earth processing and digital"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/2022393427170824379)  2026-02-13T19:32Z 13.7K followers, [----] engagements


"Answering @flacquas question on how to frame China Representative @AOC warned that the United States is cutting the very things that make us a global power (such as federal science funding) and urged it to renew its competitive strengths at home. https://www.youtube.com/watchv=R5nYc4aBU70&t=4s https://www.youtube.com/watchv=R5nYc4aBU70&t=4s"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Ali_Wyne/status/2022456731968954369)  2026-02-13T23:43Z 13.7K followers, [---] engagements


"Two quick reflections on day one of #MSC2026: Key constructs that had long anchored discussions of geopolitics (for example the rules-based international order) are antiquated. Theres an enormous opportunity to articulate a fresh hopeful vision of U.S. foreign policy"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Ali_Wyne/status/2022461322693095761)  2026-02-14T00:02Z 13.7K followers, [---] engagements


"While this observation is (or should be) self-evident its messenger and backdrop are notable: that Secretary Rubio has adapted his views underscores both President Trumps centrality in setting China policy and the extent of Beijings economic leverage. https://www.state.gov/releases/2026/02/secretary-of-state-marco-rubio-at-the-munich-security-conference/ https://www.state.gov/releases/2026/02/secretary-of-state-marco-rubio-at-the-munich-security-conference/"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Ali_Wyne/status/2022681368845775255)  2026-02-14T14:36Z 13.7K followers, [----] engagements


"In her remarks today at #MSC2026 @RepYassAnsari laid out the core task for President Trumps successor. https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/15/us/politics/munich-democrats-cortez-greenland-trump.html https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/15/us/politics/munich-democrats-cortez-greenland-trump.html"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Ali_Wyne/status/2023189517126213894)  2026-02-16T00:15Z 13.7K followers, [---] engagements


"I cant recommend highly enough the aforementioned paper Under Pressure: Attitudes Towards China Among American Foreign Policy Professionals. 3/15 https://www.rorytruex.com/underpressure https://www.rorytruex.com/underpressure"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Ali_Wyne/status/1869412993970442687)  2024-12-18T16:02Z 13.3K followers, [--] engagements


"Drawing on a survey of [---] U.S. national security and foreign policy professionals and [--] semi-structured interviews Rory and Michael reach three main conclusions (pp. 2-3). 4/15"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Ali_Wyne/status/1869412995811643640)  2024-12-18T16:02Z 13.3K followers, [--] engagements


"Theres a growing opportunity and a self-evident imperative to have a more vigorous wide-ranging nuanced debate on the policies that the United States should implement to compete cooperate and cohabitate with its most formidable challenger. 14/15"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Ali_Wyne/status/1869413017399779346)  2024-12-18T16:02Z 13.3K followers, [---] engagements


"Rory and Michael have rendered a great analytical and prescriptive service with their working paper and I hope and trust that itll create additional space for this debate. 15/15"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Ali_Wyne/status/1869413018884517922)  2024-12-18T16:02Z 13.3K followers, [---] engagements


"The @TXNatSecReview is very lucky to have you as its new editor in chief @SheenaGreitens. Huge congrats https://tnsr.org/2024/10/evolving-challenges-enduring-principles/ https://tnsr.org/2024/10/evolving-challenges-enduring-principles/"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Ali_Wyne/status/1872700178362413474)  2024-12-27T17:44Z 13.3K followers, [----] engagements


"THREAD: Here are (just) [--] articles and reports from this year that helped me better understand U.S.-China relations Chinas trajectory and Chinas foreign policy: @ZongyuanZoeLiu China Wants to Ditch the Dollar Noema (January [--] 2024) 1/25 https://www.noemamag.com/china-wants-to-ditch-the-dollar/ https://www.noemamag.com/china-wants-to-ditch-the-dollar/ https://www.noemamag.com/china-wants-to-ditch-the-dollar/ https://www.noemamag.com/china-wants-to-ditch-the-dollar/"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Ali_Wyne/status/1872794395910783452)  2024-12-27T23:59Z 13.3K followers, [----] engagements


".@MMazarr Imagining the endgame of the U.S.-China rivalry Engelsberg Ideas (July [--] 2024) 10/25 https://engelsbergideas.com/essays/imagining-the-endgame-of-the-us-china-rivalry/ https://engelsbergideas.com/essays/imagining-the-endgame-of-the-us-china-rivalry/ https://engelsbergideas.com/essays/imagining-the-endgame-of-the-us-china-rivalry/ https://engelsbergideas.com/essays/imagining-the-endgame-of-the-us-china-rivalry/"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Ali_Wyne/status/1872794416777183445)  2024-12-27T23:59Z 13.3K followers, [---] engagements


".@HannaDohmen @jacob_feldgoise and @CharlesKupchan The Limits of the China Chip Ban: Washingtons Export Controls Could End up Helping Beijing Foreign Affairs (July [--] 2024) 11/25 https://www.foreignaffairs.com/china/limits-china-chip-ban https://www.foreignaffairs.com/china/limits-china-chip-ban https://www.foreignaffairs.com/china/limits-china-chip-ban https://www.foreignaffairs.com/china/limits-china-chip-ban"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Ali_Wyne/status/1872794418761109757)  2024-12-27T23:59Z 13.3K followers, [---] engagements


