Jonathan A. Czin

American political scientist specializing in China

  1. It's useful for Xi Jinping to have Trump think that he's his friend, right? And to have him think that they're, that they're his buddies and that there's some kind of bromance going on between the two of them.
    Jonathan Czin · The Lawfare Podcast · Lawfare Daily: Did Washington Walk Into Beijing’s Trap? Xi’s State Visit with Jonathan Czin · 2026-09-30
  2. I struggle to see what we really got out of this summit, either in terms of the optics, which I think were not strong, right?
    Jonathan Czin · The Lawfare Podcast · Lawfare Daily: Did Washington Walk Into Beijing’s Trap? Xi’s State Visit with Jonathan Czin · 2026-09-30
  3. I keep joking that constructive strategic stability is a lot like Defense Department programs. The more innocuous it sounds, the more dangerous it probably is.
    Jonathan Czin · The Lawfare Podcast · Lawfare Daily: Did Washington Walk Into Beijing’s Trap? Xi’s State Visit with Jonathan Czin · 2026-09-30