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Xi-Trump Summit

A Turning Point? Rebuilding the U.S.-China Relationship

David Shambaugh
Gaston Sigur Professor of Asian Studies, Political Science, and International Relations; Director of China Policy Program, George Washington University

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David ShambaughLow Expectations for the Trump-Xi Summit in Washington
Greenland

Greenland Deal Goes Beyond Defense

Nong Hong
Executive Director, Institute for China-America Studies; Senior Fellow, Beijing Club for International Dialogue

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Nong HongThe Arctic Enters a New Phase of Competition

Cautious Optimism | Christopher McNally

Christopher Nixon Cox on Trump’s Beijing Visit: Risks, Prospects and Future Ties

“A Placeholder” | Stephen Roach

Can Strategic Stability Guide China-U.S. Relations? ｜Sun Chenghao

Taiwan After the Xi-Trump Summit in Beijing | Shao Yuqun

India’s Strategic Balancing in a Turbulent World | Nirupama Rao

Building a Functional Relationship | Susan Thornton

How “Offensive Retrenchment” Plays Out in Venezuela and Iran | Zhao Minghao

Li Daokui: I Am Still Optimistic We Can Work Together

From Rivalry to ‘Coopetition’: How China Sees a World in Transition | Zhou Bo

Xi-Trump Summit

A Turning Point? Rebuilding the U.S.-China Relationship

David Shambaugh
Gaston Sigur Professor of Asian Studies, Political Science, and International Relations; Director of China Policy Program, George Washington University

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David ShambaughLow Expectations for the Trump-Xi Summit in Washington
Greenland

Greenland Deal Goes Beyond Defense

Nong Hong
Executive Director, Institute for China-America Studies; Senior Fellow, Beijing Club for International Dialogue

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Nong HongThe Arctic Enters a New Phase of Competition
China-US Relations

Tung Chee Hwa’s Strategic Instincts

Stephen Roach
Senior Fellow, Yale University

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Stephen RoachSun Tzu’s Advice for Donald Trump
Xi-Trump Summit

Xi’s Washington Visit and the Global Order

Sujit Kumar Datta
Professor, Department of International Relations, University of Chittagong, Bangladesh

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Sujit Kumar DattaU.S. Sanctions Spur China Toward New Financial System
Xi-Trump Summit

No Veto Power for Competition

Sun Chenghao
Fellow, Center for International Security and Strategy of Tsinghua University; Munich Young Leader 2025

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Sun ChenghaoChina-U.S. Relationship Needs Youth Exchanges
Xi-Trump Summit

China, U.S. Must Manage AI Risks Together

Zhao Minghao
Professor, Institute of International Studies at Fudan University, and China Forum Expert

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Zhao MinghaoWhat Reshaping of U.S. Brand Means for China
Xi-Trump Summit

Preventing an AI World War

S. Alex Yang, Angela Huyue Zhang

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China, U.S. Must Manage AI Risks Together
Space Cooperation

New Milestone in U.S. Effort to Dominate Space

Fan Gaoyue
Guest Professor at Sichuan University, Former Chief Specialist at PLA Academy of Military Science

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Fan GaoyueU.S. Initiative Intensifies AI Competition
China-US-Europe Relations

Competitive Coexistence Reshaping Key Triangle

Yu Xiang
Senior Fellow, China Construction Bank Research Institute

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Yu XiangLearning from China, Selectively
Xi-Trump Summit

A Preview of the Upcoming Xi-Trump Summit

Brian Wong
Assistant Professor in Philosophy and Fellow at Centre on Contemporary China and the World, HKU and Rhodes Scholar

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Brian WongWhy Beijing Cannot Take ASEAN’s Openness for Granted

Cautious Optimism | Christopher McNally

Christopher Nixon Cox on Trump’s Beijing Visit: Risks, Prospects and Future Ties

“A Placeholder” | Stephen Roach

Can Strategic Stability Guide China-U.S. Relations? ｜Sun Chenghao

Taiwan After the Xi-Trump Summit in Beijing | Shao Yuqun

India’s Strategic Balancing in a Turbulent World | Nirupama Rao

Building a Functional Relationship | Susan Thornton

How “Offensive Retrenchment” Plays Out in Venezuela and Iran | Zhao Minghao

Li Daokui: I Am Still Optimistic We Can Work Together

From Rivalry to ‘Coopetition’: How China Sees a World in Transition | Zhou Bo

AI Safety

Global AI Race and Existential Risks: The Need for Multipolar Cooperation

Dan Steinbock
Founder, Difference Group

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Dan SteinbockThe Ebola Crisis and Global Health Emergencies
Xi-Trump Summit

Japan and the Trump-Xi Summit

Richard Weitz
Senior Fellow, Hudson Institute

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Richard WeitzChinese Nuclear Testing Allegations—Causes and Consequences
People-to-People Exchange

