Drawing on expert interviews & Chinese-language sources, we examine interactions b/t international industry associations and Chinese firms in three high-risk technological domains: nuclear power, civil aviation, and chemicals. We conclude with implications for AI.
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For instance, certification clubs rely on public naming and shaming, whereas reputation collectives employ internal benchmarking. An earlier version of this paper was titled "Industrialists Anonymous", as a nod to Alcoholics Anonymous (which also tries to protect candid disclosures).
We label this the "reputation collectives" mechanism, differentiating it from a more familiar mechanism of international private regulation called "certification clubs" (think: fair trade coffee).
Co-authored with GW PhD student Dennis Li, my latest article in Review of International Political Economy presents an unexpected answer: in industries where one firm’s accident damages the reputation of all others, intl industry associations can help improve safety standards in emerging economies.
Many policymakers and researchers see China as the most likely source of an AI accident. Yet, China has achieved remarkable safety gains in certain high-risk technological domains, including civil aviation and nuclear power. How?
On November 19th, Professor @jeffreyding.bsky.social from The George Washington University received the prestigious Lepgold Book Prize at the Mortara Center. This award recognizes the best book in international relations published in 2024.
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The GRFP announcement from NSF cuts out an entire cohort of 2nd year students from consideration, without warning. This is so deeply unfair that it warrants a formal protest from the scientific community. If someone wants to work with me to craft an open letter and solicit signatures, LMK.
I feel very honored to receive the Lepgold Prize, awarded by Georgetown's Mortara Center to the best book in international relations published in the preceding year. Thanks to the selection committee for recognizing my book Technology and the Rise of Great Powers!
My book Technology and the Rise of Great Powers is now available in traditional Chinese! Much thanks to Taiwanese publisher Acropolis [衛城出版] and translator Ruisong Xu [許瑞宋] for diffusing these ideas.
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Some reading for business and pleasure this afternoon. A preview of next week’s ChinAI…
How well can the US and China integrate AI into their economies and societies? @jeffreyding.bsky.social argues that "The U.S. is better positioned to spread and embed AI across a broad range of productive processes.” Learn about U.S.-China AI competition on this #ChinaPower Podcast:
I had the cool opportunity to discuss DeepSeek and China's AI development on Wolf Blitzer's CNN show last night. They were kind enough to give some primetime product placement for my book too! @princetonupress.bsky.social www.cnn.com/2025/01/27/b...
We are delighted to publish working papers by the Climate & Environment team of this year's fellowship cohort, available at global.upenn.edu/future-of-us.... And please join us for a live webinar featuring these authors tomorrow January 23 from 4-5 pm ET, registration link at the QR code below:
