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Trump foreign policy
What the Trump Administration's Consideration of a Plan to Ban Chinese Students Says About US-China Competition
By Robert Farley
The proposal suggests how seriously the administration is thinking about confrontation and competition with China.
The Damage Is Done: Trump and the Asia-Pacific
By Ankit Panda
The president’s successor will need to offer a path forward that addresses our current self-serving American approach.
What's Causing the Slow Breakdown in US-North Korea Talks?
By Ankit Panda and Prashanth Parameswaran
The United States and North Korea are at an impasse, two months after the Singapore summit between Trump and Kim.
Making Sense of the August Fizzle in the US-North Korea Negotiations
By Ankit Panda
U.S.-North Korea diplomacy is at an impasse. Will September produce a breakthrough or a collapse?
Will the US-China Trade War Spill Over Into the South China Sea?
By Robert Farley
Can the South China Sea become a front in the U.S.-China trade war?
US Seeks New Talks With Taliban in an Attempt to Explore Afghan Peace
By Ankit Panda
A senior U.S. State Department official visited Doha to seek out talks with the Taliban.
The One Weird Trick to Successful Negotiations With North Korea in 2018
By Ankit Panda
Leave unilateral disarmament at the door, North Korea tells the United States.
No War But Trade War
By Robert Farley
The trade war that Trump has initiated will hurt the United States, but the hope appears to be that it will hurt the Chinese more.
Reflections on the 2018 Shangri-La Dialogue: What's the Indo-Pacific Anyway?
By Ankit Panda and Prashanth Parameswaran
From the "Indo-Pacific" to the Korean Peninsula, what were the main themes and anxieties at the Shangri-La Dialogue?
The Trump-Kim Summit Is No ‘Nixon to China’ Moment
By Benjamin A. Engel
The Trump administration lacks the prep work and personal involvement that made Nixon’s China trip a success.
US, South Korea to Negotiate Alliance Cost-Sharing
By Ankit Panda
The talks for a new SMA come at a sensitive time for the alliance.
Is It Finally Time for a US-India Free Trade Agreement?
By Raymond E. Vickery, Jr.
For too long, ambitions for the U.S.-India economic relationship have not matched the soaring strategic rhetoric.