The U.S. president has upended the traditional liberal international order, recalibrated relations with allies and is poised to exert a profound influence on the global strategic landscape through transactional alliances.

The U.S. and China are locked in a new “Battle for the Commanding Heights,” centered not on ideology but on control of critical technologies such as chips, AI, and robotics. While the United States retains major advantages, China’s hybrid model of state guidance and private entrepreneurship gives it powerful momentum, and America risks losing its edge if it underinvests or misreads the competition.

China’s economic struggles have implications for its trading partners across the globe, notably in Europe. What can Beijing’s fight against ‘involution’ tell the world about its future trading prospects?

America’s tariffs have remained a centerpiece of discussion in global trade since the White House announced them, with a clear, coherent path forward yet to emerge. In these first few historic months, how has the aggressive trade policy affected U.S. positions in Asia?

It should not be difficult for politicians of insight to choose between joining hands to build a community with a shared future for mankind or becoming powerful countries’ pawns to fight and exhaust one another.

Maintaining peace and stability in Asia and adjacent regions — fostering friendly and cooperative relations — is essential for China’s own security and prosperity. The focus must be on peace, development and building a community with a shared future.

America’s AI Action Plan reveals the close ideological alignment of the Trump administration with the “tech right,” such as permissionless innovation, anti-woke AI and pro-capital innovation culture.

America’s sweeping tariffs are harmful to both the world economy and to America itself and should be revoked. But a bigger trend is emerging: The relevance of the United States is dwindling when it comes to global trade.

Turbulence has overwhelmed the current international system and SCO member states are feeling a profound impact. The Tianjin Summit is designed to further deepen multilateral cooperation and to provide a new center for global strategic stability.

The European Union’s ongoing pursuit of an economy-first strategy continues to encounter significant obstacles, especially the erosion of its economic autonomy resulting from the strategic concessions it has made to the United States.