Essays and Op-Eds

"A Cold Peace Between the US and China Is Good Enough," Financial Times, May 15, 2026.

"The Case Against the China Consensus: Why the Next American President Must Steer Toward a Better Future,” Foreign Affairs, September 16, 2024. ​​
"The Perils of Estrangement," Foreign Affairs, July/August 2024 (with Jim Steinberg).

"Taiwan and the True Sources of Deterrence: Why America Must Reassure, Not Just Threaten, China," Foreign Affairs, January/February 2024 (with Bonnie Glaser and Thomas J. Christensen).
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"Even China Doesn't Believe Its Own Bluster," New York Times, May 6, 2023.

"Don't panic about Taiwan: Alarm over a Chinese invasion could become a self-fulfilling prophecy," Foreign Affairs, March 21, 2023.

"The United States should deter - not provoke - Beijing over Taiwan. Here's how," Washington Post, February 20, 2023. 
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​"Biden's Chance with China," Foreign Affairs, November 11, 2022.

"America and China don't need to knock each other out to win," New York Times, October 19, 2022.

"How to avoid war over Taiwan: Threats, assurances, and effective deterrence," Foreign Affairs, October 13, 2022 (with Thomas J. Christensen, M. Taylor Fravel, Bonnie S. Glaser, and Andrew J. Nathan)

"The China trap: U.S. foreign policy and the perilous logic of zero-sum competition," Foreign Affairs, September/October 2022. ​
"The Clash of Systems? Washington Should Avoid Ideological Competition With Beijing," Foreign Affairs, June 11, 2021 (with Tom Pepinsky). Featured on the Sinica podcast.

"The stories China tells: the new historical memory reshaping Chinese nationalism," Foreign Affairs​, March/April 2021.

"America, Don't Try to Out-China China," op-ed in the New York Times, September 2, 2020 (with Ali Wyne).

"China's coronavirus statistics aren't the real problem," op-ed in the Los Angeles Times, April 9, 2020 (with Jeremy L. Wallace).
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"Ours will no longer be a nation subject to insult and humiliation," op-ed in the New York Times Sunday Review, September 29, 2019.

"A World Safe for Autocracy? China's Rise and the Future of Global Politics," Foreign Affairs, July/August 2019.

"Will China Test Trump? Lessons From Past Campaigns and Elections,” The Washington Quarterly, December 2016 (with Kacie Miura).

Public Talks, Podcasts, and Panels

Sinica Podcast, "Live in Berkeley: Jessica Chen Weiss and Ryan Hass on the U.S. and China in 2025," March 6, 2025.

Sinica Podcast, “The Case Against the China Consensus, with Jessica Chen Weiss of SAIS,” September 26, 2024.

Panel discussion, "Should the US pursue a new Cold War with China?" Brookings, September 7, 2023.

"Is America's China Policy Too Hawkish?" FP Live, March 6, 2023. (condensed transcript)

Panel discussion, Council on Foreign Relations Home and Abroad Virtual Public Forum: China and US-China Relations, October 25, 2022.

Podcasts: Sinica, CSIS ChinaPower, the Foreign Affairs Interview, CATO Power Problems, Nonzero, Global Dispatches, Shaking the Global Order, Our Body Politic.

Sinica podcast, "Avoiding ideological conflict with Beijing: Thomas Pepinsky and Jessica Chen Weiss," interview with Kaiser Kuo, July 15, 2021.

Public lecture, "A World Safe for Autocracy: The Domestic Politics of China's Foreign Policy," Harvard University Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies, April 21, 2021.

Mitzi Sutton Russekoff ’54 Lecture, "The domestic politics of Chinese foreign policy and US-China relations," Cornell University, March 16, 2021.

Public lecture, "A World Safe for Autocracy: The Domestic Politics of China's Foreign Policy," SOAS University of London China Institute, February 8, 2021.

Presenter, “New Perspectives on US-China Relations: National Security,” University of Pennsylvania Project on the Future of US-China Relations, October 2, 2020.

Panel discussion, “The Pandemic and Great Power Competition,” with Kurt Campbell, Zhu Feng, Todd Sechser, and John Owen, University of Virginia Miller Center Democratic Statecraft Lab, September 16, 2020.

Lawfare ChinaTalk podcast, "What China Wants," Conversation with Jordan Schneider and Ali Wyne, August 10, 2020.

Conversation Six podcast with Ali Wyne, July 31, 2020.

Council on Foreign Relations Why It Matters podcast, "Exporting Authoritarianism," May 20, 2020.

Center for Strategic and International Studies, "Popular Nationalism in a Rising China," Interview with Jude Blanchette, May 19, 2020.

Public lecture, "US-China Relations in the Era of Covid-19," Stanford University Asia/Pacific Research Center, May 15, 2020.

Panel discussion, "The World Order Post Covid-19," SupChina US-China Series, May 8, 2020.

Panel discussion, "Are the United States and China in an Ideological Competition?" Center for Strategic and International Studies, October 21, 2019.

Council on Foreign Relations podcast, "Nationalism and the Chinese State," with Sheila Smith, September 11, 2019.

Sinica Podcast, "Making the World Safe for Autocracy: Jessica Chen Weiss on What Beijing Wants," Interview with Kaiser Kuo, August 29, 2019.

Chicago Council on Global Affairs podcast, "Deep Dish: What China Really Wants at Home and Abroad," June 21, 2019.

Select media interviews

Fareed Zakaria GPS, CNN, May 17, 2026.

Amanpour and Company, CNN International & PBS, "Tariffs, Taiwan and Trump 2.0: What's Next for U.S.-China Relations," March 28, 2025.

South China Morning Post, “Open Questions: The US-China Rivalry Doesn’t Have to Be a Zero-Sum Game: Jessica Chen Weiss,” February 3, 2025.
 
