U.S.-China Competition in 2023: News and Analysis

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Behind the line is the out-of-focus face of Joe Biden.</figcaption> </figure> <div class="list-text" > <a class="hed-heading -excerpt" href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2025/02/06/biden-china-policy-competition-trade-semiconductors-trump/"> <h3 class="hed"> Did Biden Get China Right? </h3> </a> <div class="dek-heading -excerpt"> <p class="dek">The administration aimed to outcompete China. 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A poster affixed to the side of a car behind him says "Panama: Not for sale" in English and Spanish." style="width:auto;" class="image -fit horizontal-orientation" src="https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/panama-trump-GettyImages-2196699151.jpg?w=800?quality=80" srcset="https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/panama-trump-GettyImages-2196699151.jpg?quality=80 1500w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/panama-trump-GettyImages-2196699151.jpg?resize=150,100&quality=80 150w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/panama-trump-GettyImages-2196699151.jpg?resize=550,367&quality=80 550w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/panama-trump-GettyImages-2196699151.jpg?resize=768,512&quality=80 768w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/panama-trump-GettyImages-2196699151.jpg?resize=400,267&quality=80 400w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/panama-trump-GettyImages-2196699151.jpg?resize=1000,667&quality=80 1000w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/panama-trump-GettyImages-2196699151.jpg?resize=325,217&quality=80 325w" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" loading="lazy" > </a> <figcaption style="height:0;opacity:0;">A man in a baseball cap and polo shirt is seen slightly out of focus in the foreground as he walks with a solemn expression on his face. A poster affixed to the side of a car behind him says "Panama: Not for sale" in English and Spanish.</figcaption> </figure> <div class="list-text" > <a class="hed-heading -excerpt" href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2025/02/05/panama-canal-trump-rubio-china-ports/"> <h3 class="hed"> Panama Isn’t Surprised by Trump’s Imperial Fixation </h3> </a> <div class="dek-heading -excerpt"> <p class="dek">There is a long history of affronts against the country’s sovereignty.</p> </div> <div class="meta-data -excerpt"> <a href="https://foreignpolicy.com/channel/analysis/" class="department-name -excerpt "> Analysis </a> <p class="separator" aria-hidden="true">|</p> <address class="author-list -excerpt"> <a href="https://foreignpolicy.com/author/cristina-guevara/" data-author-id="1119875" class="author"> Cristina Guevara</a></address> </div> </div> </div> <div class="excerpt-content--list --first-post content-block " data-post-id="1185520"> <figure class="figure-image -nocaption"> <a style="padding-bottom:66.666666666667%; " href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2025/02/03/deepseek-china-ai-artificial-intelligence-united-states-tech-competition/" class="image-attachment -ratioscale horizontal-orientation"> <img width="800" height="533" alt="The DeepSeek logo is seen on a mobile screen, with copies of the screen reflected around the phone." style="width:auto;" class="image -fit horizontal-orientation" src="https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/deepseek-ai-china-GettyImages-2195590085.jpg?w=800?quality=80" srcset="https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/deepseek-ai-china-GettyImages-2195590085.jpg?quality=80 1500w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/deepseek-ai-china-GettyImages-2195590085.jpg?resize=150,100&quality=80 150w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/deepseek-ai-china-GettyImages-2195590085.jpg?resize=550,367&quality=80 550w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/deepseek-ai-china-GettyImages-2195590085.jpg?resize=768,512&quality=80 768w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/deepseek-ai-china-GettyImages-2195590085.jpg?resize=400,267&quality=80 400w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/deepseek-ai-china-GettyImages-2195590085.jpg?resize=1000,667&quality=80 1000w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/deepseek-ai-china-GettyImages-2195590085.jpg?resize=325,217&quality=80 325w" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" loading="lazy" > </a> <figcaption style="height:0;opacity:0;">The DeepSeek logo is seen on a mobile screen, with copies of the screen reflected around the phone.</figcaption> </figure> <div class="list-text" > <a class="hed-heading -excerpt" href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2025/02/03/deepseek-china-ai-artificial-intelligence-united-states-tech-competition/"> <h3 class="hed"> What DeepSeek Revealed About the Future of U.S.-China Competition </h3> </a> <div class="dek-heading -excerpt"> <p class="dek">Washington faces a daunting but critical task.</p> </div> <div class="meta-data -excerpt"> <a href="https://foreignpolicy.com/category/analysis/argument/" class="department-name -excerpt "> Argument </a> <p class="separator" aria-hidden="true">|</p> <address class="author-list -excerpt"> <a href="https://foreignpolicy.com/author/matt-sheehan/" data-author-id="391693" class="author"> Matt Sheehan</a><span class="separator">,</span> <a href="https://foreignpolicy.com/author/scott-singer/" data-author-id="1090259" class="author"> Scott Singer</a></address> </div> </div> </div> <div class="excerpt-content--list --first-post content-block " data-post-id="1182510"> <figure class="figure-image -nocaption"> <a style="padding-bottom:66.666666666667%; " href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2025/01/07/trump-isolationism-globalization-china-competition-manufacturing-tariffs-migration/" class="image-attachment -ratioscale horizontal-orientation"> <img width="800" height="533" alt="An illustration shows a wall made up of stacked shipping containers with a line of immigrants peering up at it from below." style="width:auto;" class="image -fit horizontal-orientation" src="https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/trump-immigration-trade-walls-isolationism-alvaro-bernis-illustration.jpg?w=800?quality=80" srcset="https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/trump-immigration-trade-walls-isolationism-alvaro-bernis-illustration.jpg?quality=80 1500w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/trump-immigration-trade-walls-isolationism-alvaro-bernis-illustration.jpg?resize=150,100&quality=80 150w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/trump-immigration-trade-walls-isolationism-alvaro-bernis-illustration.jpg?resize=550,367&quality=80 550w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/trump-immigration-trade-walls-isolationism-alvaro-bernis-illustration.jpg?resize=768,512&quality=80 768w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/trump-immigration-trade-walls-isolationism-alvaro-bernis-illustration.jpg?resize=400,267&quality=80 400w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/trump-immigration-trade-walls-isolationism-alvaro-bernis-illustration.jpg?resize=1000,667&quality=80 1000w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/trump-immigration-trade-walls-isolationism-alvaro-bernis-illustration.jpg?resize=325,217&quality=80 325w" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" loading="lazy" > </a> <figcaption style="height:0;opacity:0;">An illustration shows a wall made up of stacked shipping containers with a line of immigrants peering up at it from below.</figcaption> </figure> <div class="list-text" > <a class="hed-heading -excerpt" href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2025/01/07/trump-isolationism-globalization-china-competition-manufacturing-tariffs-migration/"> <h3 class="hed"> Isolationism Won’t Make Anyone Great Again </h3> </a> <div class="dek-heading -excerpt"> <p class="dek">The world will come together once it realizes fragmentation makes everyone poorer. </p> </div> <div class="meta-data -excerpt"> <a href="https://foreignpolicy.com/category/essay/" class="department-name -excerpt "> Essay </a> <p class="separator" aria-hidden="true">|</p> <address class="author-list -excerpt"> <a href="https://foreignpolicy.com/author/raghuram-rajan/" data-author-id="162448" class="author"> Raghuram G. Rajan</a></address> </div> </div> </div> <div class="excerpt-content--list --first-post content-block " data-post-id="1183152"> <figure class="figure-image -nocaption"> <a style="padding-bottom:66.666666666667%; " href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2025/01/06/tariffs-china-trump-mexico-protectionism-united-states-trade/" class="image-attachment -ratioscale horizontal-orientation"> <img width="800" height="533" alt="A woman sits at a massive industrial textile machine, wearing a face mask, gloves, and an apron. She is surrounded by a floor of dozens of other similar machines." style="width:auto;" class="image -fit horizontal-orientation" src="https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/TRUMP-TARIFFS-CHINA-GettyImages-2190691131.png?w=800?quality=80" srcset="https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/TRUMP-TARIFFS-CHINA-GettyImages-2190691131.png?quality=80 1500w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/TRUMP-TARIFFS-CHINA-GettyImages-2190691131.png?resize=150,100&quality=80 150w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/TRUMP-TARIFFS-CHINA-GettyImages-2190691131.png?resize=550,367&quality=80 550w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/TRUMP-TARIFFS-CHINA-GettyImages-2190691131.png?resize=768,512&quality=80 768w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/TRUMP-TARIFFS-CHINA-GettyImages-2190691131.png?resize=400,267&quality=80 400w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/TRUMP-TARIFFS-CHINA-GettyImages-2190691131.png?resize=1000,667&quality=80 1000w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/TRUMP-TARIFFS-CHINA-GettyImages-2190691131.png?resize=325,217&quality=80 325w" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" loading="lazy" > </a> <figcaption style="height:0;opacity:0;">A woman sits at a massive industrial textile machine, wearing a face mask, gloves, and an apron. She is surrounded by a floor of dozens of other similar machines.</figcaption> </figure> <div class="list-text" > <a class="hed-heading -excerpt" href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2025/01/06/tariffs-china-trump-mexico-protectionism-united-states-trade/"> <h3 class="hed"> Tariffs Are a Scalpel, Not a Hammer </h3> </a> <div class="dek-heading -excerpt"> <p class="dek">Trump can make his favorite trade tool work—if he picks the right targets.</p> </div> <div class="meta-data -excerpt"> <a href="https://foreignpolicy.com/category/analysis/argument/" class="department-name -excerpt "> Argument </a> <p class="separator" aria-hidden="true">|</p> <address class="author-list -excerpt"> <a href="https://foreignpolicy.com/author/aaron-friedberg/" data-author-id="151276" class="author"> Aaron L. Friedberg</a></address> </div> </div> </div> <div class="excerpt-content--list --first-post content-block " data-post-id="1182895"> <figure class="figure-image -nocaption"> <a style="padding-bottom:66.666666666667%; " href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2024/12/31/treasury-department-hack-china-breach-cybersecurity/" class="image-attachment -ratioscale horizontal-orientation"> <img width="800" height="533" alt="The U.S. Treasury Department in Washington, D.C., on Jan. 19, 2023." style="width:auto;" class="image -fit horizontal-orientation" src="https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Treasury-hacking-WB-GettyImages-1246358393.jpg?w=800?quality=80" srcset="https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Treasury-hacking-WB-GettyImages-1246358393.jpg?quality=80 1500w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Treasury-hacking-WB-GettyImages-1246358393.jpg?resize=150,100&quality=80 150w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Treasury-hacking-WB-GettyImages-1246358393.jpg?resize=550,367&quality=80 550w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Treasury-hacking-WB-GettyImages-1246358393.jpg?resize=768,512&quality=80 768w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Treasury-hacking-WB-GettyImages-1246358393.jpg?resize=400,267&quality=80 400w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Treasury-hacking-WB-GettyImages-1246358393.jpg?resize=1000,667&quality=80 1000w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Treasury-hacking-WB-GettyImages-1246358393.jpg?resize=325,217&quality=80 325w" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" loading="lazy" > </a> <figcaption style="height:0;opacity:0;">The U.S. Treasury Department in Washington, D.C., on Jan. 19, 2023.