In Focus
Global GDP is likely to shrink again in Q2. Inflation will rise, and real pain will start ...
Senior Fellow, Center for China and Globalization, CCG
China’s recent successes in tech and entertainment have proven to the world that its crea...
Assistant Professor in Philosophy and Fellow at Centre on Contemporary China and the World, HKU and Rhodes Scholar
Trump’s second term could pave the way for extended rule by undermining institutions and ...
Sebastian Contin Trillo-Figueroa
Geopolitics Analyst in EU-Asia Relations and AsiaGlobal Fellow, The University of Hong Kong
Trump’s second-term foreign policy asserts U.S. hegemony in the Western Hemisphere while ...
Senior Fellow, Randolph Bourne Institute
The future of the region should be decided by the countries there, not by external actors....
Senior Research Fellow, Shanghai Institute of Int'l Studies
The three-way meeting in Beijing stood out for its effort to clarify the historical contex...
Senior Research Fellow, Charhar Institute and West Asia and Africa Studies Institute of the China Academy of Social Sciences
A combination of diverse factors, including interest rates, inflation, the fiscal sustaina...
Associate Fellow, Institute of American Studies, China Institutes of Contemporary International Relations
The more things change, the more they seem to stay the same.
Adjunct Professor at Queensland University of Technology, Senior Fellow at Beijing Taihe Institute
Senior Research Fellow, Shanghai Institute of Int'l Studies
Fellow, Center for International Security and Strategy of Tsinghua University; Munich Young Leader 2025
Deputy Director of Institute of American and European Studies, CCIEE
Senior Fellow, Randolph Bourne Institute
Senior Fellow, Randolph Bourne Institute
Mar 20
Trump’s second-term foreign policy asserts U.S. hegemony in the Western Hemisphere while exploring a great power system based on spheres of influence. Its success hinges on defining these spheres—especially between the U.S. and ...
Senior Fellow, Randolph Bourne Institute
Professor of Political Economy, Chaminade University
Mar 07
Trump’s return creates uncertainty for Beijing, with potential economic risks from renewed tariffs and trade restrictions. While there are some prospects for relations to get better, the unpredictable nature of Trump’s policies ...
Professor of Political Economy, Chaminade University
Senior Research Fellow, Charhar Institute and West Asia and Africa Studies Institute of the China Academy of Social Sciences
Mar 20
The three-way meeting in Beijing stood out for its effort to clarify the historical context of the Iranian nuclear issue and to present impartial, fair and equitable demands to all parties involved.
Senior Research Fellow, Charhar Institute and West Asia and Africa Studies Institute of the China Academy of Social Sciences
Founding Chair of Center for International Security and Strategy, Tsinghua University; China's former Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs
Mar 19
On February 14, 2025, at 1:30 PM, the 61st Munich Security Conference (MSC) opened at the Hotel Bayerischer Hof. I arrived early at the conference hall, but the 200 seats had mostly been taken and I finally found a spot back in th...
Founding Chair of Center for International Security and Strategy, Tsinghua University; China's former Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs
Senior Fellow, Hudson Institute
Mar 20
Trump’s actions in dealing with Russia and Ukraine and conflict in Gaza have been disruptive and unpredictable. With more holistic foreign policy statements still in the works, only speculation can tell us where Trump might head ...
Senior Fellow, Hudson Institute
Assistant Researcher at Institute of American Studies, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences
Mar 18
His ultimate vision of a new world order might be some combination of power in which the U.S. takes absolute control of the Western sphere of influence and weighs in heavily on global affairs with other great powers.
Assistant Researcher at Institute of American Studies, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences
Senior Fellow, Yale University
Mar 31
The world’s major growth engines are about to run in reverse. The policies and uncertainties of US President Donald Trump’s second administration have hit a sluggish global economy with a transformational exogenous shock. Risks ...
Senior Fellow, Yale University
Deputy Director of Institute of American and European Studies, CCIEE
Mar 20
The introduction of reciprocal tariffs represents a pivotal shift in U.S. trade policy. The move from multilateral trade engagements to bilateral or regional agreements is a strategic effort to redefine international trade and ult...
Deputy Director of Institute of American and European Studies, CCIEE
Director of President's Office, China Institutes of Contemporary International Relations
Mar 24
With the Global South rising, Europe’s renewed emphasis on strategic independence from the United States could partially offset its relative decline in hard power and accelerate global multi-polarity.
Director of President's Office, China Institutes of Contemporary International Relations
Sebastian Contin Trillo-Figueroa
Geopolitics Analyst in EU-Asia Relations and AsiaGlobal Fellow, The University of Hong Kong
Mar 07
The European Parliament making moves to condemn China over human rights abuses may play well in modern day, but exposes the fault lines in a changing global order - the West today should no longer freely lecture the rest of the wo...
Sebastian Contin Trillo-Figueroa
Geopolitics Analyst in EU-Asia Relations and AsiaGlobal Fellow, The University of Hong Kong
Senior Research Fellow, Shanghai Institute of Int'l Studies
Fellow, Center for International Security and Strategy of Tsinghua University; Munich Young Leader 2025
Deputy Director of Institute of American and European Studies, CCIEE
Senior Fellow, Randolph Bourne Institute