This talk explores why Xi Jinping pursues bold, high-risk interventions in some domains yet remains cautious in others. It examines how he judges the stakes of regime survival, elite resistance, social backlash, and institutional fragility in deciding when to act decisively or defer reforms. The differences in his tolerance for risk reveal a methodical strategy: push hard where control is essential and contained; hold back where disruption could unravel consensus and legitimacy.
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About the Speaker
Jude Blanchette is the Distinguished Tang Chair in China Research, and the inaugural director of the RAND China Research Center. Previously, he held the Freeman Chair in China Studies at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) and served as engagement director at the Conference Board's China Center for Economics and Business in Beijing.
Organizer
The talk will be chaired by Mette Halskov Hansen, Department of Culture, Religion, Asian and Middle Eastern Studies, UiO. It is organized in collaboration with the Norwegian Center of Geopolitics.