U.S.-China Competition

How governments imagine the future – including the future of war – shapes their responses and planning in the present.

So far, there have been no major changes in Biden’s China policy, but there’s still hope for a stabilized relationship.

We cannot save the “pale blue dot, the only home we’ve ever known” without spurring China -- and ourselves -- to action.

South Korean discourses are notably critical of both the Chinese and U.S. positions amid the ongoing pandemic.

Climate change is deeply intertwined with the technology competition that now bedevils U.S.-China relations.

An interview with Le Hong Hiep.

If the U.S. can seek cooperation without pushing South Korea directly into the U.S.-China crossfire, why not take that path? 

The rhetoric of great power competition threatens to devour every other aspect of U.S. foreign policy.

China has inherited the confidence of Khrushchev’s famous declaration to the West: “We will bury you.”

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.