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Stable US-China ties? It won’t last long, says Evan Medeiros

South China Morning Post · · 232 words · By Josephine Ma
Diplomatic Efficacy US-China Power Dynamics
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6 claims extracted and verified against multiple sources including cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia.

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“Dr Evan Medeiros is the Penner family chair in Asia studies and the Cling family distinguished fellow in US-China studies at Georgetown University.”
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The claim is explicitly confirmed by Wikipedia and the official Georgetown University website, as well as the Asia Society.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Evan Sabino Medeiros is an American international relations scholar, and the Penner Family Chair in Asia Studies in the Walsh School of Foreign Service and a Cling Family Distinguished Fellow in U.S.–…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evan_S._Medeiros
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web search NEUTRAL — Evan Sabino Medeiros is an American international relations scholar, and the Penner Family Chair in Asia Studies in the Walsh School of Foreign Service and a Cling Family Distinguished Fellow in U.S.–…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evan_S._Medeiros
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web search NEUTRAL — Dr. Evan S. Medeiros is the Penner Family Chair in Asia Studies in the School of Foreign Service and the Cling Family Distinguished Fellow in U.S.-China Studies.
https://gufaculty360.georgetown.edu/s/contact/0033600001FP3o…
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“He has served as the National Security Council’s director for China, Taiwan and Mongolia, and later as special assistant to the president and senior director for Asia.”
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Multiple independent sources, including Wikipedia and the NCUSCR, confirm his roles as Director for China, Taiwan and Mongolia and later as Special Assistant to the President and Senior Director for Asia at the NSC.
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web search NEUTRAL — From 2009 to 2015, Medeiros served for six years at the White House National Security Council as Director for China, Taiwan and Mongolia and subsequently as Special Assistant to the President and Seni…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evan_S._Medeiros
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web search NEUTRAL — Evan Medeiros. Coordinating Asia Policy at the NSC. Before joining President Barack Obama’s national security team, Medeiros was a senior political scientist at the RAND corporation and served for a y…
https://uschinadialogue.georgetown.edu/features/faculty-spot…
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web search NEUTRAL — Until June 2015, Dr. Medeiros served as special assistant to President Barack Obama and senior director for Asian Affairs at the National Security Council (NSC), responsible for coordinating U.S. poli…
https://www.ncuscr.org/podcast/evan-medeiros-securitization-…
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“Medeiros was former president Barack Obama’s top adviser on the Asia-Pacific”
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While the provided Wikipedia snippets for this specific claim index were irrelevant (discussing K-pop and defense agreements), the evidence for Claim 1 and Claim 3 confirms his high-level role in the Obama administration as Senior Director for Asia, which aligns with being the top adviser on the Asia-Pacific.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Enhanced Defense Cooperation Agreement (EDCA) is a 2014 agreement between the United States and the Philippines intended to bolster the American–Philippine alliance. The agreement allows the Unite…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — This is a list of notable federal executive officials that endorsed the Kamala Harris 2024 presidential campaign.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Kamala_Harris_2024_pre…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The U.S.–China Strategic and Economic Dialogue (S&ED) (simplified Chinese: 中美战略与经济对话; traditional Chinese: 中美戰略與經濟對話; pinyin: Zhōng Měi zhànlüè yǔ jīngjì duìhuà) was a high-level dialogue for the Unit…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S.–China_Strategic_and_Econo…
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“and was previously a policy adviser to Hank Paulson when he was Treasury secretary.”
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The Connect Speakers Bureau explicitly states he served as a policy advisor to Secretary Hank Paulson from 2007-2008.
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web search NEUTRAL — Evan Sabino Medeiros is an American international relations scholar, and the Penner Family Chair in Asia Studies in the Walsh School of Foreign Service and a Cling Family Distinguished Fellow in U.S.–…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evan_S._Medeiros
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web search NEUTRAL — Dr. Medeiros also worked for seven years as a senior political scientist at the RAND Corporation. From 2007-2008, he served as policy advisor to Secretary Hank Paulson working on the U.S.-China Strate…
https://connectspeakersbureau.com/speaker/evan-medeiros/
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web search NEUTRAL — Evan Medeiros. Penner Family Chair in Asia Studies, Georgetown University; Former Special Assistant to the President and Senior Director for Asia, National Security Council; Distinguished Nonresident …
https://globalaffairs.org/research/experts/evan-medeiros
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“He has also held senior positions at Eurasia Group and the RAND Corporation.”
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The Connect Speakers Bureau confirms his role as Managing Director for Asia-Pacific at Eurasia Group and his seven-year tenure as a senior political scientist at the RAND Corporation.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The CAC/PAC JF-17 Thunder, also known as FC-1 Xiaolong, is a Sino-Pakistani single-engine lightweight supersonic multirole combat aircraft developed jointly by the Pakistan Aeronautical Complex (PAC) …
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Evan Sabino Medeiros is an American international relations scholar, and the Penner Family Chair in Asia Studies in the Walsh School of Foreign Service and a Cling Family Distinguished Fellow in U.S.–…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evan_S._Medeiros
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web search NEUTRAL — Evan Sabino Medeiros is an American international relations scholar, and the Penner Family Chair in Asia Studies in the Walsh School of Foreign Service and a Cling Family Distinguished Fellow in U.S.–…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evan_S._Medeiros
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“I have been involved in three US-China summits, and more than a dozen US-China leaders’ meetings between 2009 and 2015”
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web search NEUTRAL — Evan Sabino Medeiros is an American international relations scholar, and the Penner Family Chair in Asia Studies in the Walsh School of Foreign Service and a Cling Family Distinguished Fellow in U.S.–…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evan_S._Medeiros
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web search NEUTRAL — Join us for a book talk with Fiona Cunningham in conversation with Evan Medeiros to discuss her forthcoming book, Under the Nuclear Shadow: China’s Information-Age Weapons in International Security (2…
https://uschinadialogue.georgetown.edu/people/evan-medeiros
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web search NEUTRAL — Evan S. Medeiros is Distinguished Nonresident Fellow on China at the Council and also a professor and director of Asian Studies at Georgetown University's School of Foreign Service.
https://globalaffairs.org/research/experts/evan-medeiros
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