</figcaption> </figure> <div class="list-text" > <a class="hed-heading -excerpt" href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2024/12/31/treasury-department-hack-china-breach-cybersecurity/"> <h3 class="hed"> U.S. Treasury Department Says Chinese Hackers Breached Systems </h3> </a> <div class="dek-heading -excerpt"> <p class="dek">The incident closes a year that has seen an uptick in high-profile cyberattacks on the United States. </p> </div> <div class="meta-data -excerpt"> <a href="https://foreignpolicy.com/category/world-brief/" class="department-name -excerpt "> World Brief </a> <p class="separator" aria-hidden="true">|</p> <address class="author-list -excerpt"> <a href="https://foreignpolicy.com/author/anusha-rathi/" data-author-id="1080804" class="author"> Anusha Rathi</a></address> </div> </div> </div> <div class="excerpt-content--list --first-post content-block " data-post-id="1182609"> <figure class="figure-image -nocaption"> <a style="padding-bottom:66.666666666667%; " href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2024/12/26/fareed-zakaria-2024-review/" class="image-attachment -ratioscale horizontal-orientation"> <img width="800" height="548" alt="An Israeli artillery unit fires across the border toward Lebanon on Jan. 11." style="height:auto;" class="image -fit horizontal-orientation" src="https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/GettyImages-1917589790-e1735186122356.jpg?w=800?quality=80" srcset="https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/GettyImages-1917589790-e1735186122356.jpg?w=800&h=548&quality=80 800w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/GettyImages-1917589790-e1735186122356.jpg?w=600&h=411 600w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/GettyImages-1917589790-e1735186122356.jpg?w=400&h=274 400w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/GettyImages-1917589790-e1735186122356.jpg?w=200&h=137 200w" sizes="auto" loading="lazy" > </a> <figcaption style="height:0;opacity:0;">An Israeli artillery unit fires across the border toward Lebanon on Jan. 11.</figcaption> </figure> <div class="list-text" > <a class="hed-heading -excerpt" href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2024/12/26/fareed-zakaria-2024-review/"> <h3 class="hed"> Fareed Zakaria Looks Back at 2024 </h3> </a> <div class="dek-heading -excerpt"> <p class="dek">FP Live’s annual tradition of recounting the biggest highlights and trends of the year.</p> </div> <div class="meta-data -excerpt"> <a href="/insider" class="department-name -excerpt insider"> <svg class="lock-icon" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" width="10" height="12.11270476" viewBox="0 0 9.831 11.908" role="img" aria-hidden="true"> <defs> <clipPath> <rect width="10" height="12.11270476" fill="none"/> </clipPath> </defs> <g data-name="Group 2798" clip-path="url(#clip-path)"> <path fill="#a70e13" data-name="Path 378" d="M9.042,4.637H8.591V3.529A3.608,3.608,0,0,0,4.915,0,3.608,3.608,0,0,0,1.24,3.529V4.637H.788A.773.773,0,0,0,0,5.394v5.757a.773.773,0,0,0,.788.757H9.042a.773.773,0,0,0,.788-.757V5.394a.773.773,0,0,0-.788-.757M2.423,3.529A2.447,2.447,0,0,1,4.915,1.135,2.447,2.447,0,0,1,7.408,3.529V4.637H2.423Z" /> </g> </svg> Insider </a> <p class="separator" aria-hidden="true">|</p> <address class="author-list -excerpt"> <a href="https://foreignpolicy.com/author/ravi-agrawal/" data-author-id="938808" class="author"> Ravi Agrawal</a></address> </div> </div> </div> <div class="excerpt-content--list --first-post content-block " data-post-id="1182299"> <figure class="figure-image -nocaption"> <a style="padding-bottom:66.666666666667%; " href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2024/12/20/europe-eu-trump-trade-von-der-leyen-china/" class="image-attachment -ratioscale horizontal-orientation"> <img width="800" height="533" alt="U.S. President Donald Trump speaks with European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen prior to their meeting at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, on Jan. 21, 2020." style="width:auto;" class="image -fit horizontal-orientation" src="https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/GettyImages-1195126065.jpg?w=800?quality=80" srcset="https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/GettyImages-1195126065.jpg?quality=80 1500w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/GettyImages-1195126065.jpg?resize=150,100&quality=80 150w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/GettyImages-1195126065.jpg?resize=550,367&quality=80 550w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/GettyImages-1195126065.jpg?resize=768,512&quality=80 768w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/GettyImages-1195126065.jpg?resize=400,267&quality=80 400w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/GettyImages-1195126065.jpg?resize=1000,667&quality=80 1000w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/GettyImages-1195126065.jpg?resize=325,217&quality=80 325w" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" loading="lazy" > </a> <figcaption style="height:0;opacity:0;">U.S. President Donald Trump speaks with European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen prior to their meeting at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, on Jan. 21, 2020.</figcaption> </figure> <div class="list-text" > <a class="hed-heading -excerpt" href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2024/12/20/europe-eu-trump-trade-von-der-leyen-china/"> <h3 class="hed"> Europe Is Ready to Team Up on China—if Trump Is </h3> </a> <div class="dek-heading -excerpt"> <p class="dek">A U.S.-EU trade war could derail a combined effort to face down China.</p> </div> <div class="meta-data -excerpt"> <a href="https://foreignpolicy.com/category/analysis/argument/" class="department-name -excerpt "> Argument </a> <p class="separator" aria-hidden="true">|</p> <address class="author-list -excerpt"> <a href="https://foreignpolicy.com/author/thorsten-benner/" data-author-id="954558" class="author"> Thorsten Benner</a><span class="separator">,</span> <a href="https://foreignpolicy.com/author/jakob-hensing/" data-author-id="1182300" class="author"> Jakob Hensing</a><span class="separator">,</span> <a href="https://foreignpolicy.com/author/florian-klumpp/" data-author-id="1182303" class="author"> Florian Klumpp</a></address> </div> </div> </div> <div class="excerpt-content--list --first-post content-block " data-post-id="1182110"> <figure class="figure-image -nocaption"> <a style="padding-bottom:66.666666666667%; " href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2024/12/19/salt-typhoon-hack-explained-us-china-cyberattack/" class="image-attachment -ratioscale horizontal-orientation"> <img width="800" height="533" alt="A silver car drives past a Verizon store in Daly City." style="width:auto;" class="image -fit horizontal-orientation" src="https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Salt-typhoon-GettyImages-2175697016.jpg?w=800?quality=80" srcset="https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Salt-typhoon-GettyImages-2175697016.jpg?quality=80 1500w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Salt-typhoon-GettyImages-2175697016.jpg?resize=150,100&quality=80 150w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Salt-typhoon-GettyImages-2175697016.jpg?resize=550,367&quality=80 550w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Salt-typhoon-GettyImages-2175697016.jpg?resize=768,512&quality=80 768w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Salt-typhoon-GettyImages-2175697016.jpg?resize=400,267&quality=80 400w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Salt-typhoon-GettyImages-2175697016.jpg?resize=1000,667&quality=80 1000w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Salt-typhoon-GettyImages-2175697016.jpg?resize=325,217&quality=80 325w" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" loading="lazy" > </a> <figcaption style="height:0;opacity:0;">A silver car drives past a Verizon store in Daly City.</figcaption> </figure> <div class="list-text" > <a class="hed-heading -excerpt" href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2024/12/19/salt-typhoon-hack-explained-us-china-cyberattack/"> <h3 class="hed"> Why the Salt Typhoon Hack Is Freaking Everyone Out </h3> </a> <div class="dek-heading -excerpt"> <p class="dek">Officials say hackers linked to China have unprecedented access to U.S. telecommunication networks.</p> </div> <div class="meta-data -excerpt"> <a href="/insider" class="department-name -excerpt insider"> <svg class="lock-icon" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" width="10" height="12.11270476" viewBox="0 0 9.831 11.908" role="img" aria-hidden="true"> <defs> <clipPath> <rect width="10" height="12.11270476" fill="none"/> </clipPath> </defs> <g data-name="Group 2798" clip-path="url(#clip-path)"> <path fill="#a70e13" data-name="Path 378" d="M9.042,4.637H8.591V3.529A3.608,3.608,0,0,0,4.915,0,3.608,3.608,0,0,0,1.24,3.529V4.637H.788A.773.773,0,0,0,0,5.394v5.757a.773.773,0,0,0,.788.757H9.042a.773.773,0,0,0,.788-.757V5.394a.773.773,0,0,0-.788-.757M2.423,3.529A2.447,2.447,0,0,1,4.915,1.135,2.447,2.447,0,0,1,7.408,3.529V4.637H2.423Z" /> </g> </svg> Insider </a> <p class="separator" aria-hidden="true">|</p> <address class="author-list -excerpt"> <a href="https://foreignpolicy.com/author/rishi-iyengar/" data-author-id="1092802" class="author"> Rishi Iyengar</a></address> </div> </div> </div> <div class="excerpt-content--list --first-post content-block " data-post-id="1181960"> <figure class="figure-image -nocaption"> <a style="padding-bottom:66.666666666667%; " href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2024/12/19/china-antitrust-nvidia-tech-competition/" class="image-attachment -ratioscale horizontal-orientation"> <img width="800" height="540" alt="A photo of the Nvidia headquarters in Santa Clara, California. A black and green sign with the word Nvidia on it is in the foreground." style="height:auto;" class="image -fit horizontal-orientation" src="https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Antitrust-China-Nvidia-GettyImages-2154045580.jpg?w=800?quality=80" srcset="https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Antitrust-China-Nvidia-GettyImages-2154045580.jpg?quality=80 1500w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Antitrust-China-Nvidia-GettyImages-2154045580.jpg?resize=150,101&quality=80 150w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Antitrust-China-Nvidia-GettyImages-2154045580.jpg?resize=550,371&quality=80 550w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Antitrust-China-Nvidia-GettyImages-2154045580.jpg?resize=768,518&quality=80 768w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Antitrust-China-Nvidia-GettyImages-2154045580.jpg?resize=400,270&quality=80 400w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Antitrust-China-Nvidia-GettyImages-2154045580.jpg?resize=1000,675&quality=80 1000w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Antitrust-China-Nvidia-GettyImages-2154045580.jpg?resize=325,219&quality=80 325w" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" loading="lazy" > </a> <figcaption style="height:0;opacity:0;">A photo of the Nvidia headquarters in Santa Clara, California. A black and green sign with the word Nvidia on it is in the foreground.</figcaption> </figure> <div class="list-text" > <a class="hed-heading -excerpt" href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2024/12/19/china-antitrust-nvidia-tech-competition/"> <h3 class="hed"> How China’s Antitrust Tactics Undermine U.S. Tech Leadership </h3> </a> <div class="dek-heading -excerpt"> <p class="dek">U.S. firms are caught in China’s regulatory crossfire, with billions at stake.</p> </div> <div class="meta-data -excerpt"> <a href="https://foreignpolicy.com/category/analysis/argument/" class="department-name -excerpt "> Argument </a> <p class="separator" aria-hidden="true">|</p> <address class="author-list -excerpt"> <a href="https://foreignpolicy.com/author/ruby-scanlon/" data-author-id="1180615" class="author"> Ruby Scanlon</a></address> </div> </div> </div> <div class="excerpt-content--list --first-post content-block " data-post-id="1181738"> <figure class="figure-image -nocaption"> <a style="padding-bottom:66.666666666667%; " href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2024/12/16/dfc-investment-africa-china-bri-lobito-corridor-infrastructure-development/" class="image-attachment -ratioscale horizontal-orientation"> <img width="800" height="533" alt="U.S. President Joe Biden meets employees of the Lobito Atlantic Railway at the Port of Lobito in Lobito, Angola, on Dec. 4." style="width:auto;" class="image -fit horizontal-orientation" src="https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/BidenLobitoRail-2187598367.jpg?w=800?quality=80" srcset="https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/BidenLobitoRail-2187598367.jpg?quality=80 1500w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/BidenLobitoRail-2187598367.jpg?resize=150,100&quality=80 150w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/BidenLobitoRail-2187598367.jpg?resize=550,367&quality=80 550w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/BidenLobitoRail-2187598367.jpg?resize=768,512&quality=80 768w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/BidenLobitoRail-2187598367.jpg?resize=400,267&quality=80 400w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/BidenLobitoRail-2187598367.jpg?resize=1000,667&quality=80 1000w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/BidenLobitoRail-2187598367.jpg?resize=325,217&quality=80 325w" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" loading="lazy" > </a> <figcaption style="height:0;opacity:0;">U.S. President Joe Biden meets employees of the Lobito Atlantic Railway at the Port of Lobito in Lobito, Angola, on Dec. 4.