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Cities recognize the importance of city diplomacy but also lack necessary resources to fulfill the commitments they make to global agendas, Council fellows Kris Hartley and Michele Acuto explain.

New polls find that 52 percent of Americans now favor sending US troops to defend Taiwan if China invades. Craig Kafura talks to Taiwan Plus about what this means.

"Chinese satellites fly over the United States every day," Nonresident Senior Fellow Bruce Jentleson tells Steve Scully. "That doesn't make a headline the way a balloon does."

There was no way for Blinken’s Beijing trip to go on as planned and not focus inordinately on the balloon incident, argues Paul Heer.

As world leaders meet in Japan, they are likely to discuss Russia's war in Ukraine, tensions in the Taiwan Strait, and economic coercion from China, Craig Kafura tells Steve Scully.

"It will take years of continued improvements to rebuild American confidence and trust in China," Craig Kafura says.

Kris Hartley and Asit K. Biswas discuss intellectual property protection and diplomacy through vaccine provision.

One of the emerging lessons of the Covid-19 pandemic is that countries and companies that digitised early are more likely to recover faster than those that did not

The US public's perception of China has changed significantly since Xi Jinping took office, Craig Kafura says.

An important debate has cracked open about the future of the U.S.-China relationship. This was inevitable. But the debate, while increasingly contentious, has been limited to politicians, policymakers, and pundits, largely overlooking what most

Europe’s aim should be “to affirm Washington’s commitment to de-risking—not to decouple the Chinese economy from their own,” writes Ivo Daalder.

“There’s a growing risk that the United States and Germany are headed for a collision over China,” warns Council President Ivo Daalder.

"An outright invasion is currently the least likely contingency," writes Council President Ivo Daalder for Politico.

Dina Smeltz unpacks new Council data that show Americans across political parties are concerned about China's rise.

NPR's Sarah McCammon and Ivo Daalder discuss the 2021 NATO summit and what it means for the future of the alliance.

The industrial heartlands of the U.S. and its European allies have become crucibles for the polarizing politics of neo-populism for a population left behind in the information age.

Craig Kafura unpacks Council survey findings on US attitudes toward Beijing.

"There are limits to what China can do" without facing "consequences" from the United States, asserts Council President Ivo Daalder on MSNBC with Andrea Mitchell.

Ethan Kessler weighs in on US military preparedness to deal with any potential Chinese aggression toward Taiwan.

David Scheffer argues for Washington to employ "a powerful lawfare deterrent" towards China in the case of an invasion of Taiwan.

Elizabeth Shackleford joins Grid Media to discuss U.S. policy toward Africa, and the balancing act between “not dictating” and effecting change.

Ivo Daalder speaks with Roger Hilton about alliances, de-dollarization, sanctions, and relations with China at the GLOBSEC Bratislava Forum.

China's Belt and Road Initiative serves as a sweeping urbanization project that aims to draw the world closer to Chinese markets and political influence.

“Western powers possess the innate strength necessary to contain Russia and outcompete China,” writes Ivo Daalder in Foreign Affairs.

"As the new year rolls in, mutual distrust continues to obstruct mutual understanding," Paul Heer writes.

“Both sides appear more inclined to score points against each other than to acknowledge their mistakes,” says Nonresident Senior Fellow Paul Heer.

China will need to promote domestic consumption to reach its potential GDP growth in 2023, argues Yang Yao.

To meet the public demand to compete with China, “the Defense Department needs the budget required to do it,” writes Chet Lee in Defense One.

Cécile Shea and Paul Heer discuss President Biden's recent trip to the Middle East and the power competition between China and the US.

David Scheffer and Uyghur activist Jewher Ilham talk to Christiane Amanpour following a report accusing China of "genocide."

President Yoon will likely sell the idea of “lining up major investments coming into South Korea from American companies,” says Karl Friedhoff.

Fireside Chat with Ivo Daalder and Kishore Mahbubani moderated by Vuk Jeremic on CIRSD YouTube channel on Wednesday, April 22nd at 9 p.m (CEST).

Mainstream political parties on both the right and the left are scrambling to capture the momentum and accommodate what they see as a profoundly nationalist moment in global politics.

The United States and China are becoming strategic rivals. The mounting trade war is but the most visible manifestation of this new reality.

There is little doubt that the WHO was slow in responding to the danger represented by the emergence of a potentially new virus in China and that it was too willing to accept Beijing’s statements of what was happening. It should have known better.

Ivo Daalder explains why the United States and China must engage in a broad dialogue to avoid tensions escalating into a military confrontation neither sides wants.

In May 2018, President Donald Trump announced his decision to withdraw from the Iran nuclear deal because it was “defective at its core.” But if Tehran were willing to negotiate a better agreement, he would be “ready, willing and able” to

Ignoring its responsibility for starting the pandemic, Beijing has trumpeted its response as a model for others to follow.

Elizabeth Shackelford discusses growing tensions between the US and China

“The risk with TikTok is real, but American social media companies pose real risk, too,” writes Elizabeth Shackelford in the Chicago Tribune.

Instead of continuing "the old paradigm of blind engagement with China," Pompeo calls for unrelenting pressure to force Beijing to change its ways.

"The international community should make China a pariah for its crimes against the Uyghur population," Elizabeth Shackelford argues.

We may never know if the spread of the new virus could have been prevented by earlier, concerted action. But the fact that China chose secrecy and inaction turned the possibility of an epidemic into a reality.

“Blindly increasing our defense dollars isn’t a path to more security,” writes Senior Fellow Elizabeth Shackelford in the Chicago Tribune.

We enter the ’20s at a time when American power and influence continues to wane, China’s is increasing and people all around the world are making clear that their voices need to be heard.

The bloc's popularity signals dissatisfaction with the Western-run global order, Elizabeth Shackelford writes.

Council President Ivo Daalder explains why China and Russia are the biggest threats to the transatlantic alliance in a segment for the UK's Channel 4 news.

"Right now, I think Russia represents the bigger threat. China represents the bigger long-term competition," says Council President Ivo Daalder, discussing the 2022 Chicago Council Survey.

The Biden Administration should focus on "ally-shoring" to rebuild supply chains and box out actors like China and Russia.

This week China formally inaugurated its new Ministry of Ecology and Environment (MEE) to replace the Ministry of Environmental Protection.