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U.S. Leadership

250 Years of American State Capitalism

Shang-Jin Wei
Professor, Finance and Economics at Columbia University

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Shang-Jin WeiThe World Economy After the Trump-Xi Summit
U.S.-Iran

60-Day Countdown to U.S.-Iran Cease-Fire

Zhu Zhaoyi
Executive Director of the Institute of Middle East Studies, Peking University HSBC Business School.

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Zhu ZhaoyiIs Pro-Israel Lobby Losing Influence in U.S.?

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

U.S. Leadership

250 Years of American State Capitalism

Shang-Jin Wei
Professor, Finance and Economics at Columbia University

Further reading

Shang-Jin WeiThe World Economy After the Trump-Xi Summit
U.S.-Iran

60-Day Countdown to U.S.-Iran Cease-Fire

Zhu Zhaoyi
Executive Director of the Institute of Middle East Studies, Peking University HSBC Business School.

Further reading

Zhu ZhaoyiIs Pro-Israel Lobby Losing Influence in U.S.?
U.S.-Iran

Iran: The Misread Variable

Fu Zhuorui
Economic Affairs Officer at the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia

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60-Day Countdown to U.S.-Iran Cease-Fire
Philippines

Japan, Philippines Turn Toward Each Other

Zhang Yun
Professor, School of International Relations, Nanjing University

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Zhang YunTension Behind Takaichi’s Visit to Washington
China-Philippines Relations

China’s Sanctions on Philippine Defense Chief: Disrupting A Diplomatic Thaw

Lucio Blanco Pitlo III
President of Philippine Association for Chinese Studies, and Research Fellow at Asia-Pacific Pathways to Progress Foundation

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Lucio Blanco Pitlo IIIIran’s Pivot to the East Meets China’s Eurasian Connectivity Push
China-Canada Relations

The Rationale and Limits to the Sino-Canadian Thaw

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 WongThe Three Traps in Global Governance
Drugs

Sino-U.S. Action Against Drugs Keeps Functional Cooperation High

Zha Daojiong
Professor, Peking University

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Zha DaojiongOpportunity in Afghanistan?
Energy Security

An Unwarranted War, a Global Economic Drag

Dan Steinbock
Founder, Difference Group

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Dan SteinbockU.S./Iran Energy Shock Damage is Spreading in Asia
China-EU Relations

Safeguarding China-EU Cooperation

Yu Xiang
Senior Fellow, China Construction Bank Research Institute

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Yu XiangAustralia at a Pressure Point
Global Governance

Three Components of China’s Mediation Diplomacy for Global Conflicts

Ghulam Ali
PhD, Monash University, Australia

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Ghulam AliShattered Illusions: U.S. Might Tested in Iran

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

Building a Functional Relationship | Susan Thornton

U.S.-EU Relations

Could America Become Europe’s New China?

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-FigueroaChina is Powerful, America is Far, Taiwan is Small
National Defense Policy

Trump Corollary Destroys International Order

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

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Fan GaoyueU.S. Military Development in 2025
Global Economy

Global Economic Imbalances Amid Geopolitical Competition

Zhang Monan
Deputy Director of Institute of American and European Studies, CCIEE

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Zhang MonanRise of “Silicon Valley Right” Reshaping Tech Landscape
U.S. China Policy

Two Approaches to Stability

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

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Sun ChenghaoChina, Europe at a Tipping Point?
U.S. China Policy

What the New Developments Mean

Zhang Tuosheng
Principal Researcher at Grandview Institution, and Academic Committee Member of Center for International Security and Strategy at Tsinghua University

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Zhang TuoshengAn Opportunity to Strengthen China-U.S. Crisis Management
Cold War

Stepping Back from the Brink of War

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

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Xiao BinCoordination Reflects Shifts in Relations
Middle Powers

How Strategic Autonomy Is Reshaping the World

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

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Li YanAI’s Mythos Moment Arrives
Tariff War

A New Paradigm in China-U.S. Competition and Cooperation

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

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Ma XueTrump’s “Affordability” Poses Long-Term Uncertainties
Bangladesh

Bangladesh as the Next Arena of U.S.-China Strategic Competition

Prateek Joshi
DPhil at the University of Oxford

Further reading

Why Beijing Has Become the Essential Diplomatic Capital of the Multipolar Era
AI Safety

A Comparative Study of the Divergent Paths to Artificial General Intelligence between China and the United States

Lu Chuanying
Fellow and Secretary-general of the Research Center for the International Governance of Cyberspace, SIIS

