Peer-reviewed Publications








– Benjamin Toettoe & Richard Turcsanyi. (2024). National Dependence and Public Perceptions: Understanding the Economic Determinants of Foreign Policy Preferences Toward China. International Interactions. Published Online: 1-34.

– Diya Jiang, Benjamin Toettoe, & Richard Turcsanyi. (2024). Allies at Heart? A Study of Ideational Continentalism in Canadians’ Foreign Policy Attitudes. Canadian Journal of Political Science. Published Online: 1-27.

– Benjamin Toettoe, Florent Guntz, & Richard Turcsanyi. (2024). Identarian Atlanticism and Foreign Policy Implications: A Study of European Public Attitudes. European Politics and Society. Forthcoming. 

– Benjamin Toettoe. (2023). Chinese Development Aid and Finance: Effective Soft Power Tool or Public Diplomacy Liability? A Spatial Study of Project Influence. International Journal of China Studies 14(1): 49-77.

– Benjamin Toettoe & Diya Jiang (2022). Foreign contributors to democratic backsliding: the effects of linkages with China on media self-censorship in transitional regimes. Canadian Foreign Policy Journal 29(1):18-35.  

Other publications








– Richard Turcsányi, Benjamin Toettoe, James Iocovozzi, & Kristina Kironska. China’s challenge to the Western-led international order: Insights from public opinion surveys in 56 countries worldwide. Konrad Adenauer Stiftung and CEIAS. 2024.

– Richard Turcsányi, Benjamin Toettoe, James Iocovozzi, & Kristina Kironska. Public Attitudes in Taiwan-V4 Relations: Solid basis, Space for Improvement. CEIAS. 2024.

– Richard Turcsányi, Alfred Gerstl, Kristína Kironská, Klára Dubravčíková, James Iocovozzi, Peter Gries, Matej Šimalčík, Konstantinos Tsimonis, José Magano, Erhan Doğan, Jony Essa, Benjamin Toettoe, Tim Ruehlig, Una Aleksandra Bērziņa-Čerenkova, Diya Jiang, Hermann Aubie. Trans-Atlantic public opinion on China: Great power competition amidst Russian invasion of Ukraine. CEIAS. 2022.

Works in Progress








– Building Canada’s Resilience Against China’s State-Sponsored Disinformation: Insights from Australia. In Disinformation and Democracy in a Digital Age. Eds. Bessma Momani & Shelley Ghai Bajaj. Stage: Under advance contract at University of Toronto Press. 

– Do Affected Populations React to Economic Statecraft in Line with their Economic Interests? Evidence from Australia. Stage: Preparing for submission.

– Network effects in international influence: An analysis of China’s multilateralism. Stage: Data analysis.  

– Humphrey Goes to China: Counterfactual Analysis and the Normalization of U.S.-China Relations. With Dani Nedal & Michael Brenes. Stage: Writing.