"Few American public servants besides Jimmy Carter have combined humility and humanity as inspiringly; the power of his example will long endure. May you rest in peace President Carter"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Ali_Wyne/status/1873479849211568245)  2024-12-29T21:22Z 13.3K followers, [---] engagements


".@EroComfort and @atwoodr present @CrisisGroups [--] Conflicts to Watch in [----]. As the pace of change picks up the world seems primed for a paradigm shift. The question is whether it will happen at the negotiating table or on the battlefield. https://foreignpolicy.com/2025/01/01/conflicts-2025-syria-sudan-gaza-ukraine-iran-haiti-mexico-myanmar-korea-china/ https://foreignpolicy.com/2025/01/01/conflicts-2025-syria-sudan-gaza-ukraine-iran-haiti-mexico-myanmar-korea-china/"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Ali_Wyne/status/1874491106072920243)  2025-01-01T16:21Z 13.3K followers, [----] engagements


"@PaulJHeer Agreed that it could do both if his commitment to high-level dialogue with Xi makes U.S. allies and partners believe that he seeks a de facto U.S.-China G2"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Ali_Wyne/status/1874943905457897831)  2025-01-02T22:20Z 13.3K followers, [---] engagements


".@eyckfreymann and @HugoBromley China cannot be sidelined or expelled from the global economy. Instead the United States needs an affirmative vision for how it would respond in a Taiwan crisis to defend the global economy. https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/31/opinion/china-taiwan-war-america.html https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/31/opinion/china-taiwan-war-america.html"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Ali_Wyne/status/1875042522034323469)  2025-01-03T04:52Z 13.3K followers, [---] engagements


"Agree with @mawangcun1 that neither side can win by completely dismantling the other. This is a useful summary by Da Wei @mawangcun1 on how US debates over the end-state goals for competition with China are reverberating and being understood in Beijing. Da Wei offers his own thoughts on unfolding competition at end of piece. https://t.co/QydbnTtvI1 This is a useful summary by Da Wei @mawangcun1 on how US debates over the end-state goals for competition with China are reverberating and being understood in Beijing. Da Wei offers his own thoughts on unfolding competition at end of piece."  
[X Link](https://x.com/Ali_Wyne/status/1875045654336258050)  2025-01-03T05:04Z 13.3K followers, [---] engagements


"Reviewing Robert Suettingers book The Conscience of the Party Chen Jian observes that Hu Yaobang was among the first Chinese leaders to see the need for a less instinctively confrontational more cooperative and forward-looking foreign policy. https://www.foreignaffairs.com/reviews/man-who-almost-changed-china https://www.foreignaffairs.com/reviews/man-who-almost-changed-china"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Ali_Wyne/status/1875598004302049337)  2025-01-04T17:39Z 13.3K followers, [---] engagements


"Yes Jude Blanchette and @ryanl_hass: Chinas progress and power are substantial. But it has liabilities on its balance sheet too and without looking at these alongside its assets it is impossible to evaluate the United States real position. https://www.foreignaffairs.com/united-states/know-your-rival-know-yourself-china https://www.foreignaffairs.com/united-states/know-your-rival-know-yourself-china"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Ali_Wyne/status/1876658807079874977)  2025-01-07T15:55Z 13.3K followers, [----] engagements


"Neither complacency nor consternation is a sound basis for making China policy. China is likely to prove an enduring but manageable competitor. Its actions should inform not determine U.S. foreign policy"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Ali_Wyne/status/1876760821037937148)  2025-01-07T22:40Z 13.3K followers, [---] engagements


"China now produces about a third of the worlds manufactured goods according to the United Nations Industrial Development Organization. That is more than the United States Japan Germany South Korea and Britain combined. https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/12/business/china-trade-surplus.html https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/12/business/china-trade-surplus.html"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Ali_Wyne/status/1878805089131040794)  2025-01-13T14:03Z 13.3K followers, [----] engagements


"Would recommend revisiting this piece by @le2huong. Unlike in the Cold War when Southeast Asia was mostly poor newly independent and weak todays ASEAN states are largely middle income and can be influentialas the regions diplomacy illustrates. https://www.foreignaffairs.com/china/beijing-survive-great-power-competition https://www.foreignaffairs.com/china/beijing-survive-great-power-competition"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Ali_Wyne/status/1879288288634458155)  2025-01-14T22:03Z 13.3K followers, [----] engagements


".@ryanl_hass @RyanLMcElveen and @LilyMcelwee U.S.-China coordination on shared challenges does not preclude either side from taking competitive actions deemed necessary to protect national security or long-term national competitiveness. https://www.csis.org/analysis/advancing-us-china-coordination-amid-strategic-competition-emerging-playbook https://www.csis.org/analysis/advancing-us-china-coordination-amid-strategic-competition-emerging-playbook"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Ali_Wyne/status/1879922175223947455)  2025-01-16T16:02Z 13.3K followers, [---] engagements


"One of the many reasons why I admire Assistant Secretary Kritenbrink is that he engages everyone whom he meets with equal respect and interestwhether presidents colleagues or students. Im grateful for the kindness that he has shown me and wish him an amazing next chapter. It was a privilege to celebrate @USAsiaPacific Assistant Secretary Dan Kritenbrinks retirement from government service. Dan devoted the past [--] years to representing the United States around the world. He is one of Americas best diplomats. Hes an even better friend. https://t.co/Rp03iVVtig It was a privilege to celebrate"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Ali_Wyne/status/1880075091087863881)  2025-01-17T02:10Z 13.3K followers, [---] engagements