</figcaption> </figure> <div class="list-text" > <a class="hed-heading -excerpt" href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2024/12/16/dfc-investment-africa-china-bri-lobito-corridor-infrastructure-development/"> <h3 class="hed"> Is the U.S. Answer to China’s Belt and Road Working? </h3> </a> <div class="dek-heading -excerpt"> <p class="dek">The International Development Finance Corporation has put the United States more on the map, but China remains king of global infrastructure.</p> </div> <div class="meta-data -excerpt"> <a href="https://foreignpolicy.com/channel/analysis/" class="department-name -excerpt "> Analysis </a> <p class="separator" aria-hidden="true">|</p> <address class="author-list -excerpt"> <a href="https://foreignpolicy.com/author/lili-pike/" data-author-id="1121803" class="author"> Lili Pike</a><span class="separator">,</span> <a href="https://foreignpolicy.com/author/christina-lu/" data-author-id="1029959" class="author"> Christina Lu</a></address> </div> </div> </div> <div class="excerpt-content--list --first-post content-block " data-post-id="1181708"> <figure class="figure-image -nocaption"> <a style="padding-bottom:66.666666666667%; " href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2024/12/16/china-latin-america-united-states-development-diplomacy-investment/" class="image-attachment -ratioscale horizontal-orientation"> <img width="800" height="533" alt="China's President Xi Jinping (L) and Peru's President Dina Boluarte applaud during the virtual inauguration ceremony of the Chancay "megaport" at the government palace in Lima on Nov. 14." style="width:auto;" class="image -fit horizontal-orientation" src="https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/xi-peru-GettyImages-2184083990.jpg?w=800?quality=80" srcset="https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/xi-peru-GettyImages-2184083990.jpg?quality=80 1500w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/xi-peru-GettyImages-2184083990.jpg?resize=150,100&quality=80 150w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/xi-peru-GettyImages-2184083990.jpg?resize=550,367&quality=80 550w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/xi-peru-GettyImages-2184083990.jpg?resize=768,512&quality=80 768w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/xi-peru-GettyImages-2184083990.jpg?resize=400,267&quality=80 400w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/xi-peru-GettyImages-2184083990.jpg?resize=1000,667&quality=80 1000w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/xi-peru-GettyImages-2184083990.jpg?resize=325,217&quality=80 325w" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" loading="lazy" > </a> <figcaption style="height:0;opacity:0;">China's President Xi Jinping (L) and Peru's President Dina Boluarte applaud during the virtual inauguration ceremony of the Chancay "megaport" at the government palace in Lima on Nov. 14.</figcaption> </figure> <div class="list-text" > <a class="hed-heading -excerpt" href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2024/12/16/china-latin-america-united-states-development-diplomacy-investment/"> <h3 class="hed"> What China Got Right in Latin America </h3> </a> <div class="dek-heading -excerpt"> <p class="dek">To compete in the region, a second Trump administration needs to do more than saber-rattle.</p> </div> <div class="meta-data -excerpt"> <a href="https://foreignpolicy.com/category/analysis/argument/" class="department-name -excerpt "> Argument </a> <p class="separator" aria-hidden="true">|</p> <address class="author-list -excerpt"> <a href="https://foreignpolicy.com/author/yu-jie/" data-author-id="134145" class="author"> Yu Jie</a><span class="separator">,</span> <a href="https://foreignpolicy.com/author/christopher-sabatini/" data-author-id="360014" class="author"> Christopher Sabatini</a></address> </div> </div> </div> <div class="excerpt-content--list --first-post content-block " data-post-id="1181640"> <figure class="figure-image -nocaption"> <a style="padding-bottom:66.666666666667%; " href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2024/12/13/trump-china-chips-semiconductors-tariffs/" class="image-attachment -ratioscale horizontal-orientation"> <img width="800" height="533" alt="An employee makes a chip at a JieJie Semiconductor factory in Nantong, China, on March 17, 2021. a factory of Jiejie Semiconductor Company in Nantong, in eastern China's Jiangsu province on March 17, 2021. - China OUT (Photo by STR / AFP) / China OUT (Photo by STR/AFP via Getty Images)" style="width:auto;" class="image -fit horizontal-orientation" src="https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/GettyImages-1231761976-e1731610266267.jpg?w=800?quality=80" srcset="https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/GettyImages-1231761976-e1731610266267.jpg?w=800&h=533&quality=80 800w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/GettyImages-1231761976-e1731610266267.jpg?w=600&h=400 600w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/GettyImages-1231761976-e1731610266267.jpg?w=400&h=267 400w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/GettyImages-1231761976-e1731610266267.jpg?w=200&h=133 200w" sizes="auto" loading="lazy" > </a> <figcaption style="height:0;opacity:0;">An employee makes a chip at a JieJie Semiconductor factory in Nantong, China, on March 17, 2021. a factory of Jiejie Semiconductor Company in Nantong, in eastern China's Jiangsu province on March 17, 2021. - China OUT (Photo by STR / AFP) / China OUT (Photo by STR/AFP via Getty Images)</figcaption> </figure> <div class="list-text" > <a class="hed-heading -excerpt" href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2024/12/13/trump-china-chips-semiconductors-tariffs/"> <h3 class="hed"> How Trump’s Return Will Impact the Chip Wars </h3> </a> <div class="dek-heading -excerpt"> <p class="dek">A central question is where the president-elect will land on tariffs—and how China might retaliate.</p> </div> <div class="meta-data -excerpt"> <a href="/insider" class="department-name -excerpt insider"> <svg class="lock-icon" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" width="10" height="12.11270476" viewBox="0 0 9.831 11.908" role="img" aria-hidden="true"> <defs> <clipPath> <rect width="10" height="12.11270476" fill="none"/> </clipPath> </defs> <g data-name="Group 2798" clip-path="url(#clip-path)"> <path fill="#a70e13" data-name="Path 378" d="M9.042,4.637H8.591V3.529A3.608,3.608,0,0,0,4.915,0,3.608,3.608,0,0,0,1.24,3.529V4.637H.788A.773.773,0,0,0,0,5.394v5.757a.773.773,0,0,0,.788.757H9.042a.773.773,0,0,0,.788-.757V5.394a.773.773,0,0,0-.788-.757M2.423,3.529A2.447,2.447,0,0,1,4.915,1.135,2.447,2.447,0,0,1,7.408,3.529V4.637H2.423Z" /> </g> </svg> Insider </a> <p class="separator" aria-hidden="true">|</p> <address class="author-list -excerpt"> <a href="https://foreignpolicy.com/author/ravi-agrawal/" data-author-id="938808" class="author"> Ravi Agrawal</a></address> </div> </div> </div> <div class="excerpt-content--list --first-post content-block " data-post-id="1179944"> <figure class="figure-image -nocaption"> <a style="padding-bottom:66.666666666667%; " href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2024/11/25/us-allies-economic-security-china-competition-innovation/" class="image-attachment -ratioscale horizontal-orientation"> <img width="800" height="533" alt="Employees work on a production line at a factory." style="width:auto;" class="image -fit horizontal-orientation" src="https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/CHINA-TECHNOLOGY-ECONOMICS-GettyImages-2184133015.png?w=800?quality=80" srcset="https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/CHINA-TECHNOLOGY-ECONOMICS-GettyImages-2184133015.png?quality=80 1500w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/CHINA-TECHNOLOGY-ECONOMICS-GettyImages-2184133015.png?resize=150,100&quality=80 150w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/CHINA-TECHNOLOGY-ECONOMICS-GettyImages-2184133015.png?resize=550,367&quality=80 550w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/CHINA-TECHNOLOGY-ECONOMICS-GettyImages-2184133015.png?resize=768,512&quality=80 768w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/CHINA-TECHNOLOGY-ECONOMICS-GettyImages-2184133015.png?resize=400,267&quality=80 400w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/CHINA-TECHNOLOGY-ECONOMICS-GettyImages-2184133015.png?resize=1000,667&quality=80 1000w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/CHINA-TECHNOLOGY-ECONOMICS-GettyImages-2184133015.png?resize=325,217&quality=80 325w" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" loading="lazy" > </a> <figcaption style="height:0;opacity:0;">Employees work on a production line at a factory.</figcaption> </figure> <div class="list-text" > <a class="hed-heading -excerpt" href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2024/11/25/us-allies-economic-security-china-competition-innovation/"> <h3 class="hed"> Washington Is Getting Economic Security Wrong </h3> </a> <div class="dek-heading -excerpt"> <p class="dek">Competition with China is based on false premises.</p> </div> <div class="meta-data -excerpt"> <a href="https://foreignpolicy.com/category/analysis/argument/" class="department-name -excerpt "> Argument </a> <p class="separator" aria-hidden="true">|</p> <address class="author-list -excerpt"> <a href="https://foreignpolicy.com/author/brad-glosserman/" data-author-id="202026" class="author"> Brad Glosserman</a></address> </div> </div> </div> <div class="excerpt-content--list --first-post content-block " data-post-id="1164214"> <figure class="figure-image -nocaption"> <a style="padding-bottom:66.666666666667%; " href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2024/11/15/peru-port-chancay-china-bri-economics-shipping-us/" class="image-attachment -ratioscale horizontal-orientation"> <img width="800" height="533" alt="An aerial view of the megaport in Chancay, Peru, on Oct. 29." style="width:auto;" class="image -fit horizontal-orientation" src="https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Chancay-port-Peru-China-Cosco-GettyImages-2181420122.jpg?w=800?quality=80" srcset="https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Chancay-port-Peru-China-Cosco-GettyImages-2181420122.jpg?quality=80 1500w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Chancay-port-Peru-China-Cosco-GettyImages-2181420122.jpg?resize=150,100&quality=80 150w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Chancay-port-Peru-China-Cosco-GettyImages-2181420122.jpg?resize=550,367&quality=80 550w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Chancay-port-Peru-China-Cosco-GettyImages-2181420122.jpg?resize=768,512&quality=80 768w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Chancay-port-Peru-China-Cosco-GettyImages-2181420122.jpg?resize=400,267&quality=80 400w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Chancay-port-Peru-China-Cosco-GettyImages-2181420122.jpg?resize=1000,667&quality=80 1000w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Chancay-port-Peru-China-Cosco-GettyImages-2181420122.jpg?resize=325,217&quality=80 325w" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" loading="lazy" > </a> <figcaption style="height:0;opacity:0;">An aerial view of the megaport in Chancay, Peru, on Oct. 29.</figcaption> </figure> <div class="list-text" > <a class="hed-heading -excerpt" href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2024/11/15/peru-port-chancay-china-bri-economics-shipping-us/"> <h3 class="hed"> Peru Unveils Chinese-Backed Megaport </h3> </a> <div class="dek-heading -excerpt"> <p class="dek">The BRI-funded project may further help the country out of a recession, but it worries Washington.</p> </div> <div class="meta-data -excerpt"> <a href="https://foreignpolicy.com/category/latin-america-brief/" class="department-name -excerpt "> Latin America Brief </a> <p class="separator" aria-hidden="true">|</p> <address class="author-list -excerpt"> <a href="https://foreignpolicy.com/author/catherine-osborn/" data-author-id="862983" class="author"> Catherine Osborn</a></address> </div> </div> </div> <div class="excerpt-content--list --first-post content-block " data-post-id="1164022"> <figure class="figure-image -nocaption"> <a style="padding-bottom:66.666666666667%; " href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2024/11/13/china-latin-america-investment-development-bri-apec-summit/" class="image-attachment -ratioscale horizontal-orientation"> <img width="800" height="533" alt="A long dock stretches into the water at a port in Peru. Massive blue cranes are perched along its length, and one behind the camera has lifted a metal shipping container, so it hangs at the top of the image against a pale gray sky." style="width:auto;" class="image -fit horizontal-orientation" src="https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/chancay-port-GettyImages-2181420414.jpg?w=800?quality=80" srcset="https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/chancay-port-GettyImages-2181420414.jpg?quality=80 1500w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/chancay-port-GettyImages-2181420414.jpg?resize=150,100&quality=80 150w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/chancay-port-GettyImages-2181420414.jpg?resize=550,367&quality=80 550w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/chancay-port-GettyImages-2181420414.jpg?resize=768,512&quality=80 768w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/chancay-port-GettyImages-2181420414.jpg?resize=400,267&quality=80 400w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/chancay-port-GettyImages-2181420414.jpg?resize=1000,667&quality=80 1000w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/chancay-port-GettyImages-2181420414.jpg?resize=325,217&quality=80 325w" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" loading="lazy" > </a> <figcaption style="height:0;opacity:0;">A long dock stretches into the water at a port in Peru. Massive blue cranes are perched along its length, and one behind the camera has lifted a metal shipping container, so it hangs at the top of the image against a pale gray sky.