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Ann Chih Lin comments on Trump's China visit

May 14, 2026
Ford School Professor Ann Chih Lin spoke with Spectrum News about the possible agenda items for President Trump and President Xi's meeting including the war in Iran, the economy, political prisoners in China, and Trump's defense of Taiwan.
Professor Ann Lin interviewed on TV
In the Media

Trumps tariffs do not support American production, Stevenson claims

Apr 7, 2025 Channel 4
"What we’re seeing is not targeted tariffs that are trying to help support certain aspects of American industry. This is across the board tariffs," said Bestsey Stevenson, professor at the Ford School. In a debate with an ex-campaign aide for Preside...
Betsey Stevenson
In the Media

Stevenson discusses Trump reasoning on tariffs

Mar 6, 2025 Michigan Public
Ford School professor Betsey Stevenson discussed the rational behind implement tariffs on Canada and Mexico, but she said, "with China that they may have been trying to compete with very low-cost manufacturing" however “I don't think you can make thi...
Stevensom SRM Subcommittee Hearing Teaser Display
In the Media

China's retaliation on Trump's tariff policy - Wolfers

Feb 6, 2025 MSNBC
Fixating on the early actions of the Trump administration, Justin Wolfers spoke with MSNBC on President Trump's imposed tariff policy. Wolfers explained how China has pushed back on the tariff policy. "China has levied a bunch of retaliation tariffs....
Justin Wolfers
In the Media

Wolfers has lingering uncertainty about Trump's tariff tactics

Feb 3, 2025 CNN
As President Trump doubles down on his threats for tariffs on foreign trade, the Ford School's Justin Wolfers isn't sure his tactics work economically. Wolfers told CNN, “Trump announces tariffs, so markets fall. Trump walks back tariffs, markets ris...
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In the Media

Ali on NY governor's aid charged as Chinese agent

Sep 4, 2024 ABC Australia
Javed Ali, Ford School professor talked with ABC Australia about the former aid to the New York governor who was charged with acting as a Chinese agent. He said "this is someone who had risen to the inner circle of democratic politics in New York Sta...
Headshot of Javed Ali in Weill Hall's 2nd floor hallway
State & Hill

Confronting the “Coup Belt” in Africa

Dec 12, 2023
Susan D. Page and Kamissa Camara in discussion An alarming number of countries in Africa have been experiencing coups over the past few years—a total of nine coups in three years—in Sudan, Burkina Faso (twice), Chad, Guinea, Mali (twice), and more...
Plains in Ouagadougou
State & Hill

Discourse: Fordies in the news, fall 2023

Dec 12, 2023
“Rather than a single terrorist attack, this was a complex operation that involved commando teams and rocket attacks against multiple targets. The fact that Israel appears to have lacked advance warning is surprising, given Israel’s excellence in int...
Headshots of Ali, Hausman, Rabe, Ciorciari, Parthasarathy, Horner, and Stevenson
In the Media

ASEAN nations need support to counter China - Ciorciari

Sep 13, 2023 VOA
John Ciorciari, VOA: John Ciorciari, associate professor of public policy at the University of Michigan, said in an email to VOA Khmer that ASEAN remains an important forum for diplomacy, but “without consensus on some of the region’s most pressing c...
John Ciorciari in Washington DC
In the Media

Ciorciari on China's reaction to US-Japan-South Korea accords

Aug 25, 2023 VOA
John Ciorciari, VOA: John Ciorciari, professor of research and policy engagement at the University of Michigan, said in an email to VOA Khmer that in the short term, China will likely act assertively to show that closer cooperation among South Korea,...
John Ciorciari
State & Hill

The Ford School: On the map

May 3, 2023
Here are just a few of the international learning opportunities that Ford School undergraduate and graduate students have undertaken since 2020—travel courses, research projects, internships, externships, and simulations—all preparing students for ca...
On the map - story
In the Media

Ali analyzes congressional hearing on threat of TikTok

Mar 23, 2023 ABC News
Javed Ali, ABC News: "There definitely is a lot of skepticism right now on the Hill, despite the claims from the TikTok CEO about these steps or actions the company has taken to minimize the risk. But I have been listening to the voices of my former ...
Headshot of Javed Ali at Weill Hall's 4th floor Whitman Lounge
In the Media

Ali discusses China-Russia relationship

Feb 25, 2023 Newsweek
Javed Ali, Newsweek: "Xi has to make a decision about how to manage that relationship with Russia, and what's most important about that in the fight against Ukraine versus China's biggest strategic ambitions. If the intelligence case was that China i...
Headshot of Javed Ali at Weill Hall's main staircase, looking off to the side of the frame
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Ali analyzes Chinese spy balloons with NPR Marketplace

Feb 14, 2023
In the last week, the U.S. has shot down four different objects in U.S. and Canadian airspace. One of those has been confirmed as a Chinese surveillance balloon. Javed Ali, associate professor of practice, provided his expertise to NPR Marketplace, d...
Headshot of Javed Ali at Weill Hall's 4th floor Whitman Lounge
In the Media

Ciorciari weighs in on Chinese spy balloon

Feb 10, 2023 The Hill
John Ciorciari, The Hill: "This incident makes it likely the U.S. accelerates different kinds of counterintelligence initiatives and expands to areas like, who do we grant visas to? Who is allowed to study at universities? An acceleration of those ki...
John Ciorciari
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FBI chief Wray addresses threats from China in Ford School forum

Dec 6, 2022
It’s not always newsworthy when a director of the FBI makes a speech. As the nation’s top law enforcement official, basic statements about terror threats, the crime rate, or reactions to latest news may be reported but won’t attract much attention.  ...
Photo of FBI Director Christopher Wray, seated in front of a blue Ford School backdrop, responding to a question
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Practicing diplomacy: Diplomacy Lab, winter 2022

Oct 13, 2022
For the third year in a row, University of Michigan students tackled policy-relevant questions posed by the U.S. State Department officials in Diplomacy Lab (DipLab) projects.  In the Winter 2022 term, graduate and undergraduate students formed t...
Diplomacy Lab
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Lin advocates for welcoming researchers, amid outflow of Chinese talent

Sep 26, 2022 The Wall Street Journal
Due to an increasingly hostile political and racial environment, Chinese academics are leaving the United States. Because of this and increased global competition, Professor Ann Chih Lin says the United States should do more to make these researchers...
Photo of Ann Lin in her office at the U-M's Lieberthal-Rogel Center for Chinese Studies
State & Hill

A conversation with Ann Chih Lin

May 31, 2022
By David Pratt In November 2021, longtime Ford School political scientist Ann Chih Lin was appointed as director of the Lieberthal-Rogel Center for Chinese Studies (LRCCS). Established in 1961, the China Center is one of the nation’s most promin...
Photo of Ann Lin in her office at the U-M's Lieberthal-Rogel Center for Chinese Studies