During his visit to Vietnam in early June, U.S. Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta displayed eagerness to have the U.S. military return to the bases it once occu

Despite three decades worth of effort in political, economic, social, cultural, and even military exchanges, the strategic mutual trust between China and the United States has not increased as significantly as expected. On the contrary, the past several years have witnessed an increase of "strategic deficit." An outdated, arrogant, and narrow-minded mentality characterized by "zero-sum" and "Cold War" still haunts their bilateral relations.

Ahead of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation, Ian Taylor identifies mutual interests in Africa where Beijing and Washington must cooperate.

During the G20 Summit in Los Cabos, Mexico, China and several other emerging economies pledged to raise their IMF contributions. This not only marked a major achievement from the meeting, but also demonstrated the growing role of the emerging economies on the world economic stage. It also signified the willingness of the emerging economies to pull Europe and the world as a whole out of the current crisis by enhancing their IMF contributions.

Africa is not in the backyard of China or the United States; it is effectively neutral territory for competition and cooperation. There are more areas for cooperation than either country has taken advantage of so far. It is important that African countries understand this fact so that they encourage more collaborative efforts.

The Sino-US relationship is multifaceted, involving both competition and cooperation. Given the belief that a win-win result will be achieved only through coope

Both China and the United States stand as one of the leading world powers, and shoulder a historic responsibility for the development of the human society and the progress of world civilization. As a matter of fact, China and the United States have already started to explore the type of relationship to be developed between them.

Speaker: Constance Newman,former United States Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs Date: July, 2012 Madame Constance Newman shares her opinion on h

China’s growing economic and military role in global affairs raises the question as to why the PRC is not a member of the G8, the group of the influential indu

Paraphrasing what existentialist philosopher Albert Camus said about suicide, most of the serious problems of contemporary world affairs are questions about int