Jeffrey Ding — SPARQNOW

At-a-Glance

Serves as an Assistant Professor of Political Science at The George Washington University since 2022.
Authored the book 'Technology and the Rise of Great Powers' (Princeton University Press, 2024).
Publishes the weekly 'ChinAI' newsletter, featuring translations of Chinese conversations about AI development, to over 20,000 subscribers.
Received his PhD in 2021 from the University of Oxford, where he studied as a Rhodes Scholar.
Previously a postdoctoral fellow at Stanford's Center for International Security and Cooperation.

Biography

Jeffrey Ding is an Assistant Professor of Political Science at George Washington University. His research focuses on great power competition and cooperation in emerging technologies, the political economy of innovation, and China's scientific and technological capabilities. He is the author of 'Technology and the Rise of Great Powers' (Princeton University Press, 2024), which examines how past technological revolutions influenced the rise and fall of great powers, with implications for U.S.