China-U.S. competition

Beijing is still just chipping away at U.S. financial hegemony.

The tightening nexus of geopolitics and geotechnology will make U.S.-China competition increasingly fraught. But Taiwan’s core challenge is not a near-term crisis.

Are Chinese subsidies to firms in strategic sectors a threat to the competitiveness of U.S. companies?

Complete rupture and a “cold war” with China is one possibility, while peaceful and mutually beneficial coexistence is another and better option. 

Beijing's threats against U.S. citizens in China seemingly ignore the central place that "hostage diplomacy" has played in American history.

China’s approach to the Middle East, predicated on a misunderstanding of U.S. strategies, is deeply flawed.

The broader success factors behind Tencent and WeChat indicate alternative motivations for Trump’s proposed ban.

Largely via Twitter, the U.S. and Chinese ambassadors to Poland have engaged in a fierce debate over COVID-19.

The U.S. Navy has chosen its next frigate; what will China’s look like?

The pandemic induced bilateral spat between the two most powerful countries in the world comes amid the unfinished business of the trade war. 

Can Beijing successfully exploit divisions between local and central governments?

Beijing’s influence operations are working. Washington needs a better strategy to respond.