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American Politics

Affordability First

John Gong
Professor at University of International Business and Economics and China Forum Expert

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John GongA Stalemate in Ukraine is a Defeat for America
AI

The AIpocalypse: Four Scenarios

Christopher A. McNally
Professor of Political Economy, Chaminade University

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Christopher A. McNallyThe U.S.-China AI Rivalry is Being Upended

What Comes Next? | David Firestein

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

Signals Received. But Can U.S.-China Stability Last? | Da Wei

Cautious Optimism | Christopher McNally

“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

American Politics

Affordability First

John Gong
Professor at University of International Business and Economics and China Forum Expert

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John GongA Stalemate in Ukraine is a Defeat for America
AI

The AIpocalypse: Four Scenarios

Christopher A. McNally
Professor of Political Economy, Chaminade University

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Christopher A. McNallyThe U.S.-China AI Rivalry is Being Upended
APEC

Shenzhen is Not Yalta: Rethinking China-U.S.-Russia Relations

Da Wei, Shao Yuqun, Zhao Long

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Da WeiDa Wei: China Does not Want America’s Job
APEC

Capacity, Not Accounting: What the Midterms and APEC Should Tell Washington

Warwick Powell
Adjunct Professor at Queensland University of Technology

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Warwick PowellBeyond Zero-Sum: Why AI Demands Digital Westphalia Nestled in Shared Governance
U.S. Midterm Election

The Blue Wave and the Democrats’ Policy Dilemma

Ma Xue
Associate Fellow, Institute of American Studies, China Institutes of Contemporary International Relations

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Ma XueUSMCA Review Reshapes China Trade Barriers
U.S.-Central Asia-China Relations

Where Will Central Asia’s Prosperity Come From?

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

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Xiao BinEurope Moves to Security Minilateralism
Global Economy

U.S. and China Should Cooperate on Finance

Yu Xiang
Senior Fellow, China Construction Bank Research Institute

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Yu XiangCompetitive Coexistence Reshaping Key Triangle
U.S. Midterm Election

Can Democrat Victory in U.S. Revive Transatlantic Relations?

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

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Sun ChenghaoWhy Europe’s Security Anxiety Persists
Oil Price

Trump’s Oil Price Dilemma

Han Liqun
Researcher, China Institutes of Contemporary International Relations

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Han LiqunBehind Americans’ Growing Concerns About AI
China-EU Relations

Can the Sino-EU Relationship Move beyond the Fragile Truce?

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 There Is No Place Quite Like Hong Kong

What Comes Next? | David Firestein

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

Signals Received. But Can U.S.-China Stability Last? | Da Wei

Cautious Optimism | Christopher McNally

“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

The Road to the 21st Party Congress

U.S. China Policy

The Doomed “Allied Scale” Strategy for Competing with China

Dov H. Levin
Associate Professor in Department of Politics and Public Administration, University of Hong Kong

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Can Trump Repel Anti-China Hawks in His Own Party?
U.S. Midterm Election

Five Factors Behind Democratic Blue Wave

Zhang Zhixin
Research Professor of Institute of American Studies, CICIR

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Zhang ZhixinTrump’s Flawed Foreign Policymaking
Space Cooperation

Closing the SpaceX Gap: China's Reusable Rocket Leap and the New China-U.S. Space Race

Sheng Zhonghua
Researcher and Postdoctoral Fellow, Centre on Contemporary China and the World, The University of Hong Kong

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Sheng ZhonghuaWalls, Bridges, or Fortresses? Comparing Data Security Governance in China, U.S. and EU
Supply Chains

Great-Power Rivalry Fuels a Global Wave of Resource Controls

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

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Wang YoumingHot Topics and Priorities in New Delhi
China-EU Relations

EU’s Quota Gambit is Self-Defeating

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

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Zhou XiaomingThe WTO Buffer
U.S.-EU Relations

Trump Spurs Reshaping of European Order

Jade Wong
Senior Fellow, Gordon & Leon Institute

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Jade WongFrom Flattery to Strategy
SCO

The SCO, Bishkek, and the Emerging Multipolar Order

Kemel Toktomushev
Research Fellow, University of Central Asia

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Kemel ToktomushevAmerican Return to Central Asia: Critical Minerals, Bilateralism, and Donald Trump
AI

The Greatest Existential Risk of the Early 21st Century

Dan Steinbock
Founder, Difference Group

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Dan SteinbockGlobal AI Race and Existential Risks: The Need for Multipolar Cooperation
U.S. Midterm Election

Can Trump Repel Anti-China Hawks in His Own Party?

Ted Galen Carpenter
Senior Fellow, Randolph Bourne Institute

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Ted Galen CarpenterHow Small, Aggressive Allies Can Endanger Great Powers
China-US Relations

Strategic Stability in the Age of Superintelligence

Tang Xinhua
Associate Researcher, Tsinghua University’s Institute of International Relations

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Tang XinhuaTrump’s Seizure of Tech Power
U.S. Foreign Policy

Rubio’s Athens Speech and the Consolidation of Trumpism

Li Yan
Director of President's Office, China Institutes of Contemporary International Relations

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Li YanAmerica’s New Democratic Socialism
China-ASEAN Relations

Pinglu Canal: Deepening ASEAN-China Connectivity

Lucio Blanco Pitlo III
President, ForeSea Consulting

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Lucio Blanco Pitlo IIICan Pax Silica De-sinicize U.S. Supply Chains?
Xi-Trump Summit

What Comes Next? | David Firestein

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Trade Truce to Strategic Stability: What's Next? | John Gong
Global Economy

Asia’s Financial Rise Will Test America’s Global Edge

Matteo Giovannini
International Finance Professional and AsiaGlobal Fellow, The University of Hong Kong

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Matteo GiovanniniChina's New Phase of Financial Statecraft and RMB Internationalisation
China’s Economy

Can China and America Handle Being Ordinary?

Nancy Qian
Professor of Economics at Northwestern University, Founding Director of China Econ Lab

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Nancy QianAid’s Next Chapter
Europe’s Russia Sanctions Reach China, but the Costs Return Home

Sebastian Contin Trillo-Figueroa
Geopolitics Analyst in EU-Asia Relations and AsiaGlobal Fellow, The University of Hong Kong

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Sebastian Contin Trillo-FigueroaThe Untold Story of Two Aging Giants and One Growing Rival
U.S.-China Rivalry

Sino-American Stability Without Trust

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
China’s Leadership

Women in China's Provincial Leadership

Du Lang, Mallie Prytherch

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

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