Commentary

The Iran war is presenting the greatest test yet of the limits of America's power in an increasingly multipolar world.

With Washington prioritizing deal-making over competition, Beijing’s confidence is growing—and the risk of miscalculation is rising. Could China use America’s time-out from strategic competition to surpass it economically, technologically, and geopolitically?

The Trump administration’s recently published strategic documents further the US’ drift away from its original meaning of the “one China” policy, Council Nonresident Senior Fellow Paul Heer writes.

Council President and CEO Leslie Vinjamuri joins BBC News to discuss Starmer's trip to Beijing and what it signals about the UK-China relationship moving forward.

"Beijing’s efforts to strike a nationalist chord among Chinese citizens regarding Taiwanese unification might not be easily transmitted," the Council's Dina Smeltz and Craig Kafura write.

The Trump administration rejects the post-Cold War international order and sets out a new vision in its National Security Strategy. At the Doha Forum, world leaders reckoned with its impact on long-standing alliances and its implications for war and peace.

Craig Kafura and Nick Zeller unpack the results of a recent Chicago Council-Carter Center survey of Chinese public opinion.

China's response to Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi's recent comments on Taiwan is deeply rooted in history, Paul Heer writes.

The recent Trump-Xi meeting resolved none of the underlying tensions between Beijing and Washington. It merely kicked the can down the road.

Craig Kafura unpacks new Council polling that shows 53 percent of Americans now want to pursue a policy of cooperation and engagement with Beijing.