China foreign policy

Beijing's wooing of Southeast Asia's largest nation counsels a renewed focus on maritime Southeast Asia from Tokyo.

Despite its economic centrality to the region, Beijing continues to elicit significant levels of mistrust.

The Chinese public is overwhelmingly on Russia's side amid the invasion of Ukraine, but there is little appetite for China to play an active role.

Chinese academics are ushering in a new school of thought concerning China’s role in international affairs – one that is particularly attractive to the developing world.

Xi Jinping may need to rethink his grand design for a new world order.

China’s attitude toward the Ukraine war stems from functional calculations, diplomatic and military bonds with Kyiv, strategic considerations, and normative reflection.

The reputational cost – both on the international stage and with the Chinese people – would be great if Beijing threw its support behind Russian aggression.

Proponents of a rules-based order can learn much from the pragmatic policies pursued by West German leaders during the Cold War.

China’s foreign policy specialists are struggling to satisfactorily explain China’s rise or how it is likely to behave as a prominent global leader.

Mostly importantly, China must effectively manage deteriorating China-U.S. relations.

Chinese leaders must balance the current push for strategic de-escalation with the hyper-nationalism at play among average Chinese.

We’re in a period of Chinese diplomatic rigidity.