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Lu ChuanyingThe China-U.S. Cybersecurity Brawl
Shangri-La Dialogue

Pete Hegseth’s Dangerous Call to Arms in Asia

Thitinan Pongsudhirak
Professor, Chulalongkorn University’s Faculty of Political Science

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China-U.S. Coopetition in AI’s Military Applications
Domestic politics

Universal Health Care: What the Socialists Got Right and the Capitalists Got Wrong

Philip Cunningham
Independent Scholar

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Philip CunninghamCCTV Makes an Anti-War AI Animation
China’s Foreign Policy

Why Beijing Has Become the Essential Diplomatic Capital of the Multipolar Era

Matteo Giovannini
Senior Finance Manager at Industrial and Commercial Bank of China

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Matteo GiovanniniAmerica’s China Expertise Gap as a Strategic Vulnerability
Australia

The Fraying Anchor: Australia’s Alliance Dilemma in a Shifting Asia

Warwick Powell
Adjunct Professor at Queensland University of Technology

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Warwick PowellThe End of Forward Dominance: Asia After the American Bases?
U.S. Midterm Election

Through the Lens of U.S. Midterm Elections

Bian Qingzu
Research Fellow, China Foundation for International Studies

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Bian QingzuSteady State Reached in China-U.S. Relations?
Three Major Forces in Global Governance

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

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Wang YoumingWhy is the United States Eyeing Cuba?
U.S. China Policy

What Summit Achieved and What Comes Next

Jia Qingguo
Director and Professor, Institute for Global Cooperation and Understanding, Peking University

Further reading

Jia QingguoSolution Starts With People
Xi-Trump Summit

Parsing the Results of the Xi-Trump Summit

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

Further reading

David ShambaughWhat to Expect from the Superpower Summit in Beijing
Xi-Trump Summit

Hard Work Ahead for China, U.S.

He Weiwen
Senior Fellow, Center for China and Globalization, CCG

Further reading

He WeiwenThe Unrepentant Tariff Tool Has No Place in China-U.S. Trade Relations
Arctic Policy

The Arctic Enters a New Phase of Competition

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

Further reading

Nong HongFrom Rules to Bargains
Global Economy

The World Economy After the Trump-Xi Summit

Shang-Jin Wei
Professor, Finance and Economics at Columbia University

Further reading

Shang-Jin Wei250 Years of American State Capitalism
Xi-Trump Summit

China and America: Advancing Through Stability

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

Further reading

Zhao MinghaoTrump’s Governance Challenges Escalate
U.S.-Middle East Relations

Entanglement and Erosion: America’s Strategic Drift in the Middle East

Sajjad Ashraf
Former Adjunct Professor, National University of Singapore

Further reading

Sajjad AshrafIs the American Empire Following a Historic Life Cycle?
China’s Diplomacy

China’s Multi-Front Diplomacy: European Leaders in Beijing, Soft Power on Taiwan, and Middle East Resilience

Eka Khorbaladze
Research Associate, Ng Teng Fong · Sino Group Belt and Road Research Institute

Further reading

Eka KhorbaladzeStrategic Dissonance: The 2025 U.S. National Security Strategy's Multipolar Vision Clashes with the NDAA's Escalatory Edge
U.S. China Policy

The “Axis of Chaos” Framework Underestimates China

Aaron Glasserman
Postdoctoral fellow at the Center for the Study of Contemporary China at the University of Pennsylvania

Further reading

America’s China Expertise Gap as a Strategic Vulnerability
Geoeconomics

The Dawn of a New Geoeconomics

Christopher A. McNally
Professor of Political Economy, Chaminade University

Further reading

Christopher A. McNallyThe Robot Revolution is Upon Us
The Governance of China

Sun Tzu’s Advice for Donald Trump

Stephen Roach
Senior Fellow, Yale University

Further reading

Stephen RoachWho’s Winning the US-China AI Race?
NATO

The EU Needs New Security Partners

Nicu Popescu, Fredrik Wesslau

Further reading

China and the Strait of Hormuz Crisis
Multipolarization

America's Top Allies Court China

Richard Javad Heydarian
Professorial Chairholder in Geopolitics, Polytechnic University of the Philippines

Further reading

Richard Javad Heydarian“Trump’s New World Disorder”: Time for Middle Power Diplomacy
Xi-Trump Summit

Michael and Ludwig Go to China

Mallie Prytherch
Manager of Research Affairs, Centre on Contemporary China and the World, University of Hong Kong

Further reading

Mallie PrytherchReset or Reprieve? Trump and Xi’s Busan Summit Offers Hope and Uncertainty

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