There’s a New Red Scare. But is China Really so Scary?
In the Washington Post, Steven Mufson and John Pomfret write that the current hype about China’s growing clout in a number of arenas says more about the U.S. national psyche than about the real...
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James Mann: Behold China
In the New Republic, James Mann, author of The China Fantasy: How Our Leaders Explain Away Chinese Repression, among other books, writes an article with the subtitle, “Repressive at home. Aggressive...
View ArticleSome in Indonesia Praise, Seek to Replicate China’s Fight Against United States
According to the Washington Post, Beijing has become a model for many in Indonesia for its ability to stand up to America: Amid cries of “God is Great,” the former chief of staff of the Indonesian army...
View ArticleRobert D. Kaplan: The Geography of Chinese Power
From an op-ed in the International Herald Tribune by Robert D. Kaplan, senior fellow at the Center for a New American Security and a correspondent for The Atlantic: Today China’s ambitions are as...
View ArticleObama and China Play Rival Suitors to Indonesia
As President Obama visits his boyhood home of Indonesia, the New York Times looks at the growing rivalry between the U.S. and China to influence the country: As the United States and China step up...
View ArticleObama, China, and the Sputnik Moment
The libertarian Reason Magazine offers a perspective on President Obama’s comments about China in his recent State of the Union address: In his State of the Union address, President Barack Obama urged...
View ArticleChina Sees U.S. as Declining Power, Insider Says
A new paper by Brookings looks at the relationship of “strategic distrust” between China and the U.S., written by Kenneth G. Lieberthal, Director, John L. Thornton China Center and Wang Jisi, Director,...
View ArticleMilitary Strength, Diplomacy and “Strategic Distrust”
Kenneth G. Lieberthal, co-author of a recent Brookings paper characterizing the U.S.-China relationship as one based on “strategic distrust,” spoke with NPR’s Robert Siegel on today’s episode of All...
View ArticleContrasting Forecasts for China
At Foreign Policy, Minxin Pei argues that China’s continued rise is not a foregone conclusion, and that the U.S. should ready itself for a Chinese decline. Americans, he suggests, have long tended to...
View ArticleLegal Pot Doesn’t Mean US Will Lose Ground to China
After popular votes late last year, Washington and Colorado are now the first two U.S. states to have legalized the recreational use of marijuana. A host of other coastal states have decriminalized the...
View ArticleThe U.S., China, and the ‘Thucydides Trap’
In his book “Destined for War: Can American and China Escape the Thucydides’s Trap,” released earlier this year, Harvard Kennedy School professor and political scientist Graham Allison coined a term to...
View ArticleSolomon Islands and China Seek to Deepen Security Partnership, Unnerving...
On Thursday, a draft document outlining a security cooperation agreement between China and the Solomon Islands was leaked online. The proposed agreement opens the possibility of a greater Chinese...
View ArticleSurveys Show Xi’s Hardline Foreign Policy Increasingly Unpopular Among...
A series of recent surveys shows how Chinese diplomacy in the era of Xi Jinping has soured attitudes toward China in many developed countries. At the same time, Chinese officials are doubling down on...
View ArticleChina Facilitates Iran-Saudi Arabia Détente
In a surprise deal facilitated by China on Friday, Iran and Saudi Arabia announced that they would resume their diplomatic relations. The deal is a breakthrough for the two Middle Eastern rivals, who...
View ArticleAt BRI Forum, China Projects Image as Leader of the Global South
While Western leaders rushed to Israel as a bloody war between Israel and Hamas threatens to spiral out of control, guests at the 2023 Belt and Road Forum in Beijing were treated to a sumptuous...
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