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Ally-shoring describes a program of sourcing essential materials, goods, and services with trusted friends while disengaging from China and other states that seek to undermine American interests from critical supply chains.

A key purpose of the meeting is to create a countercoalition against Russia and China, Paul Poast argues.

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.

To meet the public demand to compete with China, “the Defense Department needs the budget required to do it,” writes Chet Lee in Defense One.

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.

Washington should ditch the military rhetoric and refocus efforts on work with China and Mexico, Emma Sanderson argues.

Cities recognize the importance of city diplomacy but also lack necessary resources to fulfill the commitments they make to global agendas, Council fellows Kris Hartley and Michele Acuto explain.

Condemning the CCP regime "will have limited utility and success in either liberalizing China or yielding other strategic benefits for the United States."

Despite Washington and Beijing’s apparent satisfaction with the meeting, the tensions at the heart of the relationship show no signs of abating, Paul Heer writes.