More research and commentary
Who does Xi Jinping trust? Jonathan Czin discusses his expectations for Xi's fourth Party Congress and the succession dilemma on the CSIS podcast "Pekingology."
China in the Pacific islands. Patricia Kim provides a discussant response to Center for Asia Policy Studies scholar Joanne Wallis's presentation on how China’s influence in the region is overstated in some respects and underestimated in others.
Maintaining a consistent U.S.-Taiwan policy. Mary Gallagher argues in World Politics Review that the U.S. should maintain strategic ambiguity toward Taiwan as risks over a Taiwan Strait crisis heighten.
Are U.S.-Taiwan relations off track? Ryan Hass explores in Taipei Times how Taiwan's leaders need to demonstrate urgency in closing a deal and implementing plans for new defense capabilities, rather than invoking "the domino effect."
A call for global AI cooperation. Xue Lan considers in YiCai how the importance of global AI governance must be recognized as an essential foundation for guiding responsible innovation and mitigating cross-border risks.
China's SCO objectives. Yun Sun finds, in a Stimson Center written reaction, that Beijing achieved its diplomatic and strategic goals during the Tianjin SCO Summit, despite the policy community labeling it a "talk-shop."
China's manufacturing and youth unemployment. Mary Gallagher highlights in World Politics Review the implications of Xi's industrial policy on youth employment throughout China.
China's goals and constraints. Ryan Hass evaluates on Nathan Kiker's "Clearer than Truth" podcast the trajectory of U.S.-China relations, risk of conflict in the Taiwan Strait, and China's goals and its capacity to realize them.
Is there an autocratic axis? Patricia Kim examines the growing alignment between China, Russia, and North Korea—and the implications for U.S. policy—on the CSIS podcast "Impossible State."
Assessing China in negotiations. Ryan Hass is interviewed for the Macro Hive podcast on China's global ambitions and its approach to managing relations with Trump.
Warming China-India ties. Mary Gallagher discusses with ABC Radio National why Prime Minister Narendra Modi met with Xi on Chinese soil for the first time in seven years.
