geopolitics

The Western alliance is unprepared to counter the direct and growing challenge from Beijing.

To construct a new balance of power in Asia, Washington needs a better approach to nuclear arms.

France’s state-centered development model is a natural fit for the Indo-Pacific.

Washington should get back in the trade game and use it as leverage against Beijing.

If China is seeking a reset of relations, it has a strange way of showing it.

The big strategic game in Asia isn’t military but economic.

The fuzzy goodwill between Biden and America’s Asian allies will soon be tested by China’s growing power.

The appointment of Kurt Campbell as Biden’s right hand on Asia will supercharge the incoming administration’s policy to counter China.

In the global internet economy, India’s tech industry has a leg up on China’s.

We asked 12 leading thinkers to predict what happens in 2021 and beyond.

The RCEP truly is a China-style trade agreement: platitudinous and ineffective.

Though not alone in its destructive practices, Beijing’s rapacious fleet causes humanitarian disasters and has a unique military mission.

For all the talk of a new administration boldly reengaging with the world after four years of “America first,” Trump’s strategic retrenchment can only be the start.

The great powers have taken big steps to fight global warming. Now attention turns to the rest of the world.

Few countries have soured more rapidly against China than Australia, as decades of influence-building by Beijing come to naught.

Pandemics are not always transformative events. While some worrying preexisting trends could accelerate, it’s incorrect to assume that the coronavirus will end globalization, kill liberal democracy, or enhance China’s soft power.

NATO allies have been at odds with Turkey for years. But Ankara’s role in the Azerbaijan-Armenia conflict is bringing matters to a head.