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Council on Foreign Relations

Why winning the space race will protect Taiwan

October 2, 2025October 1, 2025 by Andrew Hanna Kathleen Curlee

Chinese satellites could blind the American military’s ‘eyes-in-the-skies’ over the island

Categories Behind The News Tags China, Council on Foreign Relations, News, Space Race 2.0, Taiwan Risks, United States Leave a comment

How China tightened its grip in the South China Sea

September 18, 2025September 17, 2025 by Joshua Kurlantzick Annabel Richter

Joint military exercises and rising arms sales to regional states have increased Beijing’s influence

Categories Commentary Tags Arms Sales, China, Council on Foreign Relations, Military Power, News, Southeast Asia Leave a comment

What will come after the trade war and the China split

September 15, 2025August 20, 2025 by Michael Froman

A return to the status quo is impossible with both Washington and Beijing

Categories Commentary Tags China, Council on Foreign Relations, News, The Long Read, Trade Tensions, United States Leave a comment

China is waging a trade war with Europe and winning

September 1, 2025August 6, 2025 by Brad W Setser

Beijing has used industrial policy and a weak currency, not tariffs, and they are working

Categories Behind The News Tags Auto Push, Council on Foreign Relations, Export Surge, Imports Squeeze, News, The Long Read Leave a comment

March of the robots and China’s elderly care crisis

July 2, 2025July 1, 2025 by Carl Minzner

Concerns grow that new tech will prioritize economic growth over the needs of an aging population

Categories Analysis Tags Aging Population, China, Council on Foreign Relations, Humanoid Robots, News Leave a comment

Trade, Trump and tariffs hang over the G7 summit

June 30, 2025June 13, 2025 by Matthew P Goodman

‘China is expected to feature prominently in the discussions, both explicitly and indirectly’

Categories Viewpoint Tags China, Council on Foreign Relations, G7 Meeting, New Faces, News, United States Leave a comment

India is gradually losing South Asia to rival China

June 30, 2025June 5, 2025 by Joshua Kurlantzick

Beijing increases its influence in New Delhi’s neighborhood in a battle for regional power

Categories Analysis Tags China, Council on Foreign Relations, India, News, President Xi Jinping, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, The Long Read Leave a comment

What next as China and the US pull back from the brink 

June 6, 2025May 21, 2025 by Michael Froman

‘President Trump has conditioned markets and trading partners to accept a unilateral blanket tariff’

Categories Commentary Tags China, Council on Foreign Relations, News, President Xi Jinping, Tariffs Tension, The Long Read, United States Leave a comment

Xi banks on a band of brothers amid trade tensions 

May 12, 2025May 9, 2025 by Abi McGowan Aanika Veedon

China’s president tempts Southeast Asia neighbors with talks and deals to combat US tariffs

Categories Behind The News Tags China, Council on Foreign Relations, News, President Xi Jinping, Southeast Asia, Trade Trips Leave a comment

How Trump could deal with the dragon in the room

May 19, 2025April 29, 2025 by Jonathan E Hillman

Three ways to counter China by ‘strengthening enforcement, mobilizing investment and lowering barriers’

Categories Commentary Tags China, Council on Foreign Relations, Donald Trump, News, Tariffs Tension, The Long Read, United States Leave a comment
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