Trump and Xi ease tensions

Scholar power: 108.0%

Story's scientific field profile

Political science 52%, Economics 26%, Business 13%, Law 9%

Name	Field match	H-index	Scholar power
🎓 Michael McFaul	60%	36	108.0%

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59.0%

0.7 h

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108.0%

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3.819

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by Fareed Zakaria

77%

Scholar power: 77.0%

Story's scientific field profile

Political science 52%, Economics 26%, Business 13%, Law 9%

Name	Field match	H-index	Scholar power
🎓 Fareed Zakaria	56%	21	77.0%

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69.0%

1.5 h

1

77.0%

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1.274

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by Matthew Bunn

46%

Scholar power: 46.7%

Story's scientific field profile

Political science 52%, Economics 26%, Business 13%, Law 9%

Name	Field match	H-index	Scholar power
🎓 Matthew Bunn	34%	21	46.7%

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47.0%

0.9 h

3

46.7%

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0.483

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Matthew Bunn

@matthew-bunn.bsky.social

Important story on discussions underway on the Trump team’s charges that China and Russia have violated the testing moratorium. New concepts for confirming that activities at test sites do not produce nuclear yield are the way to go.

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The discussions have occurred on the sidelines of multilateral meetings in Geneva, New York and Casablanca, Morocco.

www.wsj.com

September 25, 2026 at 1:45 PM

by Michael McFaul

108%

Scholar power: 108.0%

Story's scientific field profile

Political science 52%, Economics 26%, Business 13%, Law 9%

Name	Field match	H-index	Scholar power
🎓 Michael McFaul	60%	36	108.0%

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49.0%

20.9 h

80

108.0%

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0.78

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Michael McFaul

@mcfaulmike.bsky.social

When Xi invokes the Thucydides Trap, as he did again today, he means he sees China as the rising power and the U.S. as the declining power.

Kinda weird for an American president to just let that go, especially in remarks delivered in the White House.

But these are not normal times.

September 24, 2026 at 6:13 PM

Reposted by Michael McFaul

36%

Scholar power: 36.0%

Story's scientific field profile

Political science 52%, Economics 26%, Business 13%, Law 9%

Name	Field match	H-index	Scholar power
🎓 Michael McFaul	60%	36	36.0%

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50.0%

1.0 h

1

36.0%

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0.453

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by Martha Albertson Fineman

71%

Scholar power: 71.7%

Story's scientific field profile

Political science 52%, Economics 26%, Business 13%, Law 9%

Name	Field match	H-index	Scholar power
🎓 Martha Albertson Fineman	46%	27	71.7%

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49.0%

1.3 h

1

71.7%

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0.422

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Martha Albertson Fineman

@mlafineman.bsky.social

www.washingtonsun.com/perspectives...

It Was Already a Pretty Bad Week. Then Trump Surrendered to China.

Xi came to town, and the American president became a supplicant.

www.washingtonsun.com

September 25, 2026 at 1:18 PM

by Nikolas K. Gvosdev

54%

Scholar power: 54.0%

Story's scientific field profile

Political science 52%, Economics 26%, Business 13%, Law 9%

Name	Field match	H-index	Scholar power
🎓 Nikolas K. Gvosdev	52%	12	54.0%

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58.0%

2.4 h

0

54.0%

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0.349

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by Michael McFaul

108%

Scholar power: 108.0%

Story's scientific field profile

Political science 52%, Economics 26%, Business 13%, Law 9%

Name	Field match	H-index	Scholar power
🎓 Michael McFaul	60%	36	108.0%

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52.0%

13.9 h

4

108.0%

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0.257

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by Alicia Garcı́a-Herrero

35%

Scholar power: 35.5%

Story's scientific field profile

Political science 52%, Economics 26%, Business 13%, Law 9%

Name	Field match	H-index	Scholar power
🎓 Alicia Garcı́a-Herrero	20%	35	35.5%

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66.0%

5.1 h

0

35.5%

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0.239

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by Manisha Sinha

35%

Scholar power: 35.1%

Story's scientific field profile

Political science 52%, Economics 26%, Business 13%, Law 9%

Name	Field match	H-index	Scholar power
🎓 Manisha Sinha	39%	9	35.1%

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58.0%

2.1 h

5

35.1%

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0.225

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Manisha Sinha

@profmsinha.bsky.social

Trump meets Xi at airport when the latter refused to do that for him in China! Seeing him kow tow to Xi is sickening!

September 25, 2026 at 12:35 PM

by David R. Miller Reposted by David Darmofal

27%

Scholar power: 27.8%

Story's scientific field profile

Political science 52%, Economics 26%, Business 13%, Law 9%

Name	Field match	H-index	Scholar power
🎓 David R. Miller	13%	21	17.9%
🎓 David Darmofal	30%	11	9.9%
Total			27.8%

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51.0%

14.7 h

719

27.8%

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0.223

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David Ryan Miller

@davidryanmiller.com

If the ballroom construction is such a sensitive national security matter, why is Trump inviting the Chinese delegation on a tour???

