Sheena Chestnut Greitens
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Sheena Chestnut Greitens

Associate Professor
LBJ School of Public Affairs
University of Texas at Austin

Journal Articles:

2021.  "The Geopolitics of Citizenship: Evidence from North Korean Claims to Membership in the South." Journal of Korean Studies.  Forthcoming (March).  [Accepted draft.] 

2021.
  “Research Transparency in Authoritarian & Repressive Contexts.” With Eva Bellin, Yoshiko Herrera, and Diane Singerman.  Perspectives on Politics (part of "The Qualitative Transparency Deliberations: Insights & Implications").

2020.  "Surveillance, Security, & Liberal Democracy in a Post-COVID World."  International Organization (supplemental special issue on the pandemic).  Fall.  [Link here]

2019/20.  "Counterterrorism and Preventive Repression: China's Changing Strategy in Xinjiang." International Security, Vol. 44, No. 3 (Winter).  (Currently ungated version here.)
  • Discussed with Jude Blanchette in this CSIS Pekingology podcast (Summer 2020).
  • For a video presentation and discussion of our findings, see this Brookings panel (January 2020).
  • You can also read this online Q&A with The Diplomat (1 February 2020).
  • For a Turkish-language summary of our findings and some policy implications, see this post.

2019.  "Rethinking Democratic Diffusion: Bringing Regime Type Back In." Comparative Political Studies. With Edward Goldring.
  • See also this post at LSE's Democratic Audit blog about the paper (June 2019).

2019.   "Repressive Experiences Among China Scholars: New Evidence from Survey Data." The China Quarterly: 1-27. With Rory Truex.  
  • Online Supporting Information here.
  • For a video presentation and discussion of our findings, see this CSIS panel (October 2018). 
  • You can also read this Inside Higher Ed story on our findings, or listen to this Sinica podcast. 

2017.  “Rethinking China’s Coercive Capacity: An Examination of PRC Domestic Security Spending,  1992-2012.” The China Quarterly 232 (December): 1002-1025. 

2013.  “Authoritarianism Online: What Can We Learn From Internet Data in Non-Democracies?” PS: Political Science & Politics, 46 (2), April: 262-270.

2011.   “’中国崛起’: 对概念运用的探讨” [“‘China’s Rise’: Investigating the Operationalization of a Concept”].   中国国际战略评论 [China International Strategy Review] (Peking University, 2011).  In Chinese.

2007.  “Illicit Activity & Proliferation: North Korean Smuggling Networks.” International Security 32 (1), summer: 80-111.



Book Chapters:
2021. "Claiming Citizenship: Rights Claims and Recognition for North Koreans Entering South Korea." In Celeste Arrington and Patricia Goedde, eds. Rights Claiming in South Korea (Cambridge University Press, forthcoming 2021). [Accepted draft.]
2020.  "The North Korean Diaspora." In Routledge Handbook of Contemporary North Korea (forthcoming).  [Accepted draft].
2019.  "Explaining Economic Order in North Korea." In Korea and the World: New Frontiers in Korean Studies (Rowman & Littlefield).
2014.  “The U.S.-Philippine Alliance: Opportunities and Challenges.” Strategic Asia 2014-15 (National Bureau of Asian Research).
2009.    “Is China Rising?” Eva Paus, Penelope Prime, and Jon Western, eds. Global Giant: Is China Changing  The Rules of the Game? (Palgrave Macmillan). With Alastair Iain Johnston.  Alternate version published as: 
  • “The People’s Republic of China at 60: Is it Rising?” in William C. Kirby, ed., The People’s Republic of China at 60: An International Assessment  (Harvard University Press, 2011).

Other Writing:
2020. "The Saohei Campaign, Protection Umbrellas, and & Impact on China's Political-Legal Apparatus." China Leadership Monitor. September. [Downloadable pdf.]
2019.  Response to H-Diplo ISSF roundtable reviews of Dictators and Their Secret Police.  April. [Downloadable pdf.]
2019.  "Domestic Security in China Under Xi Jinping." China Leadership Monitor, Issue 59.  March.  [Downloadable pdf.]
2017.  “Black Flags Over Mindanao: Terrorism in Southeast Asia.” Testimony before the House Foreign Affairs Committee, Subcommittee on Asia & the Pacific. 12 July.



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