</figcaption> </figure> <div class="list-text" > <a class="hed-heading -excerpt" href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2024/11/13/china-latin-america-investment-development-bri-apec-summit/"> <h3 class="hed"> The Belt and Road Isn’t Dead. It’s Evolving. </h3> </a> <div class="dek-heading -excerpt"> <p class="dek">In Latin America, China is saying goodbye to big bets and bridges in favor of a new approach.</p> </div> <div class="meta-data -excerpt"> <a href="https://foreignpolicy.com/channel/analysis/" class="department-name -excerpt "> Analysis </a> <p class="separator" aria-hidden="true">|</p> <address class="author-list -excerpt"> <a href="https://foreignpolicy.com/author/mie-hoejris-dahl/" data-author-id="1134675" class="author"> Mie Hoejris Dahl</a></address> </div> </div> </div> <div class="excerpt-content--list --first-post content-block " data-post-id="1160306"> <figure class="figure-image -nocaption"> <a style="padding-bottom:66.666666666667%; " href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2024/10/21/us-china-competition-battery-production-ev-minerals-solid-state/" class="image-attachment -ratioscale horizontal-orientation"> <img width="800" height="533" alt="A factory worker stands near car batteries for Xinwangda Electric Vehicle Battery Company in Nanjing, China, on March 12, 2021." style="width:auto;" class="image -fit horizontal-orientation" src="https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/battery-china-us-GettyImages-1231680055.jpg?w=800?quality=80" srcset="https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/battery-china-us-GettyImages-1231680055.jpg?quality=80 1500w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/battery-china-us-GettyImages-1231680055.jpg?resize=150,100&quality=80 150w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/battery-china-us-GettyImages-1231680055.jpg?resize=550,367&quality=80 550w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/battery-china-us-GettyImages-1231680055.jpg?resize=768,512&quality=80 768w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/battery-china-us-GettyImages-1231680055.jpg?resize=400,267&quality=80 400w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/battery-china-us-GettyImages-1231680055.jpg?resize=1000,667&quality=80 1000w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/battery-china-us-GettyImages-1231680055.jpg?resize=325,217&quality=80 325w" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" loading="lazy" > </a> <figcaption style="height:0;opacity:0;">A factory worker stands near car batteries for Xinwangda Electric Vehicle Battery Company in Nanjing, China, on March 12, 2021.</figcaption> </figure> <div class="list-text" > <a class="hed-heading -excerpt" href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2024/10/21/us-china-competition-battery-production-ev-minerals-solid-state/"> <h3 class="hed"> How the United States Can Win the Battery Race </h3> </a> <div class="dek-heading -excerpt"> <p class="dek">To leapfrog China, Washington should shift away from lithium-ion batteries.</p> </div> <div class="meta-data -excerpt"> <a href="https://foreignpolicy.com/channel/analysis/" class="department-name -excerpt "> Analysis </a> <p class="separator" aria-hidden="true">|</p> <address class="author-list -excerpt"> <a href="https://foreignpolicy.com/author/varun-sivaram/" data-author-id="936270" class="author"> Varun Sivaram</a><span class="separator">,</span> <a href="https://foreignpolicy.com/author/noah-gordon/" data-author-id="1085311" class="author"> Noah Gordon</a></address> </div> </div> </div> <div class="excerpt-content--list --first-post content-block " data-post-id="1159315"> <figure class="figure-image -nocaption"> <a style="padding-bottom:66.666666666667%; " href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2024/10/10/china-taiwan-washington-dc-embassies-diplomacy-national-day/" class="image-attachment -ratioscale horizontal-orientation"> <img width="800" height="534" alt="Taiwanese President Lai Ching-Te lifts one arm to wave while he stands in front of microphones at a podium decorated with an abundance of purple flowers. He wears a suit with a matching purple tie." style="height:auto;" class="image -fit horizontal-orientation" src="https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/William_Lai-2177724796.jpg?w=800?quality=80" srcset="https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/William_Lai-2177724796.jpg?quality=80 1500w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/William_Lai-2177724796.jpg?resize=150,100&quality=80 150w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/William_Lai-2177724796.jpg?resize=550,367&quality=80 550w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/William_Lai-2177724796.jpg?resize=768,513&quality=80 768w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/William_Lai-2177724796.jpg?resize=400,267&quality=80 400w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/William_Lai-2177724796.jpg?resize=1000,667&quality=80 1000w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/William_Lai-2177724796.jpg?resize=325,217&quality=80 325w" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" loading="lazy" > </a> <figcaption style="height:0;opacity:0;">Taiwanese President Lai Ching-Te lifts one arm to wave while he stands in front of microphones at a podium decorated with an abundance of purple flowers. He wears a suit with a matching purple tie.</figcaption> </figure> <div class="list-text" > <a class="hed-heading -excerpt" href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2024/10/10/china-taiwan-washington-dc-embassies-diplomacy-national-day/"> <h3 class="hed"> A Tale of Two National Days </h3> </a> <div class="dek-heading -excerpt"> <p class="dek">The politics of partying with Taiwan and China in one Washington week.</p> </div> <div class="meta-data -excerpt"> <a href="https://foreignpolicy.com/category/news/dispatch/" class="department-name -excerpt "> Dispatch </a> <p class="separator" aria-hidden="true">|</p> <address class="author-list -excerpt"> <a href="https://foreignpolicy.com/author/lili-pike/" data-author-id="1121803" class="author"> Lili Pike</a></address> </div> </div> </div> <div class="excerpt-content--list --first-post content-block " data-post-id="1158481"> <figure class="figure-image -nocaption"> <a style="padding-bottom:66.666666666667%; " href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2024/10/02/walz-vance-vp-debate-top-foreign-policy-takeaways/" class="image-attachment -ratioscale horizontal-orientation"> <img width="800" height="533" alt="Vice presidential candidates Sen. J.D. Vance and Gov. Tim Walz participate in a debate in New York City." style="width:auto;" class="image -fit horizontal-orientation" src="https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/VPDebate-GettyImages-2176010732.jpg?w=800?quality=80" srcset="https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/VPDebate-GettyImages-2176010732.jpg?quality=80 1500w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/VPDebate-GettyImages-2176010732.jpg?resize=150,100&quality=80 150w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/VPDebate-GettyImages-2176010732.jpg?resize=550,367&quality=80 550w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/VPDebate-GettyImages-2176010732.jpg?resize=768,512&quality=80 768w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/VPDebate-GettyImages-2176010732.jpg?resize=400,267&quality=80 400w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/VPDebate-GettyImages-2176010732.jpg?resize=1000,667&quality=80 1000w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/VPDebate-GettyImages-2176010732.jpg?resize=325,217&quality=80 325w" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" loading="lazy" > </a> <figcaption style="height:0;opacity:0;">Vice presidential candidates Sen. J.D. Vance and Gov. Tim Walz participate in a debate in New York City.</figcaption> </figure> <div class="list-text" > <a class="hed-heading -excerpt" href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2024/10/02/walz-vance-vp-debate-top-foreign-policy-takeaways/"> <h3 class="hed"> Top Foreign-Policy Takeaways From the Vice Presidential Debate </h3> </a> <div class="dek-heading -excerpt"> <p class="dek">The two contenders clashed over Iran’s threat to Israel, tariffs on China, border security, and the health of U.S. democracy.</p> </div> <div class="meta-data -excerpt"> <a href="https://foreignpolicy.com/category/news/report/" class="department-name -excerpt "> Report </a> <p class="separator" aria-hidden="true">|</p> <address class="author-list -excerpt"> <a href="https://foreignpolicy.com/author/alexandra-sharp/" data-author-id="1033414" class="author"> Alexandra Sharp</a><span class="separator">,</span> <a href="https://foreignpolicy.com/author/lili-pike/" data-author-id="1121803" class="author"> Lili Pike</a></address> </div> </div> </div> <div class="excerpt-content--list --first-post content-block " data-post-id="1157881"> <figure class="figure-image -nocaption"> <a style="padding-bottom:66.666666666667%; " href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2024/09/25/china-biden-connected-cars-commerce-ban/" class="image-attachment -ratioscale horizontal-orientation"> <img width="800" height="533" alt="Employees work on a new energy vehicle assembly line at a BYD factory in Huaian." style="width:auto;" class="image -fit horizontal-orientation" src="https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/China.electric.car_.BYD_.GettyImages-2167781652.jpg?w=800?quality=80" srcset="https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/China.electric.car_.BYD_.GettyImages-2167781652.jpg?quality=80 1500w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/China.electric.car_.BYD_.GettyImages-2167781652.jpg?resize=150,100&quality=80 150w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/China.electric.car_.BYD_.GettyImages-2167781652.jpg?resize=550,367&quality=80 550w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/China.electric.car_.BYD_.GettyImages-2167781652.jpg?resize=768,512&quality=80 768w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/China.electric.car_.BYD_.GettyImages-2167781652.jpg?resize=400,267&quality=80 400w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/China.electric.car_.BYD_.GettyImages-2167781652.jpg?resize=1000,667&quality=80 1000w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/China.electric.car_.BYD_.GettyImages-2167781652.jpg?resize=325,217&quality=80 325w" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" loading="lazy" > </a> <figcaption style="height:0;opacity:0;">Employees work on a new energy vehicle assembly line at a BYD factory in Huaian.</figcaption> </figure> <div class="list-text" > <a class="hed-heading -excerpt" href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2024/09/25/china-biden-connected-cars-commerce-ban/"> <h3 class="hed"> Biden’s High-Wire Balancing Act on Chinese Tech </h3> </a> <div class="dek-heading -excerpt"> <p class="dek">A new rule would effectively ban Chinese cars from the United States. Some experts worry about the costs of the sweeping approach.</p> </div> <div class="meta-data -excerpt"> <a href="https://foreignpolicy.com/channel/analysis/" class="department-name -excerpt "> Analysis </a> <p class="separator" aria-hidden="true">|</p> <address class="author-list -excerpt"> <a href="https://foreignpolicy.com/author/lili-pike/" data-author-id="1121803" class="author"> Lili Pike</a></address> </div> </div> </div> <div class="excerpt-content--list --first-post content-block " data-post-id="1157615"> <figure class="figure-image -nocaption"> <a style="padding-bottom:66.666666666667%; " href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2024/09/24/us-china-competition-asia-global-epicenter/" class="image-attachment -ratioscale horizontal-orientation"> <img width="800" height="533" alt="A photo illustration shows a China-flagged shipping container inside a glass bottle." style="width:auto;" class="image -fit horizontal-orientation" src="https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/1-China-trade-war-us-diplomacy-Matt-Chase-illustration-3-2.jpg?w=800?quality=80" srcset="https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/1-China-trade-war-us-diplomacy-Matt-Chase-illustration-3-2.jpg?quality=80 1500w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/1-China-trade-war-us-diplomacy-Matt-Chase-illustration-3-2.jpg?resize=150,100&quality=80 150w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/1-China-trade-war-us-diplomacy-Matt-Chase-illustration-3-2.jpg?resize=550,367&quality=80 550w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/1-China-trade-war-us-diplomacy-Matt-Chase-illustration-3-2.jpg?resize=768,512&quality=80 768w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/1-China-trade-war-us-diplomacy-Matt-Chase-illustration-3-2.jpg?resize=400,267&quality=80 400w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/1-China-trade-war-us-diplomacy-Matt-Chase-illustration-3-2.jpg?resize=1000,667&quality=80 1000w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/1-China-trade-war-us-diplomacy-Matt-Chase-illustration-3-2.jpg?resize=325,217&quality=80 325w" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" loading="lazy" > </a> <figcaption style="height:0;opacity:0;">A photo illustration shows a China-flagged shipping container inside a glass bottle.