<![CDATA[JESSICA CHEN WEISS - News and Updates]]>Wed, 30 Sep 2026 21:12:41 -0700Weebly<![CDATA[A big move]]>Thu, 09 Jul 2015 18:53:08 GMThttps://www.jessicachenweiss.com/news-and-updates/a-big-moveI am thrilled to announce that I have moved to Cornell University to join the government department as an associate professor. Together with Andy Mertha, Allen Carlson, and Jeremy Wallace (formerly of Ohio State University), I look forward to building the China and Asia-Pacific Studies (CAPS) program at Cornell. ]]><![CDATA[Review in the Financial Times]]>Tue, 04 Nov 2014 23:10:26 GMThttps://www.jessicachenweiss.com/news-and-updates/review-in-the-financial-timesRichard McGregor reviewed Powerful Patriots in the Financial Times yesterday, calling it "an invaluable record of China's diplomatic storms." Read the full review here.

]]><![CDATA[Book launch at CSIS and more thoughts on Hong Kong]]>Tue, 07 Oct 2014 23:32:58 GMThttps://www.jessicachenweiss.com/news-and-updates/book-launch-at-csis-and-more-thoughts-on-hong-kongI spoke to MSNBC, Foreign Policy, and Bloomberg this week about the Hong Kong protests. On Monday, Bonnie Glaser and David Lampton hosted a book launch for Powerful Patriots at CSIS. The video of the program and discussion is available here.
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]]><![CDATA[National Committee on US-China Relations Podcast ]]>Tue, 23 Sep 2014 19:10:22 GMThttps://www.jessicachenweiss.com/news-and-updates/national-committee-on-us-china-relations-podcastIn this podcast from the National Committee on US-China Relations, I spoke about Powerful Patriots with Senior Director Margot Landman.
]]><![CDATA[Doing my bit for the policy relevance of political science]]>Wed, 17 Sep 2014 22:26:38 GMThttps://www.jessicachenweiss.com/news-and-updates/doing-my-bit-for-the-policy-relevance-of-political-science-researchI published a short essay in Foreign Policy titled "The Flame of Chinese Nationalism," adapted from Powerful Patriots.
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]]><![CDATA[Video interview with ChinaFile]]>Thu, 11 Sep 2014 21:29:41 GMThttps://www.jessicachenweiss.com/news-and-updates/video-interview-with-chinafileI sat down last week to talk with the Asia Society's ChinaFile project about Powerful Patriots in this short (6 min) interview.
]]><![CDATA[Powerful Patriots profiled by Shanghai's Oriental Daily]]>Sat, 06 Sep 2014 19:32:23 GMThttps://www.jessicachenweiss.com/news-and-updates/powerful-patriots-profiled-by-shanghais-oriental-dailySeptember 3 marks China's newly established "Victory Day" over Japan in World War II. Shanghai's Oriental Daily  (东方早报) also featured an interview and profile of Powerful Patriots (in Chinese).
]]><![CDATA[Circumstances, Domestic Audiences, and Reputational Incentives in International Crisis Bargaining]]>Fri, 15 Aug 2014 14:34:03 GMThttps://www.jessicachenweiss.com/news-and-updates/august-15th-2014My new article in the Journal of Conflict Resolution, joint with my colleague Alexandre Debs, has just been published via OnlineFirst. We argue that when governments cannot hide behind unknown circumstances, voters can better discern the government’s type from its actions, strengthening the incentives to appear resolved. The model bridges the gap between audience costs and its critiques, showing how domestic audiences punish leaders for inappropriate policies rather than empty threats. At the same time, it highlights how the prospects for peace are worse if uncertainty about the circumstances is removed, suggesting that greater transparency does not always promote peaceful outcomes. Four crises from the ICB data set illustrate that greater transparency is a double-edged sword, improving the government’s ability to obtain concessions while increasing incentives to act tough.
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