Documenting China’s Borderlands – 2025 Recap and Look Ahead to 2026

About this episode

This episode reviews the findings of NBR’s Mapping China’s Strategic Space: Borderlands project and discusses future developments for 2026.

From the National Bureau of Asian Research, an Asia Insight miniseries exploring the geostrategic significance of China’s borderlands, led by Nadège Rolland, Distinguished Fellow for China Studies at NBR. In this special episode, NBR Project Manager Alayna Bone sits down with NBR Distinguished Fellow for China Studies Nadège Rolland to look back at NBR’s Mapping China’s Strategic Space: Borderlands project, what we have learned so far, and to share some highlights of what is in store for 2026.

People in this episode

Guest: Nadège Rolland

Topics covered

• China's borderlands
• geostrategic significance
• Mapping China’s Strategic Space

Keywords

• China studies
• NBR
• geopolitics

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Mapping China’s Strategic Space: Borderlands

Places: China

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