</figcaption> </figure> <div class="list-text" > <a class="hed-heading -excerpt" href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2024/09/24/us-china-competition-asia-global-epicenter/"> <h3 class="hed"> Washington’s Playbook for China Must Change </h3> </a> <div class="dek-heading -excerpt"> <p class="dek">Asia is the global epicenter of a competition for global leadership.</p> </div> <div class="meta-data -excerpt"> <a href="https://foreignpolicy.com/category/analysis/argument/" class="department-name -excerpt "> Argument </a> <p class="separator" aria-hidden="true">|</p> <address class="author-list -excerpt"> <a href="https://foreignpolicy.com/author/evan-g-greenberg/" data-author-id="1157614" class="author"> Evan G. Greenberg</a></address> </div> </div> </div> <div class="excerpt-content--list --first-post content-block " data-post-id="1157706"> <figure class="figure-image -nocaption"> <a style="padding-bottom:66.666666666667%; " href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2024/09/24/panama-president-mulino-china-united-states/" class="image-attachment -ratioscale horizontal-orientation"> <img width="800" height="533" alt="Panama's presidential candidate for the Realizando Metas party Jose Raul Mulino gestures during his campaign closing rally in Panama City on April 28, 2024." style="width:auto;" class="image -fit horizontal-orientation" src="https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/GettyImages-2150113027.jpg?w=800?quality=80" srcset="https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/GettyImages-2150113027.jpg?quality=80 1500w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/GettyImages-2150113027.jpg?resize=150,100&quality=80 150w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/GettyImages-2150113027.jpg?resize=550,367&quality=80 550w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/GettyImages-2150113027.jpg?resize=768,512&quality=80 768w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/GettyImages-2150113027.jpg?resize=400,267&quality=80 400w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/GettyImages-2150113027.jpg?resize=1000,667&quality=80 1000w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/GettyImages-2150113027.jpg?resize=325,217&quality=80 325w" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" loading="lazy" > </a> <figcaption style="height:0;opacity:0;">Panama's presidential candidate for the Realizando Metas party Jose Raul Mulino gestures during his campaign closing rally in Panama City on April 28, 2024.</figcaption> </figure> <div class="list-text" > <a class="hed-heading -excerpt" href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2024/09/24/panama-president-mulino-china-united-states/"> <h3 class="hed"> Panama’s New President Means New China Policy </h3> </a> <div class="dek-heading -excerpt"> <p class="dek">After Latin America’s long drift toward Beijing, the United States can shore up its position.</p> </div> <div class="meta-data -excerpt"> <a href="https://foreignpolicy.com/channel/analysis/" class="department-name -excerpt "> Analysis </a> <p class="separator" aria-hidden="true">|</p> <address class="author-list -excerpt"> <a href="https://foreignpolicy.com/author/benjamin-n-gedan/" data-author-id="946912" class="author"> Benjamin N. Gedan</a></address> </div> </div> </div> <div class="excerpt-content--list --first-post content-block " data-post-id="1157319"> <figure class="figure-image -nocaption"> <a style="padding-bottom:66.666666666667%; " href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2024/09/19/republican-gop-china-policy-cold-war-regime-change-competition/" class="image-attachment -ratioscale horizontal-orientation"> <img width="800" height="533" alt="A photo collage illustration shows Chinese leader Xi Jinping walking down red-carpeted stairs. At left are two sparring hawks. Behind him is the US Capitol and Donald Trump with his hand to his face. At lower right are two Chinese protesters." style="width:auto;" class="image -fit horizontal-orientation" src="https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/2-china-hawks-gop-regime-change-klawe-rzeczy-illustration-site.jpg?w=800?quality=80" srcset="https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/2-china-hawks-gop-regime-change-klawe-rzeczy-illustration-site.jpg?quality=80 1500w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/2-china-hawks-gop-regime-change-klawe-rzeczy-illustration-site.jpg?resize=150,100&quality=80 150w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/2-china-hawks-gop-regime-change-klawe-rzeczy-illustration-site.jpg?resize=550,367&quality=80 550w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/2-china-hawks-gop-regime-change-klawe-rzeczy-illustration-site.jpg?resize=768,512&quality=80 768w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/2-china-hawks-gop-regime-change-klawe-rzeczy-illustration-site.jpg?resize=400,267&quality=80 400w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/2-china-hawks-gop-regime-change-klawe-rzeczy-illustration-site.jpg?resize=1000,667&quality=80 1000w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/2-china-hawks-gop-regime-change-klawe-rzeczy-illustration-site.jpg?resize=325,217&quality=80 325w" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" loading="lazy" > </a> <figcaption style="height:0;opacity:0;">A photo collage illustration shows Chinese leader Xi Jinping walking down red-carpeted stairs. At left are two sparring hawks. Behind him is the US Capitol and Donald Trump with his hand to his face. At lower right are two Chinese protesters.</figcaption> </figure> <div class="list-text" > <a class="hed-heading -excerpt" href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2024/09/19/republican-gop-china-policy-cold-war-regime-change-competition/"> <h3 class="hed"> How Does the U.S.-China ‘Cold War’ End? </h3> </a> <div class="dek-heading -excerpt"> <p class="dek">Republicans are divided on whether regime change in Beijing should be the ultimate goal.</p> </div> <div class="meta-data -excerpt"> <a href="https://foreignpolicy.com/category/deep-dive/" class="department-name -excerpt "> Deep Dive </a> <p class="separator" aria-hidden="true">|</p> <address class="author-list -excerpt"> <a href="https://foreignpolicy.com/author/lili-pike/" data-author-id="1121803" class="author"> Lili Pike</a></address> </div> </div> </div> <div class="excerpt-content--list --first-post content-block " data-post-id="1155945"> <figure class="figure-image -nocaption"> <a style="padding-bottom:66.666666666667%; " href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2024/09/05/us-china-policy-taiwan-sullivan-visit/" class="image-attachment -ratioscale horizontal-orientation"> <img width="800" height="533" alt="U.S. Ambassador to China Nicholas Burns, left, shakes hands with Chinese President Xi Jinping in Beijing on April 26." style="width:auto;" class="image -fit horizontal-orientation" src="https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/Nicholas-Burns-Xi-Jinping-GettyImages-2149657643.jpg?w=800?quality=80" srcset="https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/Nicholas-Burns-Xi-Jinping-GettyImages-2149657643.jpg?quality=80 1500w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/Nicholas-Burns-Xi-Jinping-GettyImages-2149657643.jpg?resize=150,100&quality=80 150w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/Nicholas-Burns-Xi-Jinping-GettyImages-2149657643.jpg?resize=550,367&quality=80 550w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/Nicholas-Burns-Xi-Jinping-GettyImages-2149657643.jpg?resize=768,512&quality=80 768w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/Nicholas-Burns-Xi-Jinping-GettyImages-2149657643.jpg?resize=400,267&quality=80 400w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/Nicholas-Burns-Xi-Jinping-GettyImages-2149657643.jpg?resize=1000,667&quality=80 1000w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/Nicholas-Burns-Xi-Jinping-GettyImages-2149657643.jpg?resize=325,217&quality=80 325w" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" loading="lazy" > </a> <figcaption style="height:0;opacity:0;">U.S. Ambassador to China Nicholas Burns, left, shakes hands with Chinese President Xi Jinping in Beijing on April 26.</figcaption> </figure> <div class="list-text" > <a class="hed-heading -excerpt" href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2024/09/05/us-china-policy-taiwan-sullivan-visit/"> <h3 class="hed"> Is America’s China Policy Too Hawkish? </h3> </a> <div class="dek-heading -excerpt"> <p class="dek">Not so, argues the White House’s ambassador in Beijing, Nicholas Burns. </p> </div> <div class="meta-data -excerpt"> <a href="https://foreignpolicy.com/category/q-a/" class="department-name -excerpt "> Q&A </a> <p class="separator" aria-hidden="true">|</p> <address class="author-list -excerpt"> <a href="https://foreignpolicy.com/author/ravi-agrawal/" data-author-id="938808" class="author"> Ravi Agrawal</a></address> </div> </div> </div> <div class="excerpt-content--list --first-post content-block " data-post-id="1154640"> <figure class="figure-image -nocaption"> <a style="padding-bottom:66.666666666667%; " href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2024/08/27/china-us-fentanyl-crisis-perceptions-drug-trafficking/" class="image-attachment -ratioscale horizontal-orientation"> <img width="800" height="533" alt="A person's hands are seen as they stand behind a tabletop stacked with blister packs of small white pills. The person holds a box opener as they open a small cardboard box of the same pills to investigate them." style="width:auto;" class="image -fit horizontal-orientation" src="https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/fentanyl-GettyImages-1176399197.jpg?w=800?quality=80" srcset="https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/fentanyl-GettyImages-1176399197.jpg?quality=80 1500w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/fentanyl-GettyImages-1176399197.jpg?resize=150,100&quality=80 150w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/fentanyl-GettyImages-1176399197.jpg?resize=550,367&quality=80 550w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/fentanyl-GettyImages-1176399197.jpg?resize=768,512&quality=80 768w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/fentanyl-GettyImages-1176399197.jpg?resize=400,267&quality=80 400w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/fentanyl-GettyImages-1176399197.jpg?resize=1000,667&quality=80 1000w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/fentanyl-GettyImages-1176399197.jpg?resize=325,217&quality=80 325w" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" loading="lazy" > </a> <figcaption style="height:0;opacity:0;">A person's hands are seen as they stand behind a tabletop stacked with blister packs of small white pills. The person holds a box opener as they open a small cardboard box of the same pills to investigate them.</figcaption> </figure> <div class="list-text" > <a class="hed-heading -excerpt" href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2024/08/27/china-us-fentanyl-crisis-perceptions-drug-trafficking/"> <h3 class="hed"> Washington and Beijing Don’t Understand Each Other’s Fentanyl Positions </h3> </a> <div class="dek-heading -excerpt"> <p class="dek">Perception gaps are a major problem in the fight against drug-trafficking.</p> </div> <div class="meta-data -excerpt"> <a href="https://foreignpolicy.com/category/analysis/argument/" class="department-name -excerpt "> Argument </a> <p class="separator" aria-hidden="true">|</p> <address class="author-list -excerpt"> <a href="https://foreignpolicy.com/author/yanzhong-huang/" data-author-id="930095" class="author"> Yanzhong Huang</a><span class="separator">,</span> <a href="https://foreignpolicy.com/author/marcel-arsenault/" data-author-id="1154654" class="author"> Marcel Arsenault</a></address> </div> </div> </div> <div class="excerpt-content--list --first-post content-block " data-post-id="1154613"> <figure class="figure-image -nocaption"> <a style="padding-bottom:66.666666666667%; " href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2024/08/27/biden-tiktok-bytedance-china-ban-getgee-knowledge-commons/" class="image-attachment -ratioscale horizontal-orientation"> <img width="800" height="533" alt="The headquarters of ByteDance, the parent company of video sharing app TikTok, is seen in Beijing on Sept. 16, 2020." style="width:auto;" class="image -fit horizontal-orientation" src="https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/tiktok-bytedance-hq-beijing-GettyImages-1228542204.jpg?w=800?quality=80" srcset="https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/tiktok-bytedance-hq-beijing-GettyImages-1228542204.jpg?quality=80 1500w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/tiktok-bytedance-hq-beijing-GettyImages-1228542204.jpg?resize=150,100&quality=80 150w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/tiktok-bytedance-hq-beijing-GettyImages-1228542204.jpg?resize=550,367&quality=80 550w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/tiktok-bytedance-hq-beijing-GettyImages-1228542204.jpg?resize=768,512&quality=80 768w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/tiktok-bytedance-hq-beijing-GettyImages-1228542204.jpg?resize=400,267&quality=80 400w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/tiktok-bytedance-hq-beijing-GettyImages-1228542204.jpg?resize=1000,667&quality=80 1000w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/tiktok-bytedance-hq-beijing-GettyImages-1228542204.jpg?resize=325,217&quality=80 325w" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" loading="lazy" > </a> <figcaption style="height:0;opacity:0;">The headquarters of ByteDance, the parent company of video sharing app TikTok, is seen in Beijing on Sept. 16, 2020.