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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.