"The president-elect wants to makes deals with Xi one outside Trump advisor told CNN of the incoming presidents aims. He sees his relationship with the Chinese president as a stand-in for the American relationship with Beijing the person said. https://www.cnn.com/2025/01/18/politics/trump-interest-visiting-china/index.html https://www.cnn.com/2025/01/18/politics/trump-interest-visiting-china/index.html"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Ali_Wyne/status/1880797552435744969)  2025-01-19T02:00Z 13.3K followers, [---] engagements


"I refuse to accept the idea that the isness of mans present nature makes him morally incapable of reaching up for the eternal oughtness that forever confronts him. Excerpt from Martin Luther King Jr.s Nobel Peace Prize acceptance speech Oslo (December [--] 1964)"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Ali_Wyne/status/1881357010584961074)  2025-01-20T15:03Z 13.3K followers, [---] engagements


"China and Russia will likely continue drawing closer until and unless either concludes that their partnership has become a net strategic liability. Each may see a brief window to reduce frictions with the United States not to reset ties fundamentally. https://apnews.com/article/putin-xi-trump-russia-china-ukraine-6947659b99fb84e204132ca5aca354a8 https://apnews.com/article/putin-xi-trump-russia-china-ukraine-6947659b99fb84e204132ca5aca354a8"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Ali_Wyne/status/1881701714799271947)  2025-01-21T13:53Z 13.3K followers, [---] engagements


"THREAD: @dhpierson notes that President Trump has surrounded himself with advisors with contrasting views on China. Here are some of the competing views thatre likely to shape his second administrations China policy. 1/7 https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/22/world/asia/trump-china-deal-making.html https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/22/world/asia/trump-china-deal-making.html"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Ali_Wyne/status/1882082583028310368)  2025-01-22T15:07Z 13.3K followers, [----] engagements


"A shock to the international order could compel Trump to align with advisors who recommend a more aggressive U.S. posture to challenge even contain China (witness the impact of the coronavirus pandemic during his first administration). 6/7"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Ali_Wyne/status/1882082591194685792)  2025-01-22T15:07Z 13.3K followers, [---] engagements


"For now though it seems likely that therell be sharp divides between President Trump and his top advisorsand between those advisorson how to characterize and manage the competitive challenge that China poses. 7/7"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Ali_Wyne/status/1882082592729800952)  2025-01-22T15:07Z 13.3K followers, [---] engagements


"Outreach to Trump is only one part of Beijings strategy. It is also working to mend bridges with countries wary of Trumps America First policies and further Chinese leader Xi Jinpings efforts be seen as a responsible leader in a multipolar world. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/01/23/china-donald-trump-tariffs-tiktok/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/01/23/china-donald-trump-tariffs-tiktok/"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Ali_Wyne/status/1882434021634027919)  2025-01-23T14:23Z 13.3K followers, [---] engagements


"Beyond highlighting significant differences between President Trump and top advisors on how to characterize and manage the competitive challenge that China poses this piece underscores that the alleged U.S. consensus on China policy is impoverished. https://www.axios.com/2025/01/24/trump-china-policies-tariffs-elon-musk https://www.axios.com/2025/01/24/trump-china-policies-tariffs-elon-musk"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Ali_Wyne/status/1882803304037843292)  2025-01-24T14:51Z 13.3K followers, [---] engagements


"Over the past eight years as the locus of global trade shifted away from the U.S. and towards the Middle East Europe and Asia nations registering big share gains included the United Arab Emirates Poland and above all China. https://www.ft.com/content/07eac548-6607-4c88-bfe3-4f1d6e3b8cf2 https://www.ft.com/content/07eac548-6607-4c88-bfe3-4f1d6e3b8cf2"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Ali_Wyne/status/1883513601086083435)  2025-01-26T13:53Z 13.3K followers, [---] engagements


"It takes years to build a chip factory meaning any tariffs on Taiwanese-manufactured chips risk causing price hikes for numerous computer products such as Nvidia graphics cards Apple iPhones and AMD processors which all come from TSMC factories. https://www.pcmag.com/news/trump-to-tariff-chips-made-in-taiwan-targeting-tsmc https://www.pcmag.com/news/trump-to-tariff-chips-made-in-taiwan-targeting-tsmc"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Ali_Wyne/status/1884076263389954174)  2025-01-28T03:09Z 13.5K followers, [----] engagements


"Michael Lewis has edited a book of essays forthcoming on 3/18 that spotlights U.S. public servants mostly unrecognized and uncelebrated doing work that can be deeply consequential and beneficial to everyone. It couldnt come at a more critical time. https://www.amazon.com/Who-Government-Untold-Public-Service/dp/B0DHZ2ZXPM https://www.amazon.com/Who-Government-Untold-Public-Service/dp/B0DHZ2ZXPM"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Ali_Wyne/status/1885341339052568809)  2025-01-31T14:56Z 13.2K followers, [---] engagements


