Jessica Weiss
David M. Lampton Professor of China Studies
About
Jessica Chen Weiss is the David M. Lampton Professor of China Studies at Johns Hopkins University's School of Advanced International Studies and nonresident senior fellow at the Asia Society Policy Institute Center for China Analysis. From August 2021 to July 2022, she served as senior advisor to the Secretary's Policy Planning Staff at the U.S. State Department on a Council on Foreign Relations Fellowship for Tenured International Relations Scholars (IAF-TIRS). Weiss is the author of Powerful Patriots: Nationalist Protest in China’s Foreign Relations (Oxford University Press, 2014). Her research appears in International Organization, China Quarterly, International Studies Quarterly, Journal of Conflict Resolution, Security Studies, Journal of Contemporary China, and Review of International Political Economy. With commentary in the New York Times, Washington Post, Foreign Affairs, Los Angeles Times, and the Ezra Klein show, Weiss was profiled by the New Yorker and named one of Prospect Magazine's Top Thinkers for 2024. Weiss was previously an assistant professor at Yale University and founded FACES, the Forum for American/Chinese Exchange at Stanford University. Born and raised in Seattle, Washington, she received her Ph.D. from the University of California, San Diego.
"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).
"Commercial Casualties: Political Boycotts and International Disputes," new article in the Journal of East Asian Studies (with Panle Jia Barwick, Shanjun Li, and Jeremy Wallace)
"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.
Profiled in Ian Johnson, "A professor who challenges the Washington consensus on China," New Yorker, December 13, 2022.
"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).
"Provocation, Public Opinion, and International Disputes: Evidence from China," International Studies Quarterly, 2022 (with Allan Dafoe, Samuel Liu, and Brian O'Keefe)
"The Clash of Systems? Washington Should Avoid Ideological Competition With Beijing," Foreign Affairs, June 11, 2021 (with Tom Pepinsky).
"Domestic politics, China's rise, and the future of the liberal international order," International Organization (with Jeremy Wallace).
"The stories China tells: the new historical memory reshaping Chinese nationalism," Foreign Affairs, March/April 2021.
"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).
"Commercial Casualties: Political Boycotts and International Disputes," new article in the Journal of East Asian Studies (with Panle Jia Barwick, Shanjun Li, and Jeremy Wallace)
"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.
Profiled in Ian Johnson, "A professor who challenges the Washington consensus on China," New Yorker, December 13, 2022.
"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).
"Provocation, Public Opinion, and International Disputes: Evidence from China," International Studies Quarterly, 2022 (with Allan Dafoe, Samuel Liu, and Brian O'Keefe)
"The Clash of Systems? Washington Should Avoid Ideological Competition With Beijing," Foreign Affairs, June 11, 2021 (with Tom Pepinsky).
"Domestic politics, China's rise, and the future of the liberal international order," International Organization (with Jeremy Wallace).
"The stories China tells: the new historical memory reshaping Chinese nationalism," Foreign Affairs, March/April 2021.