China

Deligates attend the official dinner at the Elbphilharmonie Concert Hall during the G20 summit in Hamburg, Germany July 7, 2017. REUTERS/Kay Nietfeld,Pool

China

Balancing act: Major powers and the global response to US-China great power competition

Fiona Hill, Tanvi Madan, Amanda Sloat, Mireya Solís, Constanze Stelzenmüller, Bruce Jones, Emilie Kimball, Jesse I. Kornbluth, and Ted Reinert

July 2020

A missile being fired out to sea from a mobile launch vehicle reportedly on the southern coast of Iran along the Gulf of Oman during a military exercise. Iran test-fired a "new generation" of cruise missiles on June 18, the navy said, in the first such military exercises since 19 sailors were killed last month in a friendly fire incident. The armed forces' website published pictures of the exercises in the Gulf of Oman showing missiles being fired from a warship and the back of a truck, and a vessel exploding out at sea. A statement said both short- and long-range missiles were test-fired, some reportedly hitting targets at a distance 280 kilometres (174 miles) away. Gulf of Oman, Iran, June 18, 2020. Photo by SalamPix/ABACAPRESS.COM

Order from Chaos

Unattainable conditions for New START extension?

Steven Pifer

Wednesday, July 1, 2020

HAWAII, UNITED STATES - United States Secretary of State Mike Pompeo (right) met with senior Chinese diplomat Yang Jiechi (left), a member of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (CCP) and director of the Office of the Commission of Foreign Affairs of the CPC Central Committee, in Hawaii, United States on June 17, 2020. The meeting between Pompeo and Yang comes at a time of increasing tension between the United States and China. The United States has hardened its speech on China since the coronavirus pandemic began, and both President Donald Trump and Pompeo have launched repeated attacks on China in this regard, accusing the Asian country of little transparency in communicating the threat. of COVID-19.

China

U.S.-China relations and its impact on national security and intelligence in a post-COVID world

Tanvi Madan

Wednesday, July 1, 2020

Employees are seen working on the final assembly of ASML's TWINSCAN NXE:3400B semiconductor lithography tool with its panels removed, in Veldhoven, Netherlands, in this picture taken April 4, 2019. Bart van Overbeeke Fotografie/ASML/Handout via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY. MANDATORY CREDIT.

TechStream

The chip-making machine at the center of Chinese dual-use concerns

Carrick Flynn

Tuesday, June 30, 2020

Reports

The Chinese People's Liberation Army (Navy) frigate Yi Yang transits the Gulf of Aden prior to conducting a bilateral counter-piracy exercise with the guided-missile destroyer USS Winston S. Churchill in the Gulf of Aden, September 17, 2012. The focus of the exercise was American and Chinese naval cooperation in detecting, boarding, and searching suspected pirated vessels. Picture taken September 17, 2012. REUTERS/U.S. Navy/Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Aaron Chase/Handout

Report

China’s Indian Ocean ambitions

Joshua T. White

June 2020

Russian President Vladimir Putin (R) toasts with Chinese President Xi Jinping while congratulating him on his birthday before the Conference on Interaction and Confidence-Building Measures in Asia (CICA) in Dushanbe, Tajikistan June 15, 2019. Sputnik/Alexei Druzhinin/Kremlin via REUTERS.

Report

The limits of authoritarian compatibility: Xi’s China and Putin’s Russia

Pavel K. Baev

June 2020

Pakistan's Prime Minister Imran Khan talks to China's President Xi Jinping during their meeting at the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse in Beijing, China, October 9, 2019. Parker Song/Pool via REUTERS

Report

“At all costs”: How Pakistan and China control the narrative on the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor

Madiha Afzal

June 2020

Djibouti's President Ismail Omar Guelleh inspects the honour guard with Chinese President Xi Jinping during a welcoming ceremony at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China November 23, 2017. REUTERS/Jason Lee

Report

Great power rivalry in the Red Sea

Zach Vertin

June 2020

Chinese President Xi Jinping and Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev sign documents during the signing ceremony, at the Great Hall of the People, Beijing, China September 11, 2019 Andrea Verdelli/ Pool via REUTERS *** Local Caption *** BEIJING, CHINA - SEPTEMBER 11: Kazakh President Kassym Jomart Tokayev talks to Chinese President Xi Jinping (not pictured) during the meeting on September 11, 2019 at the Great Hall of the People, Beijing, China. (Photo by Andrea Verdelli/Pool/Getty Images

Report

China in Central Asia: Is China winning the “new great game”?

Susan A. Thornton

June 2020

Blog Posts

BRUSSELS, BELGIUM- The President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, attends the 22nd meeting by videoconference of leaders of China and the European Union (EU) in Brussels, Belgium, on June 22, 2020. China and the Union European (EU) reaffirmed this Monday (22) their commitment to conclude a comprehensive bilateral investment agreement in 2020.

Order from Chaos

The future of trans-Atlantic collaboration on China: What the EU-China summit showed

Paul Gewirtz

Friday, June 26, 2020

Party members, employees of at Tidal Star Group, use mobile phones during a weekly group study in an app Xuexi Qiangguo, which literally translates as 'Study to make China strong', at their party activity room in Beijing, China, February 25, 2019. Picture taken February 25, 2019. REUTERS/Jason Lee

TechStream

Podcast: Laura Rosenberger on Chinese information operations

Laura Rosenberger, Alina Polyakova, and Quinta Jurecic

Monday, June 22, 2020

Indian army trucks move along a highway leading to Ladakh, at Gagangeer in Kashmir's Ganderbal district June 17, 2020. REUTERS/Danish Ismail

Order from Chaos

As India and China clash, JFK’s ‘forgotten crisis’ is back

Bruce Riedel

Wednesday, June 17, 2020

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Events

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Webinar: China’s role in the MENA region post-COVID-19

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Webinar: Reopening and revitalization in Asia – Recommendations from cities and sectors

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Experts

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Multimedia

India's Border Security Force (BSF) soldiers stand guard at a checkpoint along a highway leading to Ladakh, at Gagangeer in Kashmir's Ganderbal district June 17, 2020. REUTERS/Danish Ismail

Podcast Episode

What’s fueling the India-China border skirmish?

Tanvi Madan and Adrianna Pita

Thursday, June 18, 2020

Djibouti's President Ismail Omar Guelleh and China's President Xi Jinping walk to their bilateral meeting at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China September 2, 2018. Andy Wong/Pool via REUTERS *** Local Caption *** Abdel Fattah al-Sisi;Li Keqiang

Podcast Episode

Global China’s ambitions in the Indian Ocean region

Lindsey Ford, Zach Vertin, and Joshua T. White

Tuesday, June 16, 2020

A detail view of the U.S. Capitol Building in Washington, D.C., on May 28, 2020 amid the Coronavirus pandemic. This week marked 100,000 confirmed COVID-19 deaths in the United States, as outbreaks accelerated in more than a dozen states and many countries across the global south according to reports. (Graeme Sloan/Sipa USA)No Use UK. No Use Germany.

Global Trade

Sen. Tom Carper on the trade issues confronting America

The Hon. Tom Carper and David Dollar

Monday, June 15, 2020

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