"THREAD: @SAIS_ACF held a terrific launch event yesterday Getting China Right. Hearty congratulations are in order to @jessicacweiss @MyersMargaret and the rest of the team. 1/11"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Ali_Wyne/status/1886856105977839903)  2025-02-04T19:15Z 13.2K followers, [----] engagements


".@jessicacweiss and Stephen Hadley took stock of the day with the latter explaining why a baseline level of diplomacy between the worlds two leading powers is essential. 10/11"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Ali_Wyne/status/1886856142388912517)  2025-02-04T19:15Z 13.3K followers, [---] engagements


"Yesterdays launch event affirms that theres a growing ecosystem of policymakers scholars and civil society representatives who seek a more nuanced discussion of China policy in all of its dimensions and who model how folks can have such a discussion. Bravo 11/11"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Ali_Wyne/status/1886856147501768866)  2025-02-04T19:15Z 13.3K followers, [---] engagements


".@TobiasBunde @SophEisentraut and @LeoSchuette assess that U.S. efforts to hamstring China will likely intensifybut Beijing could also benefit from U.S. withdrawal from international commitments or Washingtons alienation of longstanding partners. https://securityconference.org/en/publications/munich-security-report-2025/ https://securityconference.org/en/publications/munich-security-report-2025/"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Ali_Wyne/status/1889479679603777590)  2025-02-12T01:00Z 13.2K followers, [---] engagements


"It was an honor to share some thoughts on U.S.-China relations at the Ford Presidential Museum on Tuesday evening. I got to tour the Meijer Gardens and the museum beforehand. Im grateful to the World Affairs Council of Western Michigan for its incredible hospitality"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Ali_Wyne/status/1895163721334550949)  2025-02-27T17:26Z 13.3K followers, [---] engagements


"A key point from @mfulliloves latest piece While some of President Trumps advisors may be advocating efforts to loosen Russias embrace of China he doesnt appear to be. Instead he seems to envision an informal G3 that sets geopolitical terms. https://www.ft.com/content/6b4c6f45-89cd-477c-aac6-7c71a2a9d65e https://www.ft.com/content/6b4c6f45-89cd-477c-aac6-7c71a2a9d65e"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Ali_Wyne/status/1900361373030236376)  2025-03-14T01:40Z 13.3K followers, [---] engagements


"Prime Minister Modis comments underscore that the thawing of China-India ties while fragile continues. https://indianexpress.com/article/india/trump-has-clear-roadmap-we-working-with-china-to-restore-pre-2020-conditions-pm-modi-9889763/ https://indianexpress.com/article/india/trump-has-clear-roadmap-we-working-with-china-to-restore-pre-2020-conditions-pm-modi-9889763/"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Ali_Wyne/status/1901773966127026646)  2025-03-17T23:13Z 13.3K followers, [---] engagements


"In a piece for @ChinaFile I discuss three potential pitfalls of which President Trump should be mindful if and as he attempts to engage with President Xi. @susanjakes its a privilege as always to write for you. https://www.chinafile.com/reporting-opinion/viewpoint/three-potential-pitfalls-of-trumps-approach-china https://www.chinafile.com/reporting-opinion/viewpoint/three-potential-pitfalls-of-trumps-approach-china"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Ali_Wyne/status/1909648235024572514)  2025-04-08T16:43Z 13.3K followers, [----] engagements


"Secretary Bessent said that the tariff standoff with China cannot be sustained by both sides and that the worlds two largest economies will have to find ways to de-escalate. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-04-22/bessent-sees-de-escalation-with-china-situation-unsustainable https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-04-22/bessent-sees-de-escalation-with-china-situation-unsustainable"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Ali_Wyne/status/1914787858717593906)  2025-04-22T21:06Z 13.3K followers, [----] engagements


"Bessent.said the talks Saturday and Sunday will center on deescalation rather than a big trade deal but weve got to deescalate before we move forward. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-05-06/bessent-greer-to-meet-with-china-to-start-trade-talks-this-week https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-05-06/bessent-greer-to-meet-with-china-to-start-trade-talks-this-week"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Ali_Wyne/status/1919910156428546367)  2025-05-07T00:20Z 13.3K followers, [---] engagements


"There is no guarantee that the three-month truce will lead to an enduring ceasefire. Cross-border trade and investment between the U.S. and China will remain subdued as long as tariff rates remain unsettled. https://www.ft.com/content/f72b7f2f-ef27-49f0-958b-37413dca8641 https://www.ft.com/content/f72b7f2f-ef27-49f0-958b-37413dca8641"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Ali_Wyne/status/1922407333277147232)  2025-05-13T21:43Z 13.3K followers, [---] engagements


"President Trump doesnt want to give any suggestions that hes bending to President Xi. Given the extent of Chinas rare earths leverage though a continued trade impasse between Washington and Beijing will exact a growing toll on U.S. industry. https://www.ft.com/content/4c90feeb-75cf-40fc-af13-addca27746f7 https://www.ft.com/content/4c90feeb-75cf-40fc-af13-addca27746f7"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Ali_Wyne/status/1930313635517055291)  2025-06-04T17:20Z 13.3K followers, [---] engagements


