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Bethany Allen-Ebrahimian, Roger Cohen, Bobby Ghosh, Anton La Guardia join Ivo Daalder to discuss the week's top news stories.

Xi Jinping's visit to Moscow and meeting with Putin made clear that China-Russia relations will only grow stronger, Paul Poast writes.

Survey results reveal how Japanese perceptions of security in East Asia have changed following Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

While Americans broadly support upper age limits for federal elected officials, age is not their top consideration when choosing a candidate.

Through infrastructure investments, economic integration, and green and digital transitions, the EU's Global Gateway will shape Africa and its cities as new hubs for development.

How have online platforms, and lax US regulation, facilitated the flow of data from the US to China – and what does this mean for the geopolitical contest between these superpowers?

Both Millennials and Gen Z are more hesitant than their elders to endorse military approaches to foreign policy.

Deborah Amos, Jamil Anderlini, and Peter Spiegel join Ivo Daalder to discuss the week's top news stories.

"Bipartisan consensus (on the scope of the threat) needs to be reconsidered because the wrong diagnosis could yield the wrong, or even dangerous, prescriptions," Paul Heer writes.

Amy Zegart, author of “Spies, Lies and Algorithms”, reveals how technology is transforming espionage.

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

We explore how protests for #MahsaAmini have helped fuel a global movement for women.

Dan Glickman argues the US must find ways to work with China on issues of global importance, especially food and agriculture.

Karen DeYoung, Steve Erlanger, and Nirmal Ghosh join guest host Carla Anne Robbins to discuss the week's top news stories.

Nonresident Senior Fellow Theresa Fallon weighs in on the opportunities the war in Ukraine presents to both Russia and China.

Is conflict inevitable between the two superpowers? Nonresident Senior Fellow Paul Heer joins Jacob Heilbrunn and Elbridge A. Colby to discuss.

Susan Glasser, Prashant Rao, and Peter Spiegel join guest host Kim Ghattas to discuss the week's top news stories.

Moving forward, Washington can either oppose, embrace, or ignore Beijing, Paul Poast writes.

Is China's spy balloon a wakeup call for closer monitoring of US airspace? Craig Kafura explores the answer with Brandis Friedman and Ian Hurd.

Join Deep Dish for a look at what the Chinese spy balloon tells us about the readiness of the US air defense system and what type of surveillance should worry us.

The energy transition in African cities marks a key site of geopolitical competition, as China's control of the solar market reshapes urban service delivery.

Through their connection to traditional food practices, dandelions challenge colonized notions of food security and provide students with the opportunity to reconnect with Indigenous food systems.

The incident reflects the emerging adversarial pathology of US-China relations, which is increasingly obstructing any efforts at mutual understanding, Paul Heer writes.

Bethany Allen-Ebrahimian, Stefan Kornelius, and Giles Whittell join Ivo Daalder to discuss the week's top news stories.

"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."

Has regionalization or globalization been the key economic trend over the last 40 years?

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

Senior Fellow Elizabeth Shackelford remarks on the foreign policy details of President Biden's 2023 State of the Union address.

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.

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

China’s balloon was not a “real strategic threat,” says Bruce Jentleson. “Our satellites overfly China all the time and theirs overfly us.”

Deborah Amos, Bobby Ghosh, and Philip Stephens join Ivo Daalder to discuss the week's top news stories.

The Port of Darwin shows the potential of China's Belt and Road Initiative as social infrastructure, but also the challenges in materializing its benefits.

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

Jamil Anderlini, Elise Labott, and Peter Spiegel join Ivo Daalder to discuss the week's top news stories.

Citizens and policymakers alike embrace industrial policy as great power competition intensifies.

"We have to deal with China and the way to deal with it is to engage with it," argues Nonresident Senior Fellow Paul Heer in the Wire China.

“Both sides continue to pursue policies that appear aimed more at competition and confrontation,” writes Paul Heer in the National Interest.

Amid the attack on democracy in Brazil, what lies ahead?

While younger Americans are most concerned about climate change, pluralities of each generation are ready to take action to prevent it.

By tying itself to China, Germany risks making its mistakes with Russia all over again, argues Senior Nonresident Fellow John Austin.

African cities have emerged as proxy arenas where different modes of international relations are given effect through the development of infrastructure.

Ravi Agrawal and Giles Whittell join Ivo Daalder to discuss the week's top news stories.

What are the implications of Japan’s largest military buildup since World War II, and what does this mean for the US-Japan security alliance?