In this video, Ted Carpenter, a Senior Fellow with the Randolph Bourne Institute, shares why flexibility is important in how Washington responds to China’s international overtures.

It will take more than top-level talks for China and the U.S. to find common ground and address important issues, says Ted Carpenter, a Senior Fellow with the Randolph Bourne Institute – the underlying problems must be addressed at a different level.

Ted Carpenter, a Senior Fellow with the Randolph Bourne Institute, discusses new efforts to expand the U.S. and Europe’s influence in East Asia and its impacts in the region.

Richard Weitz, a Washington, DC-based analyst of international affairs, discusses the outcomes of the Moscow Summit and China's potential role as a global peacemaker.

Dr. Michael Swaine, a senior research fellow working in the East Asia program at the Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft, thinks that the U.S. pursuing competition over conflict with China is generally the right approach. But it’s important to remember that “winning” isn’t the endgame - this will be an ongoing process. And the best way to compete is by strengthening your own capabilities, rather than seeking to undermine the other.

Domestic situations on both sides of the Pacific are influencing the bilateral relationship, says Dr. Michael Swaine, a senior research fellow working in the East Asia program at the Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft. And leaders shouldn't let these dynamics undermine the ability of both sides to have meaningful dialogue with one another.

In this interview, Dr. Michael Swaine, a senior research fellow working in the East Asia program at the Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft, discusses crisis management between China and the U.S.

Dr. Michael Swaine, a senior research fellow working in the East Asia program at the Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft, emphasizes that the west shouldn't dismiss China’s 12-point peace plan and that there should be a desire to engage with Beijing on possible proposals to end the Russia-Ukraine conflict.