Peer-reviewed Publications








– 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. 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. DOI: 10.1080/11926422.2022.2106501. 

Other publications








– China’s challenge to the Western-led international order: Insights from public opinion surveys in 56 countries worldwide. With Richard Turcsanyi, James Iocovozzi, Kristina Kironska. CEIAS. 2024.

– Public Attitudes in Taiwan-V4 Relations: Solid basis, Space for Improvement. With Richard Turcsanyi, James Iocovozzi, Kristina Kironska. CEIAS. 2023.

-Trans-Atlantic Public Opinion on China: Great Power Competition Amidst Russian Invasion of Ukraine. With Richard Turcsányi, Alfred Gerstl, Kristina Kironská, Klára Dubravčíková, James Iocovozzi, Peter Gries, Matej Šimalčík, Konstantinos Tsimonis José Magano, Erhan Doğan, Jony Essa, Tim Ruehlig, Una Aleksandra Bērziņa-Čerenkova, Diya Jiang, Hermann Aubie. CEIAS. 2022.  

Works in Progress








– Material and Ideational Factors in Foreign Policy: A Cross-National Analysis of Public Attitudes Toward China. With Richard Turcsanyi. Stage: Revised and Resubmitted to International Interactions.
– Building Canada’s Resilience Against China’s State-Sponsored Disinformation: Insights from Australia. Stage: Revised and Resubmited to UT Press. 
– European identity and its geopolitical implications: An analysis of alignment between public attitudes and contested visions of strategic autonomy. With Florent Guntz and Richard Turcsanyi. Stage: Under revision at European Politics and Society.
– Do Affected Populations React to Economic Statecraft in Line with their Economic Interests? Evidence from Australia. Stage: Data analysis.