In Focus
U.S. President Donald Trump’s unwarranted global tariff war, which began on April 2, 2025...
Deputy Director, Hong Kong Research Center for Asian Studies
The U.S. president’s mid-may trip Middle East found a region unlike the one he tamed in h...
Associate Fellow, Center for West Asian & African Studies, Shanghai Institutes for International Studies
The recent China-U.S. economic and trade talks have helped ease trade tensions between the...
Associate Fellow, Institute of American Studies, China Institutes of Contemporary International Relations
To Donald Trump’s surprise, China showed no fear of tariffs. Instead, it launched a power...
Assistant Researcher at Institute of American Studies, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences
Despite de-escalation in Geneva, trillions of dollars may have been lost in the unwarrante...
Founder, Difference Group
With U.S. encouragement, Northeast Asia has seen unprecedented cooperation between Japan a...
Senior Fellow, Hudson Institute
Amid the rise of unilateralism and bullying by the United States, the forum’s internation...
Senior Research Fellow of BRICS Economic Think Tank, Tsinghua University
China’s rise to dominance in electric vehicles, much like Japan’s earlier challenge to U...
Director of Corporate Globalization at Antai College of Economic and Management, Shanghai Jiao Tong University
Former Deputy Permanent Representative of China’s Mission to the UN Office in Geneva
Assistant Researcher at Institute of American Studies, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences
Adjunct Professor at Queensland University of Technology, Senior Fellow at Beijing Taihe Institute
May 02
The recent Financial Times editorial by economist Michael Pettis, in which he advocates for U.S. capital controls to achieve balance in its external accounts, is emblematic of a deeper and more troubling reality: American economic...
Adjunct Professor at Queensland University of Technology, Senior Fellow at Beijing Taihe Institute
Deputy Director of Institute of American and European Studies, CCIEE
May 02
Donald Trump’s “reciprocal tariff” policy is intended to push back against globalization, but its inherent structural problems will only accelerate the trend of “de-Americanization” worldwide.
Deputy Director of Institute of American and European Studies, CCIEE
Sebastian Contin Trillo-Figueroa
Geopolitics Analyst in EU-Asia Relations and AsiaGlobal Fellow, The University of Hong Kong
May 09
India presents itself as a global leader and representative of the Global South, yet this contradicts its troubled relationships with immediate neighbors. Western powers overlook that because they view India as a counterbalance to...
Sebastian Contin Trillo-Figueroa
Geopolitics Analyst in EU-Asia Relations and AsiaGlobal Fellow, The University of Hong Kong
Senior Fellow, Randolph Bourne Institute
May 09
The U.S.-dominated international system is unraveling as major powers and Global South countries reject American pressure and assert their independence. Without a shift toward cooperation and respect for multipolarity, the U.S. ri...
Senior Fellow, Randolph Bourne Institute
Senior Fellow, Center for China and Globalization, CCG
Apr 30
Tariffs and a trade war are definitely going in the wrong direction. Trump and his team should cast aside all illusions that China will capitulate and that the U.S. can survive the tariff war. The only wise choice is to dump the t...
Senior Fellow, Center for China and Globalization, CCG
Assistant Professor in Philosophy and Fellow at Centre on Contemporary China and the World, HKU and Rhodes Scholar
Apr 28
Speculation about a "Grand Bargain" between Trump and Xi persists, but deep divisions within Washington, Trump’s erratic leadership, and Beijing’s long-term strategic patience make a major breakthrough unlikely. Even if a meet...
Assistant Professor in Philosophy and Fellow at Centre on Contemporary China and the World, HKU and Rhodes Scholar
Researcher, China Institutes of Contemporary International Relations
May 02
The Trump administration will continue to sway as it seeks new equilibrium amid stress-relieving turbulence. Historical patterns can be seen, but so can evolving realities. No one knows if America will find another escape route.
Researcher, China Institutes of Contemporary International Relations
Deputy Secretary-general, Center for Shanghai Cooperation Organization Studies, Chinese Association of Social Sciences
Apr 03
The U.S.-Russia contest over Ukraine shows both the persistence of classic power politics and the clash of competing worldviews at a time when the international system is undergoing a seismic process of reordering. The Ukrai...
Deputy Secretary-general, Center for Shanghai Cooperation Organization Studies, Chinese Association of Social Sciences
Senior Fellow, Gordon & Leon Institute
May 08
Arbitrary policies introduced by the U.S. president have accelerated a shift of the international order and introduced new dynamics to relations between major powers. Most countries are reluctant to follow Trump’s lead because th...
Senior Fellow, Gordon & Leon Institute
Sebastian Contin Trillo-Figueroa
Geopolitics Analyst in EU-Asia Relations and AsiaGlobal Fellow, The University of Hong Kong
Apr 30
Step by step, Europe has flubbed their chances to remain relevant since China’s rise, and now it may be too late for the EU to regain its clout in the global order. Is the dream of a multipolar world coming to a premature end?
Sebastian Contin Trillo-Figueroa
Geopolitics Analyst in EU-Asia Relations and AsiaGlobal Fellow, The University of Hong Kong
Former Deputy Permanent Representative of China’s Mission to the UN Office in Geneva
Assistant Researcher at Institute of American Studies, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences