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The Art of Strategic Engagement
Engagement provides intelligence, reveals intentions and prevents the kind of mutual ignorance that transforms manageable competition into existential conflict.
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How “Ping-Pong Diplomacy” Helped Change the U.S.-China Relationship
The year of 2026 marks the 55th anniversary of the famous “Ping-Pong Diplomacy,” which began to break the hiatus that...
Could Trump-Xi Summit Be a Major Relationship Thaw?
Joint efforts in fields such as medicine, biotechnology, and new energy technologies — including thermonuclear fusion — could bring substantial benefits to both societies. These are areas that carry profound implications for the future of humanity, and cooperation could accelerate progress in ways that competition alone cannot achieve.
The World Wants the U.S. to Be Better—It Can Be, If It Lets Go of Outdated Thinking
Hard power and soft power are abundant in both countries. There is no reason they cannot more publicly and successfully work together. But old habits die hard, to borrow a cliche, and Washington is too often stuck in that mindset.
Xi-Trump Summit Cannot Solve Everything, But It Can Still Prevent Disaster
A successful meeting would not eliminate distrust between Beijing and Washington. It would simply prove that responsible statecraft still exists in an increasingly fractured international system. That alone would qualify as meaningful geopolitical progress.
Where the Axe Didn’t Fall
When Americans talk about cutting fat, watch what they keep. They increased funding for anti-China activities. And that tells you more than any U.S. State Department white paper ever could.
Who Decides What Happens on the Ocean Floor?
When technological capacity and resource distribution are profoundly unequal, how to prevent the powerful from claiming, in the name of efficiency, what belongs to everyone?
Ally, Vassal or Pawn?
From Washington’s perspective, Japan is increasingly little more than a pawn to be discarded when convenient, and Takaichi’s trip to the U.S. laid that bare.
The Asia Advantage
Only through sustained growth can China, Asia and the RCEP region become the greatest source of certainty in the global economy over the next decade, and play a notable role in regional integration and a new wave of globalization.
U.S. 301 Trade Probe: A New Version of ‘Reciprocal Tariff’
The only correct pathway for Washington is to work together with China on the base of equality, mutual respect and mutual benefit.
China Contributes Stability to a Chaotic World
Long-term social planning, economic growth, stable governance and political stability all point to one thing: the system chosen by China works.
The Panama Ruling
China-Latin America cooperation expands that autonomy by diversifying partnerships and reducing vulnerability to any single external power.
China, the U.S. and Latin America’s Dilemma
Latin America’s primary need is development, not geopolitical alignment. Forcing countries to choose sides diverts resources and attention from addressing poverty, inequality, infrastructure gaps, and climate challenges. It creates instability and resentment.