</figcaption> </figure> <div class="list-text" > <a class="hed-heading -excerpt" href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2024/08/27/biden-tiktok-bytedance-china-ban-getgee-knowledge-commons/"> <h3 class="hed"> Banning TikTok Won’t Keep Your Data Safe </h3> </a> <div class="dek-heading -excerpt"> <p class="dek">Pompous billionaires, authoritarian regimes, and opaque oligarchs are hoarding our data. Only an alternative online ecosystem will stop them.</p> </div> <div class="meta-data -excerpt"> <a href="https://foreignpolicy.com/category/analysis/argument/" class="department-name -excerpt "> Argument </a> <p class="separator" aria-hidden="true">|</p> <address class="author-list -excerpt"> <a href="https://foreignpolicy.com/author/douglas-lucas/" data-author-id="1154614" class="author"> Douglas Lucas</a></address> </div> </div> </div> <div class="excerpt-content--list --first-post content-block " data-post-id="1153577"> <figure class="figure-image -nocaption"> <a style="padding-bottom:66.666666666667%; " href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2024/08/16/adam-posen-trump-harris-economic-policy-differences/" class="image-attachment -ratioscale horizontal-orientation"> <img width="800" height="533" alt="Vice President Kamala Harris, pictured on the left, and former President Donald Trump, pictured on the right." style="width:auto;" class="image -fit horizontal-orientation" src="https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/Harris-Trump-1500x1000-2153889286-2164714891.png?w=800?quality=80" srcset="https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/Harris-Trump-1500x1000-2153889286-2164714891.png?quality=80 3125w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/Harris-Trump-1500x1000-2153889286-2164714891.png?resize=150,100&quality=80 150w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/Harris-Trump-1500x1000-2153889286-2164714891.png?resize=550,367&quality=80 550w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/Harris-Trump-1500x1000-2153889286-2164714891.png?resize=768,512&quality=80 768w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/Harris-Trump-1500x1000-2153889286-2164714891.png?resize=1536,1024&quality=80 1536w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/Harris-Trump-1500x1000-2153889286-2164714891.png?resize=2048,1365&quality=80 2048w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/Harris-Trump-1500x1000-2153889286-2164714891.png?resize=400,267&quality=80 400w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/Harris-Trump-1500x1000-2153889286-2164714891.png?resize=1920,1280&quality=80 1920w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/Harris-Trump-1500x1000-2153889286-2164714891.png?resize=1000,667&quality=80 1000w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/Harris-Trump-1500x1000-2153889286-2164714891.png?resize=325,217&quality=80 325w" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" loading="lazy" > </a> <figcaption style="height:0;opacity:0;">Vice President Kamala Harris, pictured on the left, and former President Donald Trump, pictured on the right.</figcaption> </figure> <div class="list-text" > <a class="hed-heading -excerpt" href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2024/08/16/adam-posen-trump-harris-economic-policy-differences/"> <h3 class="hed"> How Trump and Harris Differ on Economic Policy </h3> </a> <div class="dek-heading -excerpt"> <p class="dek">Economist Adam Posen says the two campaigns diverge sharply on migration and the dollar, but have both proposed industrial policies that are “not fit for purpose.”</p> </div> <div class="meta-data -excerpt"> <a href="/insider" class="department-name -excerpt insider"> <svg class="lock-icon" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" width="10" height="12.11270476" viewBox="0 0 9.831 11.908" role="img" aria-hidden="true"> <defs> <clipPath> <rect width="10" height="12.11270476" fill="none"/> </clipPath> </defs> <g data-name="Group 2798" clip-path="url(#clip-path)"> <path fill="#a70e13" data-name="Path 378" d="M9.042,4.637H8.591V3.529A3.608,3.608,0,0,0,4.915,0,3.608,3.608,0,0,0,1.24,3.529V4.637H.788A.773.773,0,0,0,0,5.394v5.757a.773.773,0,0,0,.788.757H9.042a.773.773,0,0,0,.788-.757V5.394a.773.773,0,0,0-.788-.757M2.423,3.529A2.447,2.447,0,0,1,4.915,1.135,2.447,2.447,0,0,1,7.408,3.529V4.637H2.423Z" /> </g> </svg> Insider </a> <p class="separator" aria-hidden="true">|</p> <address class="author-list -excerpt"> <a href="https://foreignpolicy.com/author/ravi-agrawal/" data-author-id="938808" class="author"> Ravi Agrawal</a></address> </div> </div> </div> <div class="excerpt-content--list --first-post content-block " data-post-id="1152923"> <figure class="figure-image -nocaption"> <a style="padding-bottom:66.666666666667%; " href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2024/08/16/gina-raimondo-us-china-tech-competition-chips-ai/" class="image-attachment -ratioscale horizontal-orientation"> <img width="800" height="533" alt="A drawn illustration of Gina Raimondo with a blue background." style="width:auto;" class="image -fit horizontal-orientation" src="https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/0-lead-gina-raimondo-Foreign-Policy-interview.png?w=800?quality=80" srcset="https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/0-lead-gina-raimondo-Foreign-Policy-interview.png?quality=80 1500w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/0-lead-gina-raimondo-Foreign-Policy-interview.png?resize=150,100&quality=80 150w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/0-lead-gina-raimondo-Foreign-Policy-interview.png?resize=550,367&quality=80 550w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/0-lead-gina-raimondo-Foreign-Policy-interview.png?resize=768,512&quality=80 768w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/0-lead-gina-raimondo-Foreign-Policy-interview.png?resize=400,267&quality=80 400w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/0-lead-gina-raimondo-Foreign-Policy-interview.png?resize=1000,667&quality=80 1000w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/0-lead-gina-raimondo-Foreign-Policy-interview.png?resize=325,217&quality=80 325w" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" loading="lazy" > </a> <figcaption style="height:0;opacity:0;">A drawn illustration of Gina Raimondo with a blue background.</figcaption> </figure> <div class="list-text" > <a class="hed-heading -excerpt" href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2024/08/16/gina-raimondo-us-china-tech-competition-chips-ai/"> <h3 class="hed"> The Technocrat </h3> </a> <div class="dek-heading -excerpt"> <p class="dek">Gina Raimondo has reshaped the Commerce Department for technological competition with China.</p> </div> <div class="meta-data -excerpt"> <a href="https://foreignpolicy.com/category/interview/" class="department-name -excerpt "> Interview </a> <p class="separator" aria-hidden="true">|</p> <address class="author-list -excerpt"> <a href="https://foreignpolicy.com/author/rishi-iyengar/" data-author-id="1092802" class="author"> Rishi Iyengar</a></address> </div> </div> </div> <div class="excerpt-content--list --first-post content-block " data-post-id="1153294"> <figure class="figure-image -nocaption"> <a style="padding-bottom:66.666666666667%; " href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2024/08/14/russia-china-iran-north-korea-axis-evil-cooperation/" class="image-attachment -ratioscale horizontal-orientation"> <img width="800" height="533" alt="Soldiers from China, Iran, North Korea, and Russia pose for a photo before an exhibition celebrating late North Korean leader Kim Jong Il, in Pyongyang, North Korea, on Feb. 14, 2019." style="width:auto;" class="image -fit horizontal-orientation" src="https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/china-russia-iran-north-korea-GettyImages-1124882625.jpg?w=800?quality=80" srcset="https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/china-russia-iran-north-korea-GettyImages-1124882625.jpg?quality=80 1500w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/china-russia-iran-north-korea-GettyImages-1124882625.jpg?resize=150,100&quality=80 150w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/china-russia-iran-north-korea-GettyImages-1124882625.jpg?resize=550,367&quality=80 550w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/china-russia-iran-north-korea-GettyImages-1124882625.jpg?resize=768,512&quality=80 768w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/china-russia-iran-north-korea-GettyImages-1124882625.jpg?resize=400,267&quality=80 400w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/china-russia-iran-north-korea-GettyImages-1124882625.jpg?resize=1000,667&quality=80 1000w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/china-russia-iran-north-korea-GettyImages-1124882625.jpg?resize=325,217&quality=80 325w" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" loading="lazy" > </a> <figcaption style="height:0;opacity:0;">Soldiers from China, Iran, North Korea, and Russia pose for a photo before an exhibition celebrating late North Korean leader Kim Jong Il, in Pyongyang, North Korea, on Feb. 14, 2019.</figcaption> </figure> <div class="list-text" > <a class="hed-heading -excerpt" href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2024/08/14/russia-china-iran-north-korea-axis-evil-cooperation/"> <h3 class="hed"> The ‘Axis of Evil’ Is Overhyped </h3> </a> <div class="dek-heading -excerpt"> <p class="dek">The United States’ biggest adversaries are far from a unified threat.</p> </div> <div class="meta-data -excerpt"> <a href="https://foreignpolicy.com/category/analysis/argument/" class="department-name -excerpt "> Argument </a> <p class="separator" aria-hidden="true">|</p> <address class="author-list -excerpt"> <a href="https://foreignpolicy.com/author/daniel-r-depetris/" data-author-id="1102321" class="author"> Daniel R. DePetris</a><span class="separator">,</span> <a href="https://foreignpolicy.com/author/jennifer-kavanagh/" data-author-id="1112160" class="author"> Jennifer Kavanagh</a></address> </div> </div> </div> <div class="excerpt-content--list --first-post content-block " data-post-id="1153118"> <figure class="figure-image -nocaption"> <a style="padding-bottom:66.666666666667%; " href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2024/08/12/tim-walz-china-record-us-election-harris-trump/" class="image-attachment -ratioscale horizontal-orientation"> <img width="800" height="533" alt="Democratic vice presidential candidate and Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz gestures during a campaign rally at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas." style="width:auto;" class="image -fit horizontal-orientation" src="https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/WALZ-CHINA-GettyImages-2165777544.png?w=800?quality=80" srcset="https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/WALZ-CHINA-GettyImages-2165777544.png?quality=80 1500w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/WALZ-CHINA-GettyImages-2165777544.png?resize=150,100&quality=80 150w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/WALZ-CHINA-GettyImages-2165777544.png?resize=550,367&quality=80 550w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/WALZ-CHINA-GettyImages-2165777544.png?resize=768,512&quality=80 768w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/WALZ-CHINA-GettyImages-2165777544.png?resize=400,267&quality=80 400w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/WALZ-CHINA-GettyImages-2165777544.png?resize=1000,667&quality=80 1000w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/WALZ-CHINA-GettyImages-2165777544.png?resize=325,217&quality=80 325w" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" loading="lazy" > </a> <figcaption style="height:0;opacity:0;">Democratic vice presidential candidate and Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz gestures during a campaign rally at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas.</figcaption> </figure> <div class="list-text" > <a class="hed-heading -excerpt" href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2024/08/12/tim-walz-china-record-us-election-harris-trump/"> <h3 class="hed"> Tim Walz Has Always Been Consistent on China </h3> </a> <div class="dek-heading -excerpt"> <p class="dek">Local newspapers reveal what the vice presidential candidate thought long before he came into the national spotlight.