Sun Chenghao, Fellow, Center for International Security and Strategy, Tsinghua University
Mar 27, 2024
Defining the relationship between China and the United States primarily as one of competition — as the U.S. is doing — is dangerous and not advisable. Competition can easily turn into conflict. The long-term U.S. posture on this will depend upon the outcome of the presidential election.
Zhu Zhongbo, Director, Department for International and Strategy Studies, China Institute of International Studies
Mar 25, 2024
China will provide a degree of certainty in a world in disarray with its innovative approach, openness and enterprising spirit. It will also protect its national sovereignty, security and development interests as it continues to maintain its poise and historical self-confidence.
Zhong Yin, Research Professor, Research Institute of Global Chinese and Area Studies, Beijing Language and Culture University
Mar 25, 2024
Progress has been made by the United States to institutionalize three-way strategic cooperation with the ROK and Japan. Under this framework, North Korea, China and Russia are all targeted as America attempts to counterbalance China collectively and comprehensively. The concept is doomed.
Mar 22, 2024
Joseph Nye is University Distinguished Service Professor at Harvard University, and a regular contributor to China-US Focus. He unpacks his insights on the bila
An Gang, Adjunct Fellow, Center for International Security and Strategy, Tsinghua University
Mar 22, 2024
What choices should a country make as humanity faces a historical transformation? For China, the answer lies in dismantling the pervasive zero-sum mindset and maintaining an unwavering commitment to win-win cooperation. China and Germany, despite their distinct ideologies and security interests, have the potential to shape a better future.
Richard Javad Heydarian, Professorial Chairholder in Geopolitics, Polytechnic University of the Philippines
Mar 22, 2024
In a more perfect world, the Philippines proximity to China and relationship with the U.S. would be a net positive for the Southeast Asian power. Yet as things stand today, the situation leaves the Philippines walking a tightrope between the world’s preeminent superpowers.
Sebastian Contin Trillo-Figueroa, Geopolitics Analyst in EU-Asia Relations and AsiaGlobal Fellow, The University of Hong Kong
Mar 22, 2024
The developing geopolitical landscape of the 21st Century should see a rising East overtake the West in global leadership, and lack of clear, decisive, and effective China policy would place Europe on the losing side. But, is there any reason the EU cannot grow into the new order with renewed power?
Lucio Blanco Pitlo III, Research Fellow, Asia-Pacific Pathways to Progress Foundation
Mar 05, 2024
Amidst the India-Maldives dispute, the intricate dynamics of small island states emerge as pivotal players in the evolving maritime power play. As global powers vie for influence, the geopolitical spotlight shifts to these territories, whose strategic significance prompts a reassessment of traditional labels and fosters a newfound assertiveness in negotiating their roles in the international arena.
Sajjad Ashraf, Former Adjunct Professor, National University of Singapore
Mar 05, 2024
As dissatisfaction with the Western-led financial system grows, BRICS is emerging as a collective voice for developing nations, challenging the dominance of the U.S.-led global order and advocating for alternatives to the dollar and euro.
Wang Youming, Senior Research Fellow of BRICS Economic Think Tank, Tsinghua University
Feb 29, 2024
The mechanism differs markedly from the Western alliance system, which is why many countries have sought to join. It represents the Global South in the new round of reconfigured industrial and value chains, and will help shift global governance from a center/periphery model to an equality/common governance model.