Germany Needs to Confront China’s New Reality
Germany and its Western peers must urgently understand the nature and sheer scale of China’s advances if they are to withstand the growing pressure on...
The Supplicant and the Sovereign
How Xi is rewriting the terms of the Russia-China partnership.
Trump Has Not Just Weakened His Hand with China: He’s Playing the Wrong Game
The summit in Beijing demonstrated how China’s position has strengthened since the U.S. president returned to office.
The Missing Piece in America’s China Strategy Is India
The U.S. must take steps to make it easier to cooperate with India in defense as a counterweight to Beijing.
The Global AI Threat Has Arrived
The ability of Anthropic’s new AI model, Claude Mythos Preview, to find vulnerabilities across major operating systems and web browsers has dangerous implications for today’s...
How to Counter China’s Data Collecting
The U.S. needs to take more seriously the threat posed by Chinese companies gathering information via the Internet-of-Things.
China’s Abundance Strategy is At Risk of Failure
Xi Jinping has steered the country’s economy straight into the traps he identified himself five years ago.
Why China Should Boost its Lending To Developing Countries
China's retreat from lending to developing countries has come at precisely the wrong time for the global economy.
China, Japan and the Gift of Coercion
Beijing’s attempt to punish Japan over Taiwan is a major strategic blunder that is likely to backfire.
Bridge or Border: Why Scientific Securitization Won’t Make Nations Safe
Forcing scientists to choose between the U.S. and China will reduce the world’s ability to withstand shared threats.
China’s Best-Laid Plans Hit Reality
The turmoil in the Middle East has already put Beijing’s forecasts for 2026 in doubt, while the latest Five Year Plan offers no fresh thinking...
China’s Climate Focus is Shifting from Carbon Cuts to Green Tech Dominance
Beijing’s next Five-Year Plan will make climate diplomacy look more like trade diplomacy.