"Rana Mitter to @gideonrachman: Its clear that in terms of creating the capacity for a major amphibious campaign off the coast of Fujian to get to Taiwan the capacity is being created. But even then it would be a fantastically difficult operation. https://www.ft.com/content/2c420584-0344-4eec-8599-82c36124eaec https://www.ft.com/content/2c420584-0344-4eec-8599-82c36124eaec"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Ali_Wyne/status/1930809539294540091)  2025-06-06T02:10Z 13.3K followers, [---] engagements


"From @RNicholasBurnss interview with @PhelimKine https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2025/06/05/trump-china-trade-war-ambassador-interview-00386594 https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2025/06/05/trump-china-trade-war-ambassador-interview-00386594"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Ali_Wyne/status/1930958909805629565)  2025-06-06T12:04Z 13.3K followers, 14.3K engagements


".@arappeport and @KeithBradsher preview the new round of U.S.-China trade talks: The big question lies in what concessions by the United States and others will prompt Beijing to allowfurther shipments of rare earths. https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/09/business/us-and-china-trade-war-meeting.html https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/09/business/us-and-china-trade-war-meeting.html"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Ali_Wyne/status/1932054006043451488)  2025-06-09T12:35Z 13.3K followers, [---] engagements


"@AdhamSahloul @WarOnTheRocks Thanks very much for sharing your new piece @AdhamSahloul. I couldnt agree more that China isnt displeased to see America occupied in the Middle East"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Ali_Wyne/status/1935322289827922260)  2025-06-18T13:02Z 13.4K followers, [---] engagements


"Following the [----] Cuban missile crisis the United States and the Soviet Union built guardrails around their nuclear competition.Washington and Beijing today need to chart a similarly narrow path between AI competition and collaboration. https://www.foreignaffairs.com/united-states/real-ai-race https://www.foreignaffairs.com/united-states/real-ai-race"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Ali_Wyne/status/1943015868994146789)  2025-07-09T18:34Z 13.4K followers, [---] engagements


"Admiral McRaven quotes former Secretary of State Marshall: Diplomacy is not a sign of weakness. It is a sign of strength of a confident nation ready to lead with wisdom not just weapons. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2025/07/15/mcraven-soft-power-usaid-weapons-diplomacy/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2025/07/15/mcraven-soft-power-usaid-weapons-diplomacy/"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Ali_Wyne/status/1945838722148135328)  2025-07-17T13:31Z 13.4K followers, [---] engagements


".@fravel argues that purges of senior Chinese military officers will likely degrade the PLAs ability to fight in the near to medium term but warns that if Xi views military action against Taiwan as necessary he will still order the PLA into battle. https://www.foreignaffairs.com/china/chinas-military-ready-war-xi-jinping-taylor-fravel https://www.foreignaffairs.com/china/chinas-military-ready-war-xi-jinping-taylor-fravel"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Ali_Wyne/status/1947425867300274434)  2025-07-21T22:38Z 13.4K followers, [---] engagements


"I appreciate @ishaantharoors including some of my thoughts in his new piece. A key driver of U.S.-China relations is the extent to which the United States is undercutting its own principal sources of competitive advantage. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/07/23/china-us-trump-sabotage-trade/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/07/23/china-us-trump-sabotage-trade/"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Ali_Wyne/status/1947999301856276664)  2025-07-23T12:36Z 13.4K followers, [----] engagements


"@DanDePetris The administrations tariff campaign has simultaneously increased Chinas confidence that it can withstand economic pressure from the United States and imbued U.S. allies and partners with a greater sense of urgency to de-risk from Washington"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Ali_Wyne/status/1948181056953217425)  2025-07-24T00:38Z 13.4K followers, [--] engagements


"Robert Keohane spoke with @dankurtzphelan about Joe Nyes legacy. His career in government and in the academy spanned epochs and his body of work as a scholar of international relations remains unparalleled. https://www.foreignaffairs.com/podcasts/joseph-nye-and-end-american-century https://www.foreignaffairs.com/podcasts/joseph-nye-and-end-american-century"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Ali_Wyne/status/1948487443839074395)  2025-07-24T20:56Z 13.4K followers, [---] engagements


"China is the worlds second most powerful country but I agree with @SamRoggeveen that there is no prospect of it achieving dominance over Eurasia or even over Asia. https://www.lowyinstitute.org/the-interpreter/does-china-really-pose-existential-threat-america https://www.lowyinstitute.org/the-interpreter/does-china-really-pose-existential-threat-america"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Ali_Wyne/status/1949181965048909861)  2025-07-26T18:56Z 13.4K followers, [---] engagements


"A temporal question will loom over subsequent U.S.-China trade talks: will it take longer for the United States to reduce its reliance on Chinas rare earths significantly or for China to reduce its reliance on U.S. chipmaking software significantly"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Ali_Wyne/status/1950558304519987297)  2025-07-30T14:05Z 13.5K followers, [----] engagements


"One of the most insightful pieces that Ive read in a while on the postwar orders woes and prospects If all rational moral individuals wanted what the order provided then critics were either irrational and uninformed or immoral and disingenuous. https://www.foreignaffairs.com/united-states/liberalism-doomed-liberal-international-order https://www.foreignaffairs.com/united-states/liberalism-doomed-liberal-international-order"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Ali_Wyne/status/1951016693670748639)  2025-07-31T20:26Z 13.5K followers, [---] engagements