China-U.S. Relationship Needs Youth Exchanges

Sun Chenghao
Fellow, Center for International Security and Strategy of Tsinghua University; Munich Young Leader 2025

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Sun ChenghaoNo Veto Power for Competition
America First

What Reshaping of U.S. Brand Means for China

Zhao Minghao
Professor, Institute of International Studies at Fudan University, and China Forum Expert

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Zhao MinghaoChina, U.S. Must Manage AI Risks Together
Xi-Trump Summit

A Pragmatic Path to Better U.S.-China Relations

Fu Suixin
Assistant Researcher at Institute of American Studies, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences

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Fu SuixinChina’s Principles Clear in Xi-Trump Phone Call
Hong Kong

In Loving Memory of Late Mr. Tung Chee Hwa, My Respected Leader, Mentor and Friend

Yang Jiemian
Senior Fellow and Chairman of SIIS Academic Affairs Council

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Yang JiemianGlobal Cultural Building in the New Context for a Community of Shared Future for the Mankind
BRICS

Climate Action Can Drive the Future of BRICS

Ananth Krishnan
Director at The Hindu Group, and AsiaGlobal Fellow at University of Hong Kong

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Ananth KrishnanEnter the Middle Power Era: Can Middle Powers Provide Stability to a Fraying World Order?
Xi-Trump Summit

Trump and Xi Should Align on AI

Quan Zhao
Trade Policy Adviser at the International Trade Center (ITC)

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Mecca Agreement Underscores Distrust in U.S.
World Order

Architecture for an Unsettled Century: Why Asia and the South Pacific Need an SCO-Inspired Blueprint for Regional Security and Prosperity

Warwick Powell
Adjunct Professor at Queensland University of Technology

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Warwick PowellA New Asian Security Architecture?
U.S.-China Relations

What 'The Odyssey' Can Teach China and U.S.

Li Zheng
Assistant Research Processor, China Institutes of Contemporary International Relations

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Li ZhengTrump Sees Power Balance His Way
Climate Change

While China Prepares for a Climate-Disrupted Future, the U.S. Is Taking a Different Path

Taylah Bland
Senior Program Officer for the China Climate Hub, Asia Society Policy Institute

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Taylah Bland Why Climate Adaptation and Resilience Could Form a New Frontier of U.S.-China Climate Engagement
The 21th CPC Party Congress

Mapping China’s Provincial Leadership: Birthplace Distribution and Non-local Appointments

Li Cheng, Du Lang

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Li ChengUnderstanding Beijing from the Provinces: The Age Composition of Provincial Leaders One Year Prior to the 21st Party Congress
Ukraine Crisis

Ukraine War Breaking Beyond Its Borders

Xiao Bin
Deputy Secretary-general, Center for Shanghai Cooperation Organization Studies, Chinese Association of Social Sciences

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Xiao BinA New Phase for Ukraine War
BRICS

Hot Topics and Priorities in New Delhi

Wang Youming
Senior Research Fellow of BRICS Economic Think Tank, Tsinghua University

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Wang YoumingThree Major Forces in Global Governance
U.S.-Iran

Mecca Agreement Underscores Distrust in U.S.

He Wenping
Senior Research Fellow, Charhar Institute and West Asia and Africa Studies Institute of the China Academy of Social Sciences

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He WenpingSome Western Powers Say They’ll Recognize State of Palestine
AI Safety

Claude vs. Kimi

Philip Cunningham
Independent Scholar

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Philip CunninghamUniversal Health Care: What the Socialists Got Right and the Capitalists Got Wrong
Supply Chains

Can Pax Silica De-sinicize U.S. Supply Chains?

Lucio Blanco Pitlo III
Member of Board of Directors, Philippine Association for Chinese Studies

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Lucio Blanco Pitlo IIIIntegrating New Energy and Aquaculture: Practical Cooperation in the South China Sea
AI Safety

If China Wins AI Race, Global South Wins Too

Zhou Xiaoming
Former Deputy Permanent Representative of China’s Mission to the UN Office in Geneva

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Zhou XiaomingU.S. 301 Tariffs: A New Trade Architecture
AI Safety

Who Wins the Robot Revolution?

Christopher A. McNally
Professor of Political Economy, Chaminade University

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Christopher A. McNallyThe Dawn of a New Geoeconomics
Monetary Order

The Dawn of A China-U.S.-Europe Tripolar Monetary Order

Nicola Casarini
Senior Fellow, Istituto Affari Internazionali

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Nicola CasariniThe Belt and Road’s Enduring European Presence
China-US-Europe Relations

The Untold Story of Two Aging Giants and One Growing Rival

Franz Jessen, Sebastian Contin Trillo-Figueroa

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Franz JessenThe Trump Corollary in Europe’s Decisive Hour
Oil Price

The New Oil Paradigm: China's as Market Stabilizer and Distorter

Kathryn Neville
Founder of Spark Energy Intelligence

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Kathryn NevilleIs China Outpacing the U.S. in its Energy Transition?

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