NPR, Weekend Edition, "Nobel Prize-winning author Mo Yan is being sued in China for 'distorting history,'" Interview with Scott Simon, March 16, 2024. 

NPR & WBUR, Here and Now, "U.S.-China relations: What's next after Biden, Xi meeting," Interview with Scott Tong, November 22, 2023.

The World, "Blinken to visit China to deescalate US-China tensions," Interview with Marco Werman, June 15, 2023.

NPR, All Things Considered, "Taiwan's president visits the U.S. amid fraught China relations," Interview with Scott Detrow, April 1, 2023.

NPR & WBUR, Here and Now, "The case for a more measured approach to countering China," Interview with Scott Tong, March 3, 2023.

Amanpour and Company, CNN International & PBS, "How to prevent a Cold War with China," February 23, 2023.

NPR, All Things Considered, "Where US-China relations stand after suspected spy balloon was shot down," Interview with Ailsa Chang, February 6, 2023.

NPR, Morning Edition, "Taiwan is caught in the middle of escalating tensions between the U.S. and China," Interview with Emily Feng, October 21, 2022.

The World, Public Radio International (PRI), "What will US-China relations look like under the Biden administration?" Interview with Marco Werman, February 11, 2021.

Interview with Yvonne Man and David Ingles, Bloomberg TV, Bloomberg Markets: China Open, September 2, 2020.

The World, Public Radio International (PRI), "Are the U.S. and China headed for a new Cold War?" Interview with Marco Werman, July 27, 2020.

Interview with Rishaad Salamat and Selina Wang, "Making Sense of US-China Relations," Bloomberg TV, May 17, 2020.
​​Interview with Michael Holmes, CNN international, July 13, 2016.

"Q&A: Jessica Chen Weiss on Nationalism in Chinese Politics," with Edward Wong, New York Times, September 24, 2015.

Interview with MSNBC, "Hong Kong protests not backing down as police remove barricades," October 13, 2014.

Interview with MSNBC, "China Blaming Western Influences for Hong Kong Protests," October 2, 2014.
Interview with BBC World concerning Chinese protests over disappearance of Malaysia Airlines Flight 370, March 25, 2014.​

Congressional Testimony

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Testimony before the U.S. House Intelligence Committee hearing on "China's Digital Authoritarianism," May 16, 2019.

Testimony before the House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Asia and the Pacific, Hearing on Reviewing President Xi's State Visit, October 7, 2015. (Full text of statement)

Testimony on "Nationalism and China's Maritime Disputes,” Hearing before the U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission, April 4, 2013. (transcript of oral testimony)

Online essays, briefs, and blog posts

"Sitting down with Jessica Chen Weiss," U.S.-China Perception Monitor, Yawei Liu and Juan Zhang, October 13, 2023.

“A principled approach to dealing with China,” Brookings Institution, September 1, 2023 (with Eun A Jo).

"China's leaders say that Biden offers a 'new window of hope.' Their experts are more skeptical," Washington Post Monkey Cage blog, January 21, 2021 (with Kacie Miura).

"The U.S. is using harsh language against the Chinese Communist Party. Who joins the CCP--and why?" Washington Post Monkey Cage blog, July 24, 2020 (with Bruce Dickson).

"Four things to know about the U.S. decision to close the Chinese consulate in Houston," Washington Post Monkey Cage blog, July 23, 2020 (with Elizabeth N. Saunders).

"Beijing's self-defeating nationalism: Brazen diplomacy and rhetorical bluster undercut Beijing's influence," Foreign Affairs, July 16, 2020. 

"No 'Beijing Consensus': Why the U.S. risks a Pyrrhic victory in confronting China," SupChina, June 29, 2020.

"Can the U.S sue China for covid-19 damages? Not really." Washington Post Monkey Cage blog, April 29, 2020.

"How coronavirus changes the political outlook in China and the U.S.," Washington Post Monkey Cage blog, April 23, 2020.

"In South Carolina, Democrats debated when a dictator is really a dictator. So what's the answer?" Washington Post Monkey Cage blog, February 27, 2020.

"Understanding and rolling back digital authoritarianism," War on the Rocks, February 17, 2020.

"What will Beijing do about Hong Kong? Here's what the experts say." Washington Post Monkey Cage blog, August 15, 2019.
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"What's the response in China to the trade war?" Washington Post Monkey Cage blog, May 15, 2019.
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"No, China and the U.S. aren't locked in an ideological battle. Not even close," Washington Post Monkey Cage blog, May 4, 2019.

"The Trump administration wrongly assumed China would capitulate in a trade war. What happens now?" Washington Post Monkey Cage blog, September 24, 2018 (with David Lake).

"Will Beijing cut Trump some slack after that phone call with Taiwan?" Washington Post Monkey Cage blog, December 6, 2016 (with Kacie Miura).

"Here's what China's people really think about the South China Sea," Washington Post Monkey Cage blog, July 14, 2016.

"Chinese Nationalism: The CCP's 'Double-Edged' Sword," The Diplomat, November 25, 2014.
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"What the Protests Mean for the Future of A Democratic Hong Kong," Washington Post Monkey Cage blog, Sept. 30, 2014.

"The Flame of Chinese Nationalism," Foreign Policy, Sept. 17, 2014.

“China and Vietnam: Riots and the Risk of Escalation in the South China Sea,” China-US Focus, May 29, 2014. (with John D. Ciorciari)

"Nationalism and Escalation in the East China Sea,” China Policy Institute, November 14, 2013.

"China and Vietnam: Danger in the South China Sea," China-US Focus, January 10, 2013. (with John D. Ciorciari)

"Nationalism and Anti-Japan Demonstrations in China," The Monkey Cage, September 19, 2012.