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
Tag: Foreign Policy
China says key plenum will be held in October
Top leadership body will gather in Beijing, about a month after Xi Jinping is expected to travel to the United States. 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
Worse Than an Axis
Why the informal alignment of U.S. adversaries is so dangerous. Read More Here
Iran’s New Grand Strategy
How a remade Islamic Republic will reshape the Middle East. 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 […]
‘Transactional’ but pivotal: how Xi-Trump talks could redefine US-China fault lines
Chinese and US leaders are likely to focus on stability and achievable outcomes rather than breakthroughs when they meet in Beijing. Read More Here
When Chinese and US leaders meet
When the leaders of China and the United States speak or meet, the world pays attention. Read More Here
There Is Only One Sphere of Influence
Why the United States can project power with little constraint—and its rivals cannot… Read More Here
India’s Middle-Power Dilemma
It will take time for the India’s foreign-policy establishment to move away from “strategic autonomy” as a guiding principle, as recent US behavior has confirmed skeptics’ arguments that the West is unreliable. Read More Here
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