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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
Regional Security

Why Europe’s Security Anxiety Persists

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

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Sun ChenghaoHow Can Southeast Asia Strengthen Its Hand?

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

AI

The AIpocalypse: Four Scenarios

Christopher A. McNally
Professor of Political Economy, Chaminade University

Further reading

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

Why Europe’s Security Anxiety Persists

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

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Sun ChenghaoHow Can Southeast Asia Strengthen Its Hand?
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.-EU Relations

Trump Spurs Reshaping of European Order

Jade Wong
Senior Fellow, Gordon & Leon Institute

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Jade WongFrom Flattery to Strategy
U.S.-China Hong Kong Forum

Why There Is No Place Quite Like Hong Kong

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 WongA Preview of the Upcoming Xi-Trump Summit
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

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

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
AI

Beyond Zero-Sum: Why AI Demands Digital Westphalia Nestled in Shared Governance

Warwick Powell
Adjunct Professor at Queensland University of Technology

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

The WTO Buffer

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

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Zhou XiaomingWTO’s Best Days Are Behind Us
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
RMB

A Stronger Renminbi Is No Quick Fix for Global Imbalances

Kai Guo
Executive President and Senior Fellow, CF40 Institute

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Kai GuoSubsidies Do Not Explain China’s Competitiveness
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
U.S.-EU Relations

Europe Moves to Security Minilateralism

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

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Xiao BinUkraine War Breaking Beyond Its Borders
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
People-to-People Exchange

Youth Exchanges Narrow the Gaps

Wang Dong, Guo Ziyuan

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Wang DongChina Builds a Systemic Edge in AI
Xi-Trump Summit

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

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

Managing Competition | Lizzi Lee

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What Comes Next? | David Firestein
WTO

WTO’s Best Days Are Behind Us

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

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Zhou XiaomingThe WTO Buffer
AI

Behind Americans’ Growing Concerns About AI

Han Liqun
Researcher, China Institutes of Contemporary International Relations

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Han LiqunU.S. "Conflict Model" No Longer Works in Iran
AI

The World Needs A Just and Equitable System for AI Governance

Zha Daojiong
Professor, Peking University

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Zha DaojiongSino-U.S. Action Against Drugs Keeps Functional Cooperation High
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
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

Preventing an AI World War

S. Alex Yang, Angela Huyue Zhang

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China, U.S. Must Manage AI Risks Together

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