Doug Bandow, Senior Fellow, Cato Institute
Oct 07, 2021
The fallout of the AUKUS deal has the potential to alter the landscape of relationships in the Pacific region. By entering a nuclear arms deal with Australia, the U.S. and U.K. are applying pressure in the showdown between China and its Western counterparts.
Charles C. Krulak, A Retired Four-star General, Former Commandant of the U.S. Marine Corps
Alex Friedman, Former Chief Financial Officer of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
Aug 24, 2021
In the year 2034, the United States and China become embroiled in a series of military conflicts that escalate into a devastating tactical nuclear war. Other countries – including Russia, Iran, and India – get involved. Suddenly, the world is on the verge of World War III.
Wang Jisi, President, Institute of International and Strategic Studies, Peking University
Jun 23, 2021
The United States and China are embroiled in a contest that might prove more enduring, more wide-ranging, and more intense than any other international competition in modern history, including the Cold War. In both countries, fears have grown that the contest might escalate into open conflict.
CCG, Center for China and Globalization
Jun 01, 2021
In the 1990s, the famous concept of “soft power” was put forward by Joseph Nye, professor and former dean of the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University. It greatly influenced the foreign policy of the Obama administration and became an important concept promoted by the State Department. In his view, a country’s comprehensive national power is divided into hard power and soft power, which mainly includes “cultural attraction, political value attraction and the ability to shape international rules and decide political issues”.
An Gang, Adjunct Fellow, Center for International Security and Strategy, Tsinghua University
Apr 08, 2021
The deterioration of China-U.S. relations has not ended, and a turnaround is unlikely. Given the intense frictions of recent years, both countries have built up a fixed mindset about diplomatic strategy that has been incorporated in their domestic politics. Superb diplomatic skills will be needed to avert confrontation.
Zhang Yun, Associate Professor at National Niigata University in Japan, Nonresident Senior Fellow at University of Hong Kong
Oct 08, 2020
The post-pandemic era has given rise to new thinking around the world. There is ample reason to believe that the post-pandemic era will bring neither a new cold war of confrontation nor a dark age of international friction.
Wang Zhen, Research Professor, Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences
Oct 08, 2020
Americans can attempt to shift blame for their troubles onto China, but that won’t solve any of the real problems they face. China’s successes cannot be erased by political rhetoric. Attempting to do so will only bring more trouble.
Rene Zou, China-focused policy analyst with a dual master’s from Sciences Po, Paris and Peking University
Aug 28, 2020
Cold War rhetoric between China and the United States is amplifying, with the United Kingdom caught in the middle. Cybersecurity, technology, and climate change will be the guiding issues that will determine the next stage of US-China relations.
Doug Bandow, Senior Fellow, Cato Institute
Aug 28, 2020
The future of U.S.-China relations remains uncertain, and the upcoming U.S. Presidential elections have the opportunity to fray relations further. Between territorial disputes and cyberwarfare, there are a range of issues on which the two nations must set parameters in order to maintain peace and stability.
Jin Liangxiang, Senior Research Fellow, Shanghai Institute of Int'l Studies
Aug 28, 2020
World conditions are not conducive to another cold war, and there’s little reason to expect one. Maybe all the talk is just U.S. rhetoric to frighten others into joining an anti-China bloc.