BLOG Post #443: Trump and China–The Rocky Road Ahead 22 Nov 2024 Cooperation or Competition? On November 7, 2024, Xi Jinping sent a congratulatory message to President-elect Trump that said: “A stable, healthy, sustainably developing China-US relationship fits with the common interests…
BLOG Post #442: Donald Trump’s Tariff Fantasies 15 Nov 202415 Nov 2024 Tariff Man Donald Trump thinks the world of tariffs. “Tariffs are the greatest thing ever invented,” Trump said in September at a town hall event in Michigan. On another…
BLOG Post #437: The Republicans’ “China Week” 16 Sep 20241 Nov 2024 Targeting China “China Week” sounds like a time for celebrating Chinese culture and food. But for Republicans in the House of Representatives, it’s all about politics. They seem to…
BLOG Post #435: China Views the US Election 26 Aug 20241 Nov 2024 China’s Analytical Challenges China’s America watchers have the same tough job that faces Donald Trump’s campaign: coming up with a new game plan after Joe Biden passed the torch…
BLOG Post #425: Alliance politics in East Asia: More Security or Less? 27 May 202416 Jun 2024 The Biden-Kishida Summit The best thing about diplomacy between government leaders is that it may ease tensions. The worst thing is that it doesn’t resolve the disputes between them, making…
BLOG Post #422: Disruptions in US-China Student Exchanges 10 May 202410 May 2024 In recent talks between US and Chinese leaders, they have found common ground in support for more people-to-people exchanges, particularly in education. Presidents Biden and Xi both mentioned the importance…
BLOG Post #416: TikTok, TikTok: The Clock is Running Out 16 Mar 2024 A National Security Threat? The Chinese-owned TikTok has been under attack throughout the last two US administrations, on the argument that data collection of American users would threaten national…
BLOG Post #413: Lessons From the China Spy Balloon Incident, One Year Ago 16 Feb 202416 Feb 2024 This month is the first anniversary of the infamous Chinese spy balloon incident. It’s an incident worth recalling for several reasons beyond the fact that it set back US-China relations…
BLOG Post #410: Is North Korea Preparing for War? 21 Jan 2024 North Korea’s Calculations Two of America’s most prominent North Korea experts, Robert Carlin and Siegfried Hecker, begin their latest analysis with this sentence: “The situation on the Korean Peninsula is…
BLOG Post #409: The Taiwan Elections 16 Jan 202416 Jan 2024 The Election Results In normal times, a presidential election in Taiwan is mainly about domestic issues, not relations with the People's Republic of China. But the election January 13 put…
BLOG Post #408: The Year Ahead: Ten Issues and One Wild Card 7 Jan 2024 2024 is likely to be filled with more than the usual challenges to planetary safety and survival. Here’s a look at ten issues and a wild card that suggest what’s…
BLOG Post #399: Biden and Xi Seek Coexistence 16 Nov 2023 The first face-to-face meeting in a year between Presidents Joe Biden and Xi Jinping went about as expected: some potentially meaningful agreements, some continuing disagreements, some controversies unexplored, and…
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