"The Trump administrations sweeping tariff campaign may induce short-term concessions from allies and partners that seek a reprieve from U.S. pressure; over time though its likely to intensify their efforts to de-risk from the United States economically and geopolitically"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Ali_Wyne/status/1951300819480952832)  2025-08-01T15:15Z 13.5K followers, [---] engagements


"THREAD: The United States has steadily cultivated ties with India over the past two decades increasingly viewing it as a linchpin of an Indo-Pacific strategy to contest China. 1/3"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Ali_Wyne/status/1952765824961249685)  2025-08-05T16:17Z 13.5K followers, [---] engagements


"President Trump has disrupted this seemingly inexorable momentum with his new tariff announcement: he seems more focused on resetting U.S.-China relations than on advancing U.S.-India relations. 2/3"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Ali_Wyne/status/1952765826496352315)  2025-08-05T16:17Z 13.5K followers, [---] engagements


"A terrific piece by Pascale Massot on understanding China Challenging common frames can bolster our analytical acuity by making sure we perceive a challenge from all possible angles and do not neglect potentially promising avenues of reflection. https://asiasociety.org/policy-institute/more-nuanced-lexicon-heterogeneity-vulnerability-and-uncertainty-china-studies https://asiasociety.org/policy-institute/more-nuanced-lexicon-heterogeneity-vulnerability-and-uncertainty-china-studies"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Ali_Wyne/status/1952912337423483126)  2025-08-06T01:59Z 13.5K followers, [---] engagements


"Taiwan reacts to the Trump administrations plan to impose [---] percent tariffs on semiconductor imports. https://www.politico.com/news/2025/08/06/trump-says-he-will-put-100-percent-tariff-on-semiconductors-00496413 https://www.politico.com/news/2025/08/06/trump-says-he-will-put-100-percent-tariff-on-semiconductors-00496413"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Ali_Wyne/status/1953280498349842769)  2025-08-07T02:22Z 13.5K followers, [---] engagements


"The trip would be Modis first to China in seven years and pave the way for Modi to meet President Xi Jinping for the first time since they came face to face in Russia [--] months ago. https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3321120/indian-prime-minister-modi-set-first-china-trip-7-years-amid-trump-tariff-row https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3321120/indian-prime-minister-modi-set-first-china-trip-7-years-amid-trump-tariff-row"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Ali_Wyne/status/1953516252682494117)  2025-08-07T17:59Z 13.5K followers, [---] engagements


"Its encouraging to see bipartisan momentum behind developing a more sustainable U.S. foreign policy and encouraging newer voices to formulate it. The United States cant afford to wax nostalgic for an irretrievable past. https://foreignpolicy.com/2025/08/08/washington-realist-united-states-dominant-power/ https://foreignpolicy.com/2025/08/08/washington-realist-united-states-dominant-power/"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Ali_Wyne/status/1953972181316383121)  2025-08-09T00:10Z 13.5K followers, [---] engagements


"This extension is welcome but the post-Liberation Day period has changed the perceived balance of leverage in U.S.-China relations: Beijing is far more confident in its capacity to absorb economic pressure and derive bargaining power from rare earths. https://www.cnn.com/2025/08/11/economy/us-china-tariff-extension https://www.cnn.com/2025/08/11/economy/us-china-tariff-extension"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Ali_Wyne/status/1955021001017922034)  2025-08-11T21:38Z 13.5K followers, [---] engagements


"As this important piece makes clear unilateral U.S. pressure can only go so far in slowing Chinas technological progress; over the medium to long run in fact it may ultimately enhance Beijings self-sufficiency and reduce Washingtons leverage. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-08-13/china-was-ready-for-this-trade-fight-and-the-us-has-a-lot-to-learn https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-08-13/china-was-ready-for-this-trade-fight-and-the-us-has-a-lot-to-learn"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Ali_Wyne/status/1955664044943397000)  2025-08-13T16:13Z 13.5K followers, [---] engagements


"Whether or not President Xi made this statement hell likely probe President Trumps willingness to reduce U.S. support for Taiwan capitalizing on Chinas rare earths leverage and Trumps desire for a perceived breakthrough in U.S.-China relations. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/aug/16/donald-trump-xi-jinping-china-taiwan https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/aug/16/donald-trump-xi-jinping-china-taiwan"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Ali_Wyne/status/1956773981068910732)  2025-08-16T17:44Z 13.5K followers, [----] engagements


"U.S.-India tensions could contribute to stabler China-India relations: Beijing discerns an opportunity to undercut Washingtons Indo-Pacific strategy and Delhi seeks to avoid a simultaneous deterioration of its relations with Washington and Beijing. https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/18/world/asia/india-china-trump.html https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/18/world/asia/india-china-trump.html"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Ali_Wyne/status/1957427218642264207)  2025-08-18T12:59Z 13.5K followers, [---] engagements


"At this pivotal moment theres a growing possibility that we will inflict so much damage on ourselves and our place in the world that those future public servants will instead find themselves present at the destruction. https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2025/10/trump-retribution-public-servants/683914/ https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2025/10/trump-retribution-public-servants/683914/"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Ali_Wyne/status/1958241609323049093)  2025-08-20T18:55Z 13.5K followers, [---] engagements


