"Hirschmanesque Effects" - by CWP alum Ronin Fu
As China continues its climb to economic prominence, now proudly wielding the title of the world’s second-largest economy, its economic influence extends across the globe. This influence is not just economic, but also political – its effects echo through every corner of the world, met with varying degrees of enthusiasm and skepticism. A growing body of scholarship posits that countries entwined in intricate economic ties with China increasingly find themselves aligning with Beijing’s stance on vital foreign policy matters, or at the very least, veer away from policies that may displease China and risk compromising these lucrative trade relations.1 However, an intriguing question persists: how does China adroitly leverage its economic heft to accrue political clout?
Hirschmanesque Effects Typology, Scope Conditions, and a Case Study of the Koizumi Administration’s China Policy Ronan Tse-min Fu - Conditioning China's Influence, 2026
Dr. Ronan Tse-min Fu is an Assistant Research Fellow in the Institute of Political Science at Academia Sinica (IPSAS). Prior to joining IPSAS, he was a Columbia-Harvard China and the World Program Postdoctoral Fellow at the School of International and Public Affairs, with additional postdoctoral affiliations at the Weatherhead East Asian Institute and the Department of Political Science, Columbia University.
Dr. Fu received a PhD from University of Southern California in Political Science and International Relations (2019). His research interests lie in the intersection of international relations theory and comparative politics, with a specific focus on grand strategy, East Asian security, Chinese politics and foreign policy, and historical roots of contemporary relations in East Asia.
Dr. Fu′s work has appeared in International Security, International Studies Quarterly, Journal of Conflict Resolution, and Political Geography. My research has been funded by the Ministry of Education of the Republic of China, Fulbright Taiwan, China Times Cultural Foundation, and the Chiang Ching-kuo Foundation for International Scholarly Exchange, among others.
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