U.S.-China Competition

Biden will have to lead and negotiate with urgency in three interdependent contexts: at home, with partner governments, and with Beijing.

It’s not that simple. Any effort to characterize China as an existential threat implies a level of conflict that will provide justification for U.S. intervention anywhere in the world. 

It is imperative the U.S. military learns from wargame losses.

As a theater for great power confrontation, Latin American states can leverage influence and shape relations with both powers.

Will a Biden administration renew attention on Southeast Asia?

The document is short on prescriptions, but provides a more nuanced diagnosis of the problem than usually found in Trump administration statements.

The rivalry is here to stay, but there are 3 things the Biden administration can do to stabilize the critical relationship.

It is Trump’s first major action toward China since he lost his reelection bid to challenger Joe Biden.

China should seize upon Biden’s victory to renew its approach to the United States.

China’s leaders have bought into a narrative of historical inevitably: China is destined to rise, and the United States to fall.

Could the two sides agree on a modus vivendi? If so, what would it look like?