"An important contribution to a vital debate China will likely endure as a multifaceted challenger to the United States. Even if one were to accept the maximalist view of its strategic objectives though its unclear that Beijing could accomplish them. https://direct.mit.edu/isec/article/50/1/46/132729/What-Does-China-Want https://direct.mit.edu/isec/article/50/1/46/132729/What-Does-China-Want"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Ali_Wyne/status/1958572803877200159)  2025-08-21T16:51Z 13.5K followers, [---] engagements


"THREAD: Its difficult to overstate how iconoclastic President Trump is within his own administration when discussing his rapport with President Xi Chinas trajectory and U.S.-China relations. 1/5 https://www.instagram.com/reel/DNyd_C-Ymyu/ https://www.instagram.com/reel/DNyd_C-Ymyu/"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Ali_Wyne/status/1960067183171584116)  2025-08-25T19:50Z 13.5K followers, [---] engagements


"At least on those subjects its more sensible to consider Trump separately from some of his key advisors than to discuss a unified Trump administration. (And as seen with his reversals on TikTok and Nvidias H20 chip sales to China Trump himself can be fickle.) 2/5"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Ali_Wyne/status/1960067186380120292)  2025-08-25T19:50Z 13.5K followers, [--] engagements


"Take some of the statements that he made during his meeting today with South Korean President Lee Jae-myung: I spend a lot of free time with Xi talking about things that we probably arent supposed to talk about. I get along with Xi really well. 3/5"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Ali_Wyne/status/1960067188590862585)  2025-08-25T19:50Z 13.5K followers, [--] engagements


"China has great potential tremendous potential. Id like to meet Xi this year. The U.S.-China relationship is very important as is having Chinese students in the United States. 4/5"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Ali_Wyne/status/1960067191451353133)  2025-08-25T19:50Z 13.5K followers, [---] engagements


"Importantly Trump is playing a more dominant role in shaping China policy in his second term than he did in his first term. 5/5"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Ali_Wyne/status/1960067193900834935)  2025-08-25T19:50Z 13.5K followers, [---] engagements


"THREAD: Its difficult to overstate how iconoclastic President Trump is within his own administration on U.S.-China relations. 1/6"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Ali_Wyne/status/1960334456956276980)  2025-08-26T13:32Z 13.5K followers, [---] engagements


"At least on that subject its more sensible to consider Trump separately from some of his key advisors than to discuss a unified Trump administration. (And as seen with his reversals on TikTok and Nvidias H20 chip sales to China Trump himself can be fickle.) 2/6"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Ali_Wyne/status/1960334458357260436)  2025-08-26T13:32Z 13.5K followers, [--] engagements


"During his meeting yesterday with South Korean President Lee Jae-myung he said that U.S.-China relations are very important as is having Chinese students in the United States. He also predicted that hed visit Beijing this year or early next to meet with President Xi. 3/6"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Ali_Wyne/status/1960334460064284802)  2025-08-26T13:32Z 13.5K followers, [--] engagements


"A thawing of China-India relations would transform Asias strategic landscape; while structural tensions between them are deeply entrenched the future of the Indo-Pacific strategy that until recently had anchored U.S. policy towards China is in question. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/08/29/india-china-relations-sco-summit/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/08/29/india-china-relations-sco-summit/"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Ali_Wyne/status/1961459551389049039)  2025-08-29T16:02Z 13.5K followers, [---] engagements


"THREAD: The Shanghai Cooperation Organization summit in Tianjin wont showcase a unified grouping or strategic trust between the worlds two most populous countries; it will however underscore two key geopolitical trends with implications beyond Asia. 1/5"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Ali_Wyne/status/1961913955066032144)  2025-08-30T22:08Z 13.5K followers, [---] engagements


"First Chinas foreign policy space has grown significantly since Liberation Day: the United States seeks an economic deal with it; India out of necessity not affinity is adopting a more conciliatory posture towards it; and Russia is increasingly dependent on it. 2/5"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Ali_Wyne/status/1961913956613664938)  2025-08-30T22:08Z 13.5K followers, [--] engagements


"THREAD: One neednt dismiss structural tensions between China and India or Indian concerns about deepening China-Russia relations to appreciate the importance of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) summit. 1/7"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Ali_Wyne/status/1962554553758298611)  2025-09-01T16:34Z 13.5K followers, [----] engagements


"If however India were to proceed differently doubling down on a multialignment strategy that includes more conciliatory steps toward China U.S.-India ties would likely grow far more fraught. 4/7"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Ali_Wyne/status/1962554558023864815)  2025-09-01T16:34Z 13.5K followers, [---] engagements


"The end of the SCO summit is an important opportunity to reflect on and reckon with certain propositionspredictions in some cases assumptions and hopes in othersthat have shaped U.S. discourse and policy in recent years. 5/7"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Ali_Wyne/status/1962554559286378987)  2025-09-01T16:34Z 13.5K followers, [---] engagements


"With Chinas military parade President Xi aimed to weave together narratives about the countrys past (it played a key role in ending World War II) its present (its a core power in international relations) and its future (itll grow more resilient against external pressure)"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Ali_Wyne/status/1963083088012972370)  2025-09-03T03:34Z 13.5K followers, [---] engagements


