Taiwan and the South China Sea are the likeliest points of conflict — but conflict is not an option.
Biden’s Top Foreign Policy Challenge: Avoiding a Cold War with China
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A Principled China Policy
How to use international law to shape a new approach to China.
China and the United States: The 21st Century’s ‘Great Game’
For China, the global war for influence is about trading partners. For the U.S., it could mean something more volatile.
What Will Trump Do to the World to Win Re-Election?
Trump shrugged at 150,000 U.S. COVID-19 deaths. Who’s to say he’s above starting a fight with China or Iran?
Duterte Does the Right Thing for a Change
He might be the devil incarnate, but Philippine leader Rodrigo Duterte is beginning the process of ending over 120 years of colonial subjugation.
Is China an Imperial Power in the Image of the West?
Unlike the West, modern China has seldom used brute force to access resources or expand markets — except, notably, in the South China Sea.
Bolton Wants to Fight Iran, But the Pentagon Has Its Eye on China
The Pentagon may be burned by the war on terror, but it’s obsessively preparing for a high-intensity conflict with China or Russia.
Getting China Wrong, Yet Again
A new Council on Foreign Relations report presents China in a distorted light.
Two Strongmen Embrace as US Watches from Sidelines
Rodrigo Duterte and Xi Jinping are loving their bromance. But the relationship doesn’t have a lot of popular support.
Listen to the Governor of Okinawa
The new governor of Okinawa wants to persuade Washington to stop a controversial base construction project. Will Washington listen?