Thrilled to contribute an essay to @BulletinAtomic's 75th anniversary issue. I explore the relationship between science & the border, from nuclear weapons to #Xinjiang camps, space programs to #COVID19: how walls pretend our innocence & why they must fall.
thebulletin.org/premium/2020-1… The 75th anniversary issue of @BulletinAtomic includes writings from its archive by Einstein, Oppenheimer, Bertrand Russel, Gorbachev & more, as well as contemporary luminaries like Jennifer Doudna & @BeaFihn.
I'm so honored to be part of the issue. Read👇
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1/N This year's US-China Forum @UChicago was hosted by @BeckerFriedman w/ theme "China's role in the global economy". I was glad to attend it at my alma mater, but am very disappointed by the glaring omission of human rights from the convo,& deeply troubled by CUSEF's role in it. 2/N CUSEF, China-US Exchange Foundation, is a registered foreign agent in US with deep ties to the Chinese Communist Party's overseas influence operation i.e. the united front. In Jan 2018, UT-Austin rejected CUSEF funding over concerns of academic freedom insidehighered.com/news/2018/01/1…