How China Sees Iran’s Future
Beijing has been critical of Tehran’s recent strategic blunders, but sees Iran’s continuing existence as still vital to its interests.
Julian Gewirtz on Getting China Strategy Right
The former Biden official and China scholar makes the case for the previous administration's approach and discusses why Beijing is content to watch the U.S....
Ely Ratner on Keeping the U.S. Focused on China
The Biden administration’s assistant secretary of defense explains why there needs to be a new defense pact in Southeast Asia akin to NATO, and the...
TikTok Ban Loses Its Bite
TikTok remains under Chinese ownership, five months after legislation required that it be sold or banned.
The China Hawks’ China Hawk
Elbridge Colby, under secretary for defense policy at the Pentagon, is arguably Taiwan’s most powerful friend in Washington. But if China does make good on...
Zhou Bo On Whether We Should Fear China
The former senior colonel in the PLA discusses China’s role in Ukraine, its intentions in Taiwan and why we should be more worried about the...
Outrunning China — But in What Direction?
There was plenty of consensus that the U.S. needs to keep ahead of China at this week’s big tech and defense industry conference in Washington...
Hidden Treasures
The battle for rare earths has reached the abyss. China thinks it can win there too, as it out-maneuvers the U.S. and New Zealand in...
Meredith Oyen on Chinese Immigration Into the United States
The historian talks about the role migrant policy could play in U.S.-China relations and whether national security concerns are justified.
Freezing China Out of Setting the Rules for AI
The Trump Administration’s blacklisting of a Chinese research institute is set to make it harder for countries to work together on combating AI’s risks.
Beijing’s Port Predicament
The Chinese government risks sending a harmful message about Hong Kong companies’ independence amid the row over the future of the Panama Canal’s ports.
Matt Turpin On Trump, Tariffs and Taiwan
The former Trump official on why China is still the main target of the trade war, Beijing’s response so far and how tensions over Taiwan...