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Sino-US Ties
![US-China Relations in Flux: The Road to a Showdown US-China Relations in Flux: The Road to a Showdown](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat-ap_18330544807119.jpg)
US-China Relations in Flux: The Road to a Showdown
By Ben Lowsen
![How America and China Have Different Visions of International Order How America and China Have Different Visions of International Order](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2015-07-02_15-17-44.jpg)
How America and China Have Different Visions of International Order
By Alek Chance
![Would China Strike the US Preemptively? Would China Strike the US Preemptively?](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/sizes/thumbnail/18788_52809c1500c62.jpg)
Would China Strike the US Preemptively?
A lot has been made of China’s history of preemptive self-defense. But what would lead Beijing to attack the US?
![US and Chinese Interests Align in Pakistan US and Chinese Interests Align in Pakistan](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/sizes/thumbnail/838_5242ab00ea24c.jpg)
US and Chinese Interests Align in Pakistan
Despite their intensifying rivalry elsewhere, Pakistan is ripe for US-China cooperation.
![The Elusive Reagan-Gorbachev Summit Standard The Elusive Reagan-Gorbachev Summit Standard](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/sizes/thumbnail/2692_524383be31efa.jpg)
The Elusive Reagan-Gorbachev Summit Standard
There is a crucial difference between Sunnylands and US-USSR summits: China and the US are in constant contact.
![China Reopens North Korean Border for Tourism China Reopens North Korean Border for Tourism](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/sizes/thumbnail/2628_5243834056094.jpg)
China Reopens North Korean Border for Tourism
Plus, the Kunming city government has banned protests during the China-South Asia Expo next week.
![U.S.-Chinese Militaries Cooperate On… Opera Singing? U.S.-Chinese Militaries Cooperate On… Opera Singing?](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/sizes/thumbnail/2859_52438514dd27a.jpg)
U.S.-Chinese Militaries Cooperate On… Opera Singing?
Plus how to tell if you are a liberal imperialist. The Diplomat rounds up the best material on defense and foreign policy from across the web.
![Solving the Northeast Asia Security Dilemma Solving the Northeast Asia Security Dilemma](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/sizes/thumbnail/2686_524383bc815d2.jpg)
Solving the Northeast Asia Security Dilemma
Several steps need to be taken to reduce regional tensions, but improving Sino-U.S. relations is the most critical.
![A Term Whose Time Has Come: The Indo-Pacific A Term Whose Time Has Come: The Indo-Pacific](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/sizes/thumbnail/3630_524392a97ce3a.jpg)
A Term Whose Time Has Come: The Indo-Pacific
The idea of an Indo-Pacific is not new and may better describe a region that is quickly shaping global events.
A Bipartisan National Security Agenda
When Mitt Romney and Barack Obama meet, they should outline a consensus on four common sense issues.
![Engineering a Great Power Peace Engineering a Great Power Peace](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/sizes/thumbnail/4074_524395bf871ce.jpg)
Engineering a Great Power Peace
Hugh White’s ‘Concert of Asia’ might best preserve peace in Asia. Short of that, smaller preventive measures should be explored.
![Deterrence, Not Containment Deterrence, Not Containment](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/sizes/thumbnail/5541_5243a74bb3d98.jpg)
Deterrence, Not Containment
China’s media has panned the U.S. military’s Pacific pivot. But the U.S. is just fleshing out an existing strategy.