About Rory Truex
Who Is Writing This?
I’m Associate Professor of Politics and International Affairs at Princeton University. You can find my academic website here. My research and teaching focuses on Chinese politics, specifically China’s policymaking process, public opinion, and repression/human rights. My commentary on China has been featured in The Atlantic, The New York Times, The Washington Post, South China Morning Post, and other outlets.
I came of age academically studying authoritarian government in China, and of late I can’t help but see parallels between the authoritarian practices I’ve studied in China and the tactics used by Donald Trump and his faction of the GOP.