</p> </div> <div class="meta-data -excerpt"> <a href="https://foreignpolicy.com/channel/analysis/" class="department-name -excerpt "> Analysis </a> <p class="separator" aria-hidden="true">|</p> <address class="author-list -excerpt"> <a href="https://foreignpolicy.com/author/paul-musgrave/" data-author-id="966802" class="author"> Paul Musgrave</a></address> </div> </div> </div> <div class="excerpt-content--list --first-post content-block " data-post-id="1152938"> <figure class="figure-image -nocaption"> <a style="padding-bottom:66.666666666667%; " href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2024/08/09/us-china-fentanyl-regulations-cooperation/" class="image-attachment -ratioscale horizontal-orientation"> <img width="800" height="533" alt="A U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration chemist checks confiscated powder containing fentanyl at the DEA Northeast Regional Laboratory." style="width:auto;" class="image -fit horizontal-orientation" src="https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/ChinaFentanylGettyImages-1176401058.jpg?w=800?quality=80" srcset="https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/ChinaFentanylGettyImages-1176401058.jpg?quality=80 1500w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/ChinaFentanylGettyImages-1176401058.jpg?resize=150,100&quality=80 150w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/ChinaFentanylGettyImages-1176401058.jpg?resize=550,367&quality=80 550w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/ChinaFentanylGettyImages-1176401058.jpg?resize=768,512&quality=80 768w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/ChinaFentanylGettyImages-1176401058.jpg?resize=400,267&quality=80 400w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/ChinaFentanylGettyImages-1176401058.jpg?resize=1000,667&quality=80 1000w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/ChinaFentanylGettyImages-1176401058.jpg?resize=325,217&quality=80 325w" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" loading="lazy" > </a> <figcaption style="height:0;opacity:0;">A U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration chemist checks confiscated powder containing fentanyl at the DEA Northeast Regional Laboratory.</figcaption> </figure> <div class="list-text" > <a class="hed-heading -excerpt" href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2024/08/09/us-china-fentanyl-regulations-cooperation/"> <h3 class="hed"> Rare U.S.-China Cooperation Pays Off on Fentanyl Regulation </h3> </a> <div class="dek-heading -excerpt"> <p class="dek">The countries have managed to make progress even as competition in other spheres escalates.</p> </div> <div class="meta-data -excerpt"> <a href="https://foreignpolicy.com/channel/analysis/" class="department-name -excerpt "> Analysis </a> <p class="separator" aria-hidden="true">|</p> <address class="author-list -excerpt"> <a href="https://foreignpolicy.com/author/lili-pike/" data-author-id="1121803" class="author"> Lili Pike</a></address> </div> </div> </div> <div class="excerpt-content--list --first-post content-block " data-post-id="1152084"> <figure class="figure-image -nocaption"> <a style="padding-bottom:66.666666666667%; " href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2024/07/31/elbridge-colby-trump-foreign-policy-military-china/" class="image-attachment -ratioscale horizontal-orientation"> <img width="800" height="533" alt="Former President Trump pumps his fist at 2024 Republican National Convention in Milwaukee, Wisconsin." style="width:auto;" class="image -fit horizontal-orientation" src="https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/GettyImages-2162187889-e1721353966188.jpg?w=800?quality=80" srcset="https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/GettyImages-2162187889-e1721353966188.jpg?w=800&h=533&quality=80 800w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/GettyImages-2162187889-e1721353966188.jpg?w=600&h=400 600w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/GettyImages-2162187889-e1721353966188.jpg?w=400&h=267 400w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/GettyImages-2162187889-e1721353966188.jpg?w=200&h=133 200w" sizes="auto" loading="lazy" > </a> <figcaption style="height:0;opacity:0;">Former President Trump pumps his fist at 2024 Republican National Convention in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.</figcaption> </figure> <div class="list-text" > <a class="hed-heading -excerpt" href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2024/07/31/elbridge-colby-trump-foreign-policy-military-china/"> <h3 class="hed"> Decoding Trump’s Foreign Policy </h3> </a> <div class="dek-heading -excerpt"> <p class="dek">Former Pentagon policymaker Elbridge Colby makes the case for a more transactional, common-sense approach to the world.</p> </div> <div class="meta-data -excerpt"> <a href="/insider" class="department-name -excerpt insider"> <svg class="lock-icon" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" width="10" height="12.11270476" viewBox="0 0 9.831 11.908" role="img" aria-hidden="true"> <defs> <clipPath> <rect width="10" height="12.11270476" fill="none"/> </clipPath> </defs> <g data-name="Group 2798" clip-path="url(#clip-path)"> <path fill="#a70e13" data-name="Path 378" d="M9.042,4.637H8.591V3.529A3.608,3.608,0,0,0,4.915,0,3.608,3.608,0,0,0,1.24,3.529V4.637H.788A.773.773,0,0,0,0,5.394v5.757a.773.773,0,0,0,.788.757H9.042a.773.773,0,0,0,.788-.757V5.394a.773.773,0,0,0-.788-.757M2.423,3.529A2.447,2.447,0,0,1,4.915,1.135,2.447,2.447,0,0,1,7.408,3.529V4.637H2.423Z" /> </g> </svg> Insider </a> <p class="separator" aria-hidden="true">|</p> <address class="author-list -excerpt"> <a href="https://foreignpolicy.com/author/ravi-agrawal/" data-author-id="938808" class="author"> Ravi Agrawal</a></address> </div> </div> </div> <div class="excerpt-content--list --first-post content-block " data-post-id="1151315"> <figure class="figure-image -nocaption"> <a style="padding-bottom:66.666666666667%; " href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2024/07/23/chinese-migrants-arent-an-invading-army/" class="image-attachment -ratioscale horizontal-orientation"> <img width="800" height="533" alt="Chinese migrants wearing rain ponchos warm themselves near a fire after crossing the U.S.-Mexico border." style="width:auto;" class="image -fit horizontal-orientation" src="https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/china-migrants-GettyImages-2066555301.jpg?w=800?quality=80" srcset="https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/china-migrants-GettyImages-2066555301.jpg?quality=80 1500w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/china-migrants-GettyImages-2066555301.jpg?resize=150,100&quality=80 150w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/china-migrants-GettyImages-2066555301.jpg?resize=550,367&quality=80 550w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/china-migrants-GettyImages-2066555301.jpg?resize=768,512&quality=80 768w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/china-migrants-GettyImages-2066555301.jpg?resize=400,267&quality=80 400w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/china-migrants-GettyImages-2066555301.jpg?resize=1000,667&quality=80 1000w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/china-migrants-GettyImages-2066555301.jpg?resize=325,217&quality=80 325w" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" loading="lazy" > </a> <figcaption style="height:0;opacity:0;">Chinese migrants wearing rain ponchos warm themselves near a fire after crossing the U.S.-Mexico border.</figcaption> </figure> <div class="list-text" > <a class="hed-heading -excerpt" href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2024/07/23/chinese-migrants-arent-an-invading-army/"> <h3 class="hed"> Chinese Migrants Aren’t an Invading Army </h3> </a> <div class="dek-heading -excerpt"> <p class="dek">Myths about “military-aged men” distract from a soft-power opportunity.</p> </div> <div class="meta-data -excerpt"> <a href="https://foreignpolicy.com/category/analysis/argument/" class="department-name -excerpt "> Argument </a> <p class="separator" aria-hidden="true">|</p> <address class="author-list -excerpt"> <a href="https://foreignpolicy.com/author/gil-guerra/" data-author-id="1151328" class="author"> Gil Guerra</a><span class="separator">,</span> <a href="https://foreignpolicy.com/author/channing-lee/" data-author-id="1151329" class="author"> Channing Lee</a></address> </div> </div> </div> <div class="excerpt-content--list --first-post content-block " data-post-id="1150869"> <figure class="figure-image -nocaption"> <a style="padding-bottom:66.666666666667%; " href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2024/07/19/china-nuclear-weapons-policy-deterrence-no-first-use/" class="image-attachment -ratioscale horizontal-orientation"> <img width="800" height="533" alt="People pose for pictures in front of one of China's first nuclear missiles, the Dong Feng 1, as they visit the Military Museum of the Chinese People's Revolution." style="width:auto;" class="image -fit horizontal-orientation" src="https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/china-nuclear-GettyImages-1247898551.jpg?w=800?quality=80" srcset="https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/china-nuclear-GettyImages-1247898551.jpg?quality=80 1500w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/china-nuclear-GettyImages-1247898551.jpg?resize=150,100&quality=80 150w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/china-nuclear-GettyImages-1247898551.jpg?resize=550,367&quality=80 550w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/china-nuclear-GettyImages-1247898551.jpg?resize=768,512&quality=80 768w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/china-nuclear-GettyImages-1247898551.jpg?resize=400,267&quality=80 400w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/china-nuclear-GettyImages-1247898551.jpg?resize=1000,667&quality=80 1000w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/china-nuclear-GettyImages-1247898551.jpg?resize=325,217&quality=80 325w" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" loading="lazy" > </a> <figcaption style="height:0;opacity:0;">People pose for pictures in front of one of China's first nuclear missiles, the Dong Feng 1, as they visit the Military Museum of the Chinese People's Revolution.</figcaption> </figure> <div class="list-text" > <a class="hed-heading -excerpt" href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2024/07/19/china-nuclear-weapons-policy-deterrence-no-first-use/"> <h3 class="hed"> China’s Nuclear Taboo Isn’t as Strong as It Seems </h3> </a> <div class="dek-heading -excerpt"> <p class="dek">New research casts doubt on a long-standing theory.</p> </div> <div class="meta-data -excerpt"> <a href="https://foreignpolicy.com/category/analysis/argument/" class="department-name -excerpt "> Argument </a> <p class="separator" aria-hidden="true">|</p> <address class="author-list -excerpt"> <a href="https://foreignpolicy.com/author/changwook-ju/" data-author-id="1150871" class="author"> Changwook Ju</a><span class="separator">,</span> <a href="https://foreignpolicy.com/author/joshua-byun/" data-author-id="1150873" class="author"> Joshua Byun</a></address> </div> </div> </div> <div class="excerpt-content--list --first-post content-block " data-post-id="1150801"> <figure class="figure-image -nocaption"> <a style="padding-bottom:66.666666666667%; " href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2024/07/18/singapore-manage-u-s-china-tensions-ng-eng-hen/" class="image-attachment -ratioscale horizontal-orientation"> <img width="800" height="534" alt="Singapore's Defense Minister Ng Eng Hen speaks during the Shangri-La Dialogue summit in Singapore on June 2, 2024." style="height:auto;" class="image -fit horizontal-orientation" src="https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/GettyImages-2155076529-e1721236733995.jpg?w=800?quality=80" srcset="https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/GettyImages-2155076529-e1721236733995.jpg?w=800&h=534&quality=80 800w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/GettyImages-2155076529-e1721236733995.jpg?w=600&h=401 600w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/GettyImages-2155076529-e1721236733995.jpg?w=400&h=267 400w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/GettyImages-2155076529-e1721236733995.jpg?w=200&h=134 200w" sizes="auto" loading="lazy" > </a> <figcaption style="height:0;opacity:0;">Singapore's Defense Minister Ng Eng Hen speaks during the Shangri-La Dialogue summit in Singapore on June 2, 2024.</figcaption> </figure> <div class="list-text" > <a class="hed-heading -excerpt" href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2024/07/18/singapore-manage-u-s-china-tensions-ng-eng-hen/"> <h3 class="hed"> How Singapore Manages U.S.-China Tensions </h3> </a> <div class="dek-heading -excerpt"> <p class="dek">The city-state’s defense minister decodes what Beijing and Washington want in Asia.