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The district court’s dismissal of the State of Missouri’s billion-dollar lawsuit against China over its COVID response bodes ill for similar remaining coronavirus-related suits.
Supporting the peace process in Mindanao will help shift Manila’s focus toward China.
China’s smart manufacturing ambition is at the heart of its broader industrial policy strategy—one of accelerating toward self-reliance and general domestic strength.
Russia’s imprisonment of Brittney Griner is affecting U.S. policy in Ukraine, and other adversaries are watching.
For decades, experts and analysts have written in great detail about the importance of liberalization and its role in promoting democracy and other western values. Specifically, many believed that once a state began this track towards liberalization, open markets and a liberal democracy was inevitable. Yet, the several decades following Henry Kissinger’s secret trip to China has proven differently, as China continues to grow more distant and confrontational with the West.
Biden’s ASEAN summit reinvigorates UNCLOS ratification debate, Beijing fails to gain support for Pacific Islands regional security agreement but finalizes controversial pact with the Solomon Islands, and more.
China has entered into a substantial collection of written agreements with U.S. states for the purpose of promoting technology transfer in a number of strategically sensitive fields.
The United States has an opportunity to explore new ways to deepen its strategic and economic partnerships in the region, counterbalance China’s growing influence and secure supply chains for critical minerals at the Summit of the Americas.
NATO's new Strategic Concept, to be released in June, will need to clearly define the alliance's mission.
Beijing is promoting an alternative conceptualization as a form of "normfare" to challenge the liberal international order.