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Ethan Kessler weighs in on US military preparedness to deal with any potential Chinese aggression toward Taiwan.

"Foreign audiences should read [China's] resolution as a benchmark manifesto in the Party’s quest for China’s global power and legitimacy," writes Paul Heer in National Interest.

Ivo Daalder speaks with Roger Hilton about alliances, de-dollarization, sanctions, and relations with China at the GLOBSEC Bratislava Forum.

Dina Smeltz shares public opinion on the key topics that will be discussed at the first 2020 presidential debate.

This Chicago Council on Global Affairs survey indicates the US and Japan have mutually positive views of each other’s leadership efforts.

Elizabeth Shackleford joins Grid Media to discuss U.S. policy toward Africa, and the balancing act between “not dictating” and effecting change.

This Chicago Council on Global Affairs survey indicates Americans view Japan as a close and trusted ally.

With President Biden's latest escalation of the China-US trade war, the world is now a far cry from the "golden age" of globalized trade, Paul Poast argues.

“Western powers possess the innate strength necessary to contain Russia and outcompete China,” writes Ivo Daalder in Foreign Affairs.

Actions by other players—including China’s neighbors and the United States—are key drivers of Beijing’s perception of the international environment and responses to it, Paul Heer explains.

Paul Heer weighs in on how Xi Jinping thinks and what role the intelligence community should play in foreign policy.

Is China's spy balloon a wakeup call for closer monitoring of US airspace? Craig Kafura explores the answer with Brandis Friedman and Ian Hurd.

Xi Jinping's visit to Moscow and meeting with Putin made clear that China-Russia relations will only grow stronger, Paul Poast writes.

Nonresident Senior Fellow Theresa Fallon weighs in on the opportunities the war in Ukraine presents to both Russia and China.

If the U.S. wants to counter China’s military expansion, it cannot afford to jeopardize security ties with India.

"It’s not too late for China and the United States to achieve some level of mutual understanding and common purpose," Paul Heer writes.

Vietnam is likely the Trump administration’s next trade target. But the calculus differs in key ways from China.

"There's a little bit of FOMO if we aren't going to be there, that we're afraid of missing out on places that Russia and China are really prioritizing."

The Trump administration helped fuel the worst downward spiral in US-China relations since diplomatic normalization more than forty years ago.

David Scheffer argues for Washington to employ "a powerful lawfare deterrent" towards China in the case of an invasion of Taiwan.