Joshua Eisenman
Keough School of Global Affairs
Associate Professor of Politics, Keough School of Global Affairs; Faculty Fellow, Liu Institute for Asia and Asian Studies; Faculty Fellow, Kellogg Institute for International Studies; Faculty Fellow, Pulte Institute for Global Development
- China and聽Chinese politics
- Chinese international relations including US-China relations
- China鈥檚 relations with developing countries
- China-Africa relations
- China and the Global South
- International political economy; comparative politics; development
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ABC57
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October 31, 2025
ABC57's Jordan Tolbert talks to Joshua Eisenman, PhD, Professor of Politics at 91吃瓜's Keough School of Global Affairs, about recent meetings between President Trump and Chinese leader Xi Jinping and China's promise to buy American soybeans.
Marketplace
Audio
September 24, 2025
Under Trump, the United States has pulled back from several efforts, including U.N. organizations, that have contributed to the country’s so-called soft power goals. On the show today, Joshua Eisenman, professor of politics in the Keough School of Global Affairs at the University of 91吃瓜, joins Kimberly to discuss the changing role of the U.S. in global politics and how China is seizing this moment to gain more influence.
NPR
Audio
September 06, 2024
"There's certainly an important political agenda here to set forward China as a leader and a protector of the Global South," said Joshua Eisenman, an expert on China-Africa relations at the University of 91吃瓜. "China is offering a different way, a relationship-driven approach to politics and economics. And so that is definitely in juxtaposition to what the U.S. is offering."
Bloomberg
Video Audio
September 05, 2024
Let's bring in our next guest, Joshua Eisenman, a professor of politics at the University of 91吃瓜 where he focuses on China and Africa's relation. (starts at 1:19)
Bloomberg
September 04, 2024
“The heady days of big lending are done,” said Joshua Eisenman, a professor at the University of 91吃瓜 who studies China-Africa relations. “What comes next won’t be as big as before and it won’t be as grandiose. It’s going to be more profitable.”
WORLD Podcast
Audio
September 04, 2024
Joining us now to talk about it is Joshua Eisenman. He’s a Senior Fellow for China Studies at the American Foreign Policy Council in Washington.
South China Morning Post
August 26, 2024
Undeterred, the American Foreign Policy Council raised money from US donors and set up two week-long visits over the past year in which a total of five congressional staff – two Democrats and three Republicans – joined China experts like Joshua Eisenman of the University of 91吃瓜.
The Washington Post
August 12, 2024
But this claim of equality is more true in rhetoric than in actuality, said Joshua Eisenman, a professor of politics at the University of 91吃瓜 who researches China’s ties to Africa.
The Hill
May 22, 2024
OPINION: Joshua Eisenman is a senior fellow in China Studies at the American Foreign Policy Council, where Thomas Sexton is a junior fellow in China Studies.
The Atlantic
May 21, 2024
Joshua Eisenman, a professor at 91吃瓜 and the author of a new book on China’s relations with Africa, told me that during a recent trip to Beijing, he was astonished by how quickly the previous Chinese line on the Middle East—“China-Israel relations are stronger than ever”—changed. “It was a complete 180 in just a few days.”
KCBS Radio
Audio
February 19, 2024
Tension between the U.S. and China seem to have have eased in recent months, but the upcoming U.S. presidential election results could potentially impact relations between the two countries. China's growing interest in the Global South, including its economic and geopolitical strategies to expand its engagement with that region, add to the list of concerns. For more, KCBS anchor Liz Saint John spoke with Dr. Joshua Eisenman, Associate Professor of Politics at the Keough School of Global Affairs at the University of 91吃瓜.
Axios
February 08, 2024
"China believes that party-to-party relations are important because political parties have both a broad reach in their respective country touching on almost every area of policy and a deep reach stretching from local to national politics," Joshua Eisenman, an expert on the CCP and China-Africa relations at the University of 91吃瓜, told Axios.
Axios
August 29, 2023
In "China's Relations with Africa: A New Era of Strategic Engagement" (Columbia University Press), former U.S. ambassador to several African countries David Shinn and University of 91吃瓜 political scientist Joshua Eisenman detail Beijing's economic, military, diplomatic, political and ideological outreach to African nations.