Kurt Campbell on US deterrence, the Quad, Aukus and Taiwan after Xi-Trump summit
Veteran US diplomat says containing China is impossible, but urges Washington to shore up its regional partnerships. Read More Here
Category: Diplomacy
The US-China tectonic plates have shifted
The turning point came last year, when China made the ultimate power move, threatening to choke off rare earths — and turn US factories dark — after Trump ramped up tariffs on Chinese goods to more than 140%. Read More Here
UNGA Convenes With Uncertainty on the Horizon
This year’s high-level gathering takes place as the Guterres era approaches its end. Read More Here
What Xi Really Wants From Trump
As US President Donald Trump and his Chinese counterpart, Xi Jinping, prepare to meet in Washington, American policymakers must not underestimate China’s ambitions. Read More Here
Trump and Xi Can’t Stop the U.S.-China Spiral
The delusions of summitry and the limits of personalist diplomacy won’t make ties better. Read More Here
How America’s 250-year China dream became its greatest strategic challenge
Historians trace how US hopes of trade, reform and friendship gave way to rivalry with the power it once sought to transform. Read More Here
The Middle Power Moment
India and other midsize powers can shape the global order through plurilateral coalitions. Read More Here
NATO Goes Shopping
Alliance members tout defense investments to try to head off Trump’s complaints. Read More Here
Are U.S.-India Ties Really Thawing?
As the two sides near a final trade deal, a few sticking points remain. Read More Here
The Trump-Xi Summit: An Analysis
When the Air Force One lifted off from Beijing Capital International Airport on the morning of May 15, 2026, the question hanging over the departure was the same one that has followed every US-China summit in the post-engagement era: what, concretely, was achieved? The answers, delivered since, have turned out to be familiar — a […]
