Ananth Krishnan, Director at The Hindu Group, and AsiaGlobal Fellow at University of Hong Kong
Aug 30, 2024
The political turmoil in Bangladesh offers governance lessons for the Global South and serves as a cautionary tale for developing nations pursuing reforms. And as key partners like India, China, and the U.S. re-engage with Dhaka, they should consider broadening their relationships beyond the ruling party.
Vasilis Trigkas, Visiting Assistant Professor, Schwarzman College, Tsinghua University
Aug 30, 2024
There are parallels between the historical lessons of World War I and the current era of hegemonic transition, with China's 10 years old proposal of the "New Type of Great Power Relations" still offering a framework for navigating U.S.-China relations. Ultimately, strategic dialogue and cooperation between great powers is of utmost importance to avert great power conflicts.
Chen Xin, Senior Visiting Fellow at Institute for Global Cooperation and Understanding, Peking University; Research Fellow at New Zealand Asia Institute, University of Auckland
Aug 23, 2024
The island nation’s Maori traditions help it navigate alliances and multilateral partnerships in a world where geopolitical currents are continually shifting. With China as its largest trading partner, New Zealand in a delicate position: It must balance its economic interests with its alliance relationships and commitments.
Yuan Sha, Associate Research Fellow, Department for American Studies, China Institute of International Studies
Aug 16, 2024
Given the high stakes, a coordinated effort to rein in artificial intelligence is crucial. Talks between the two powers must communicate mutual concerns, dispel misunderstandings and prevent this emerging technology from becoming a new source of tension.
Yu Xiang, Senior Fellow, China Construction Bank Research Institute
Aug 16, 2024
Only through steadfast multilateral policy coordination and flexible, effective measures can global financial markets weather the storm safely and achieve stability and development.
Joseph S. Nye, Professor, Harvard University
Aug 05, 2024
Humans are a tool-making species, but can we control the tools we make? When Robert Oppenheimer and other physicists developed the first nuclear fission weapon in the 1940s, they worried that their invention might destroy humanity. Thus far, it has not, but controlling nuclear weapons has been a persistent challenge ever since.
Zhao Minghao, Professor, Institute of International Studies at Fudan University, and China Forum Expert
Aug 05, 2024
But developing nations don’t want to become pawns in a geopolitical power game. They call for the rejection of a new cold war and have been trying to ensure that development stays at the top of the global governance agenda.
An Gang, Adjunct Fellow, Center for International Security and Strategy, Tsinghua University
Jul 26, 2024
A growing number of voices warn of a coming global conflict of catastrophic proportions. Such messages must be interrupted. The world must not sleepwalk into war. As it moves to the center of the world stage, China not only calls for peace but actively plans it.
Zhang Yun, Associate Professor at National Niigata University in Japan, Nonresident Senior Fellow at University of Hong Kong
Jul 25, 2024
The Shanghai Cooperation Organisation’s principle that economic development and security are inseparable, is far more advanced than NATO’s exclusive security concept and will inevitably become mainstream in the field of international security.
Zhang Yun, Associate Professor at National Niigata University in Japan, Nonresident Senior Fellow at University of Hong Kong
Jul 04, 2024
While China and the United States are the most important external stakeholders on the Korean Peninsula, Russia has focused more on its strategic interests in the region out of concern over security issues in Europe. To achieve enduring peace, communication must resume under the multilateral framework of the Six-Party Talks.