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 14h

"If anybody wants to walk into a construction site ... "-- Trump's big surprise at the state dinner with Xi is inviting everybody in the room to the ballroom construction site

September 25, 2026 at 12:00 AM

by David Darmofal

29%

Scholar power: 29.8%

Story's scientific field profile

Political science 52%, Economics 26%, Business 13%, Law 9%

Name	Field match	H-index	Scholar power
🎓 David Darmofal	30%	11	29.8%

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58.0%

2.1 h

7

29.8%

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0.195

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David Darmofal

@daviddarmofal.bsky.social

Like a toddler showing off his new toys, Trump shows Xi new White House helipad, Marine One

Trump shows Xi new White House helipad, Marine One

President Trump toured Chinese President Xi Jinping around his White House projects during the foreign leader’s state visit on Thursday. Trump walked Xi around the new granite landing pad on the S…

thehill.com

September 25, 2026 at 12:32 PM

by Alicia Garcı́a-Herrero Reposted by Iikka Korhonen

46%

Scholar power: 46.5%

Story's scientific field profile

Political science 52%, Economics 26%, Business 13%, Law 9%

Name	Field match	H-index	Scholar power
🎓 Alicia Garcı́a-Herrero	20%	35	35.5%
🎓 Iikka Korhonen	22%	25	11.0%
Total			46.5%

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55.0%

5.1 h

3

46.5%

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0.182

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Alicia Garcia Herrero 艾西亞

@aligarciaherrero.bsky.social

My Op-Ed for @euractiv.com: " #Xi’s growing hold on #Trump is bad news for #Europe".

www.euractiv.com/opinion/trum...

Xi’s growing hold on Trump is bad news for Europe | Euractiv

A lavish welcome produced little beyond a short trade truce, leaving Beijing well placed to demand more when Trump visits Shenzhen

www.euractiv.com

September 25, 2026 at 9:35 AM

by Michael McFaul

108%

Scholar power: 108.0%

Story's scientific field profile

Political science 52%, Economics 26%, Business 13%, Law 9%

Name	Field match	H-index	Scholar power
🎓 Michael McFaul	60%	36	108.0%

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45.0%

16.4 h

2

108.0%

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0.156

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by David Darmofal

29%

Scholar power: 29.8%

Story's scientific field profile

Political science 52%, Economics 26%, Business 13%, Law 9%

Name	Field match	H-index	Scholar power
🎓 David Darmofal	30%	11	29.8%

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53.0%

2.1 h

1

29.8%

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0.149

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David Darmofal

@daviddarmofal.bsky.social

‘Utterly Disgusting’: Trump Mocks Biden in Front of China’s Xi, Sparking Furious Online Backlash

Trump’s joke about Joe Biden’s autopen display drew laughs from Xi Jinping and a wave of criticism online.

www.mediaite.com

September 25, 2026 at 12:34 PM

Reposted by Michael McFaul

36%

Scholar power: 36.0%

Story's scientific field profile

Political science 52%, Economics 26%, Business 13%, Law 9%

Name	Field match	H-index	Scholar power
🎓 Michael McFaul	60%	36	36.0%

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54.0%

19.2 h

35

36.0%

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0.093

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Reposted by Nathan P. Kalmoe

13%

Scholar power: 13.6%

Story's scientific field profile

Political science 52%, Economics 26%, Business 13%, Law 9%

Name	Field match	H-index	Scholar power
🎓 Nathan P. Kalmoe	33%	17	13.6%

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46.0%

11.6 h

568

13.6%

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0.091

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Wajahat Ali

@wajali.bsky.social

We don't have to live like this.

Look at all the billionaires and technofascists dining with Trump and Xi tonight. They pay off both sides of the aisle. The only way out is to crush them, and we need fighters to do that.

nypost.com/2026/09/24/u...

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“The reality is that he isn’t working by choice; he is working for survival.”

nypost.com

September 25, 2026 at 3:06 AM

Reposted by Michael McFaul

36%

Scholar power: 36.0%

Story's scientific field profile

Political science 52%, Economics 26%, Business 13%, Law 9%

Name	Field match	H-index	Scholar power
🎓 Michael McFaul	60%	36	36.0%

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47.0%

17.8 h

60

36.0%

Ranking score

0.082

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Reposted by Daniel W. Drezner

25%

Scholar power: 25.5%

Story's scientific field profile

Political science 52%, Economics 26%, Business 13%, Law 9%

Name	Field match	H-index	Scholar power
🎓 Daniel W. Drezner	38%	45	25.5%

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61.0%

22.6 h

29

25.5%

Ranking score

0.077

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Raw Story

@rawstory.com

President Donald Trump personally greeted Chinese President Xi Jinping and his wife, Peng Liyuan, on the tarmac at Joint Base Andrews — a display of deference that observers say wasn't returned when Trump visited Beijing in May.