".@PhilGordonDC and @ryanl_hass note that with the AI revolution taking off Taiwans centrality to global markets will only grow. This gives Taiwan the fiscal space to steadily increase defense spending and present it as a win for Trump. https://www.foreignaffairs.com/taiwan/nobody-lost-taiwan https://www.foreignaffairs.com/taiwan/nobody-lost-taiwan"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Ali_Wyne/status/1970175994213634239)  2025-09-22T17:18Z 13.5K followers, [---] engagements


"Jerome Cohen challenged the judgment that the United States got China wrong. He urged the two countries to make greater efforts to understand one another. And he rejected fatalism stressing that present frictions in their relationship neednt morph into immutable hostility"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Ali_Wyne/status/1970561972702994441)  2025-09-23T18:52Z 13.5K followers, [---] engagements


"I had the opportunity to speak with @EmmaMAshford about my contribution to a new @StimsonCenter report. I explained why I believe that Chinas principal competitive challenge to the United States isnt military economic or diplomatic but https://www.youtube.com/watchv=Mq2YC-m8As8 https://www.youtube.com/watchv=Mq2YC-m8As8"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Ali_Wyne/status/1971188580858167352)  2025-09-25T12:22Z 13.5K followers, [----] engagements


"Watch this space. @vtg2 Democrats are not yet going full throttle on pushing for free trade in the way @GovofCO Polis might like. But theyve grown pretty unequivocal about the ills of Trumps world trade war. https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2025/10/05/jared-polis-trump-democrats-campaign-free-trade-inflation-00592744 https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2025/10/05/jared-polis-trump-democrats-campaign-free-trade-inflation-00592744"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Ali_Wyne/status/1975206788577546625)  2025-10-06T14:29Z 13.5K followers, [----] engagements


"President Trumps Truth Social post today builds on his claim in late August that the United States has much bigger and better cards than China and that Washington could destroy Beijing by playing them. He and President Xi seek to call each others economic bluff"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Ali_Wyne/status/1976838896182034595)  2025-10-11T02:34Z 13.5K followers, [---] engagements


"What sources of economic leverage does President Trump believe the United States has that President Xi doesnt sufficiently appreciate and vice versa Each assesses or at least projects the belief that he has a stronger bargaining hand and that the other has overplayed his"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Ali_Wyne/status/1977371419894833609)  2025-10-12T13:50Z 13.5K followers, [---] engagements


"THREAD: President Trump retook office with Chinas structural challenges growing more pronounced; that reality likely led him and his economic advisors to overstate the capacity of U.S. tariff pressure to induce trade concessions from President Xi. 1/7"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Ali_Wyne/status/1977737235152691686)  2025-10-13T14:04Z 13.5K followers, [----] engagements


"But China is not only more capable of absorbing such pressure circumventing sanctions and adapting to export controls than it was when Trump took office in 2017; its also more capable of using its leverage to inflict pain across several sectors of the U.S. economy. 2/7"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Ali_Wyne/status/1977737236348084242)  2025-10-13T14:04Z 13.5K followers, [--] engagements


"The centrality of the U.S. dollar in global finance U.S. dominance of chip-design software production and the importance (albeit declining) of the United States as a market for Chinese exports collectively give Washington significant leverage vis--vis Beijing. 3/7"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Ali_Wyne/status/1977737237581181391)  2025-10-13T14:04Z 13.5K followers, [--] engagements


"The new chapter of the U.S.-China trade standoff underscores President Trumps personalistic approach to diplomacy: he continues to express respect for President Xi and seeks to insulate their relationship from the intensifying structural tensions between Washington and Beijing"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Ali_Wyne/status/1977841111638155599)  2025-10-13T20:57Z 13.5K followers, [---] engagements


"How much self-sufficiency the United States can unilaterally achieve in these seven industries is an open question. Becoming sufficient with its allies when many of them face steep U.S. tariffs and seek to de-risk from Washington will be daunting. https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/15/us/politics/us-government-companies-china.html https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/15/us/politics/us-government-companies-china.html"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Ali_Wyne/status/1978535728993775763)  2025-10-15T18:57Z 13.5K followers, [---] engagements


"Against the backdrop of Secretary Bessents conclusion that the world will have to decouple from China Im re-upping a piece that I wrote for the Spring [----] issue of @TWQgw How to Think about Potentially Decoupling from China. Below is the upshot. https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/0163660X.2020.1735854 https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/0163660X.2020.1735854"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Ali_Wyne/status/1978558323046674537)  2025-10-15T20:27Z 13.5K followers, [---] engagements


"@CoryBooker I vote for @Joe_Nye a longtime mentor and one of the world's foremost scholars of international affairs. He's from Morristown"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Ali_Wyne/status/412325292015771648)  2013-12-15T20:56Z 13.3K followers, [--] engagements


"@RGisselquist Thanks so much Rachel Honored to have had you as a TA. =)"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Ali_Wyne/status/443889636017205249)  2014-03-12T23:21Z 13.5K followers, [--] engagements


"@RandallLane Didn't know you're a sommelier Have you seen http://t.co/bM028y8IgX http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2204371/ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2204371/"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Ali_Wyne/status/538054723048583168)  2014-11-27T19:40Z 13.5K followers, [--] engagements


"@RGisselquist Honored to have you as a signatory"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Ali_Wyne/status/756582256106467328)  2016-07-22T20:10Z 13.5K followers, [--] engagements

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