Toward ‘Constructive Strategic Stability’
Some American scholars increasingly see stable coexistence as the more realistic path for China-U.S. relations.
Some American scholars increasingly see stable coexistence as the more realistic path for China-U.S. relations.
Major countries can break free from zero-sum logic and jointly chart a new path for state-to-state relations rooted in mutual respect, solidarity and win-win outcomes.
Both Trump’s and Putin’s visits highlight China’s rising profile on the world stage, its status as a highly responsible major country and its determination to pursue a foreign policy of peace, development and cooperation.
Talk of a China-U.S. ‘G2’ has returned after Trump’s visit to Beijing. But the notion that two major countries can share global leadership through a bilateral arrangement overlooks the far more complex reality of how the modern world actually works.
The successive summits were not a competition. They were a convergence — on Beijing as a hub for dialogue, a platform for managing differences and a partner for building a more balanced multipolar order.
China and the U.S. should seek common ground while shelving differences, and safeguard their own interests without losing sight of the global good. The goal is not merely to manage AI, but to jointly shape the governance framework for the age of AI.
Three meetings between the leaders of the U.S. and China in a single year would be historically rare, and exactly the kind of sustained, rhythmic engagement that serious diplomacy requires.
A new world is emerging as the international situation changes and shifts power from the West, the United States and Europe, to the East, Eurasia.
For the sake of the world, it’s vitally important that China and the U.S. find ways to manage differences and negotiate a more cooperative future.
The diplomacy will test whether great powers can convert a battlefield pause into broader stability. The stakes, namely, energy flows, economic recovery and regional order in the Middle East, transcend any single narrative of triumph or defeat.
Chinese President Xi Jinping proposed a framework of ‘constructive strategic stability’ during talks with U.S. President Donald Trump, offering a potential path beyond the Thucydides Trap that has defined U.S.-China relations for a decade.
Increasingly, the question confronting the world is how rapidly China’s economic, technological, and geopolitical influence will continue to expand within an era defined by fragmentation, uncertainty, and systemic transformation.