Sam Bresnick
Senior Research Analyst and Assistant Editor

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Sam Bresnick was a senior research analyst and assistant editor at Carnegie China, where he conducts research on U.S.-China relations and Chinese foreign policy. He also plays a role in managing the organization’s research agenda. His articles have been published in Wired, Foreign Policy, The New Republic, ChinaFile, and The American Prospect. Before joining Carnegie, Sam worked as a journalist in Colombo, Sri Lanka and as a teacher in Chiang Mai, Thailand. He received his AB in comparative literature from Brown University and his MA in Asian studies from Georgetown University’s Walsh School of Foreign Service.


affiliations
education
MA, Asian Studies, Georgetown University, AB, Comparative Literature, Brown University
languages
English, French, Mandarin Chinese

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New Export Controls on Chinese Semiconductors May Prove Self-Defeating

Despite the limitations of Beijing’s semiconductor industry, Washington has responded to China’s chipmaking ambitions with increasing alarm.

· September 16, 2022
In The Media
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Going Global: Beijing’s Bid to Rewrite the Rules of International Security

Recently, China has become more ambitious in its drive to revise the international security order by which it now feels more and more restricted.

· August 15, 2022
In The Media
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On China, US National Security Experts Fear the Wrong Thing

Many argue that regulating Big Tech cedes leadership to China, but a healthy startup ecosystem is America's best defense.

· April 28, 2022
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China’s Ukraine Calculus Is Coming Into Focus

Beijing believes its contradictory approach best protects its interests.

· April 4, 2022
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Why U.S.-China Relations Are Locked in a Stalemate

Three months after the Biden-Xi summit, the two sides’ divergent framings of the bilateral relationship are hindering progress.

· February 21, 2022
In The Media
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The Chinese Communist Party Still Thinks It Owns the Future

While there is a compelling case to be made about the downward trajectory of China’s power, it is difficult to argue that Chinese leaders perceive themselves to be running short on time. In recent years, the actions and rhetoric of the Chinese government reveal little doubt about how it sees the future.

· November 24, 2021
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Competing with China Requires Engaging the Developing World

Despite rolling out the Build Back Better World (B3W) and increasing funding for the Development Finance Corporation, the Biden administration is on the back foot in the developing world.

· November 2, 2021
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‘Common Prosperity’ or Populist PR Stunts?

Browbeating billionaires won’t address structural imbalances in China’s economy.

· September 26, 2021
In The Media
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A U.S.-Led Challenge to China’s Global Infrastructure Strategy

Biden’s Build Back Better World partnership aims to offer developing nations an alternative to Chinese financing.

· July 1, 2021
In The Media
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Reciprocity in U.S. Relations with China Should Be a Tool, Not the Whole Strategy

Since the outset of the U.S.-China trade war, critics have castigated the Trump administration for its capricious approach to relations with Beijing. Recently, however, Trump’s China doctrine has attracted praise for its “realism.”

· August 4, 2020