</p> </div> <div class="meta-data -excerpt"> <a href="https://foreignpolicy.com/category/q-a/" class="department-name -excerpt "> Q&A </a> <p class="separator" aria-hidden="true">|</p> <address class="author-list -excerpt"> <a href="https://foreignpolicy.com/author/ravi-agrawal/" data-author-id="938808" class="author"> Ravi Agrawal</a></address> </div> </div> </div> <div class="excerpt-content--list --first-post content-block " data-post-id="1148270"> <figure class="figure-image -nocaption"> <a style="padding-bottom:66.666666666667%; " href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2024/06/20/united-states-china-rise-foreign-policy-lessons/" class="image-attachment -ratioscale horizontal-orientation"> <img width="800" height="533" alt="Gen. Joseph Dunford, the chairman of the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff, and Gen. Fang Fenghui, the chief of the General Staff of the Chinese People's Liberation Army, shake hands after signing an agreement." style="width:auto;" class="image -fit horizontal-orientation" src="https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/GettyImages-831710084.jpg?w=800?quality=80" srcset="https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/GettyImages-831710084.jpg?quality=80 1500w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/GettyImages-831710084.jpg?resize=150,100&quality=80 150w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/GettyImages-831710084.jpg?resize=550,367&quality=80 550w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/GettyImages-831710084.jpg?resize=768,512&quality=80 768w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/GettyImages-831710084.jpg?resize=400,267&quality=80 400w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/GettyImages-831710084.jpg?resize=1000,667&quality=80 1000w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/GettyImages-831710084.jpg?resize=325,217&quality=80 325w" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" loading="lazy" > </a> <figcaption style="height:0;opacity:0;">Gen. Joseph Dunford, the chairman of the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff, and Gen. Fang Fenghui, the chief of the General Staff of the Chinese People's Liberation Army, shake hands after signing an agreement.</figcaption> </figure> <div class="list-text" > <a class="hed-heading -excerpt" href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2024/06/20/united-states-china-rise-foreign-policy-lessons/"> <h3 class="hed"> What the United States Can Learn From China </h3> </a> <div class="dek-heading -excerpt"> <p class="dek">Amid China’s rise, Americans should ask what Beijing is doing right—and what they’re doing wrong.</p> </div> <div class="meta-data -excerpt"> <a href="https://foreignpolicy.com/category/analysis/argument/" class="department-name -excerpt "> Argument </a> <p class="separator" aria-hidden="true">|</p> <address class="author-list -excerpt"> <a href="https://foreignpolicy.com/author/stephen-m-walt/" data-author-id="368" class="author"> Stephen M. Walt</a></address> </div> </div> </div> <div class="excerpt-content--list --first-post content-block " data-post-id="1147540"> <figure class="figure-image -nocaption"> <a style="padding-bottom:66.666666666667%; " href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2024/06/11/modi-lai-india-taiwan-china-relations/" class="image-attachment -ratioscale horizontal-orientation"> <img width="800" height="533" alt="Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi sits onstage at a party meeting. He crosses his arms and puts one hand over his face in contemplation as he watches the proceedings." style="width:auto;" class="image -fit horizontal-orientation" src="https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/modi-taiwan-india-GettyImages-2147791258.jpg?w=800?quality=80" srcset="https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/modi-taiwan-india-GettyImages-2147791258.jpg?quality=80 1500w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/modi-taiwan-india-GettyImages-2147791258.jpg?resize=150,100&quality=80 150w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/modi-taiwan-india-GettyImages-2147791258.jpg?resize=550,367&quality=80 550w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/modi-taiwan-india-GettyImages-2147791258.jpg?resize=768,512&quality=80 768w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/modi-taiwan-india-GettyImages-2147791258.jpg?resize=400,267&quality=80 400w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/modi-taiwan-india-GettyImages-2147791258.jpg?resize=1000,667&quality=80 1000w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/modi-taiwan-india-GettyImages-2147791258.jpg?resize=325,217&quality=80 325w" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" loading="lazy" > </a> <figcaption style="height:0;opacity:0;">Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi sits onstage at a party meeting. He crosses his arms and puts one hand over his face in contemplation as he watches the proceedings.</figcaption> </figure> <div class="list-text" > <a class="hed-heading -excerpt" href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2024/06/11/modi-lai-india-taiwan-china-relations/"> <h3 class="hed"> Modi’s Taiwan Ties Have Rattled China </h3> </a> <div class="dek-heading -excerpt"> <p class="dek">India’s overtures to the island have coincided with a breakdown in its relationship with Beijing.</p> </div> <div class="meta-data -excerpt"> <a href="https://foreignpolicy.com/channel/analysis/" class="department-name -excerpt "> Analysis </a> <p class="separator" aria-hidden="true">|</p> <address class="author-list -excerpt"> <a href="https://foreignpolicy.com/author/rishi-iyengar/" data-author-id="1092802" class="author"> Rishi Iyengar</a></address> </div> </div> </div> <div class="excerpt-content--list --first-post content-block " data-post-id="1145684"> <figure class="figure-image -nocaption"> <a style="padding-bottom:66.666666666667%; " href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2024/05/20/taiwan-us-washington-foreign-policy-serious-partner/" class="image-attachment -ratioscale horizontal-orientation"> <img width="800" height="533" alt="Taiwanese President Lai Ching-te at his party's headquarters in Taipei, Taiwan, on January 13." style="width:auto;" class="image -fit horizontal-orientation" src="https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Lai-Ching-te-election-GettyImages-1929805197.jpg?w=800?quality=80" srcset="https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Lai-Ching-te-election-GettyImages-1929805197.jpg?quality=80 1500w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Lai-Ching-te-election-GettyImages-1929805197.jpg?resize=150,100&quality=80 150w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Lai-Ching-te-election-GettyImages-1929805197.jpg?resize=550,367&quality=80 550w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Lai-Ching-te-election-GettyImages-1929805197.jpg?resize=768,512&quality=80 768w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Lai-Ching-te-election-GettyImages-1929805197.jpg?resize=400,267&quality=80 400w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Lai-Ching-te-election-GettyImages-1929805197.jpg?resize=1000,667&quality=80 1000w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Lai-Ching-te-election-GettyImages-1929805197.jpg?resize=325,217&quality=80 325w" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" loading="lazy" > </a> <figcaption style="height:0;opacity:0;">Taiwanese President Lai Ching-te at his party's headquarters in Taipei, Taiwan, on January 13.</figcaption> </figure> <div class="list-text" > <a class="hed-heading -excerpt" href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2024/05/20/taiwan-us-washington-foreign-policy-serious-partner/"> <h3 class="hed"> When Will Washington Get Serious About Taiwan? </h3> </a> <div class="dek-heading -excerpt"> <p class="dek">Its long-standing attitude toward the island is based on a set of military and political foundations that no longer exist.</p> </div> <div class="meta-data -excerpt"> <a href="https://foreignpolicy.com/category/analysis/argument/" class="department-name -excerpt "> Argument </a> <p class="separator" aria-hidden="true">|</p> <address class="author-list -excerpt"> <a href="https://foreignpolicy.com/author/raymond-kuo/" data-author-id="1101402" class="author"> Raymond Kuo</a><span class="separator">,</span> <a href="https://foreignpolicy.com/author/michael-hunzeker/" data-author-id="1073237" class="author"> Michael Hunzeker</a><span class="separator">,</span> <a href="https://foreignpolicy.com/author/mark-christopher/" data-author-id="1145683" class="author"> Mark Christopher</a></address> </div> </div> </div> <div class="excerpt-content--list --first-post content-block " data-post-id="1145574"> <figure class="figure-image -nocaption"> <a style="padding-bottom:66.666666666667%; " href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2024/05/18/fallout-review-amazon-prime-video-china-nuclear-competition/" class="image-attachment -ratioscale horizontal-orientation"> <img width="800" height="533" alt="A woman in a futuristic suit lifts her hand above her head as she looks into the distance. Behind her is a robot soldier with a human head and a Western vigilante in cowboy hat and long coat, with a hole where his nose should be." style="width:auto;" class="image -fit horizontal-orientation" src="https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/fallout-series-amazon-site.jpg?w=800?quality=80" srcset="https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/fallout-series-amazon-site.jpg?quality=80 1500w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/fallout-series-amazon-site.jpg?resize=150,100&quality=80 150w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/fallout-series-amazon-site.jpg?resize=550,367&quality=80 550w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/fallout-series-amazon-site.jpg?resize=768,512&quality=80 768w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/fallout-series-amazon-site.jpg?resize=400,267&quality=80 400w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/fallout-series-amazon-site.jpg?resize=1000,667&quality=80 1000w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/fallout-series-amazon-site.jpg?resize=325,217&quality=80 325w" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" loading="lazy" > </a> <figcaption style="height:0;opacity:0;">A woman in a futuristic suit lifts her hand above her head as she looks into the distance. Behind her is a robot soldier with a human head and a Western vigilante in cowboy hat and long coat, with a hole where his nose should be.</figcaption> </figure> <div class="list-text" > <a class="hed-heading -excerpt" href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2024/05/18/fallout-review-amazon-prime-video-china-nuclear-competition/"> <h3 class="hed"> The True Horseman of the ‘Fallout’ Apocalypse </h3> </a> <div class="dek-heading -excerpt"> <p class="dek">Amazon’s adaptation of the video game knows what Americans should really be afraid of.</p> </div> <div class="meta-data -excerpt"> <a href="https://foreignpolicy.com/category/review/" class="department-name -excerpt "> Review </a> <p class="separator" aria-hidden="true">|</p> <address class="author-list -excerpt"> <a href="https://foreignpolicy.com/author/syrus-jin/" data-author-id="1105683" class="author"> Syrus Solo Jin</a></address> </div> </div> </div> <div class="excerpt-content--list --first-post content-block " data-post-id="1145489"> <figure class="figure-image -nocaption"> <a style="padding-bottom:66.666666666667%; " href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2024/05/16/china-buy-u-s-farmland-near-military-bases-blocked-cfius/" class="image-attachment -ratioscale horizontal-orientation"> <img width="800" height="534" alt="Air Force One’s shadow is seen on farmland after taking off with then-U.S. President Barack Obama and the first family on board, seen in Merced County, California, on June 19, 2016." style="height:auto;" class="image -fit horizontal-orientation" src="https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/China-U.S.-farmland-GettyImages-541546840.jpg?w=800?quality=80" srcset="https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/China-U.S.-farmland-GettyImages-541546840.jpg?quality=80 1500w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/China-U.S.-farmland-GettyImages-541546840.jpg?resize=150,100&quality=80 150w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/China-U.S.-farmland-GettyImages-541546840.jpg?resize=550,367&quality=80 550w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/China-U.S.-farmland-GettyImages-541546840.jpg?resize=768,513&quality=80 768w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/China-U.S.-farmland-GettyImages-541546840.jpg?resize=400,267&quality=80 400w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/China-U.S.-farmland-GettyImages-541546840.jpg?resize=1000,667&quality=80 1000w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/China-U.S.-farmland-GettyImages-541546840.jpg?resize=325,217&quality=80 325w" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" loading="lazy" > </a> <figcaption style="height:0;opacity:0;">Air Force One’s shadow is seen on farmland after taking off with then-U.S. President Barack Obama and the first family on board, seen in Merced County, California, on June 19, 2016.</figcaption> </figure> <div class="list-text" > <a class="hed-heading -excerpt" href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2024/05/16/china-buy-u-s-farmland-near-military-bases-blocked-cfius/"> <h3 class="hed"> Chinese Companies Keep Buying U.S. Land Near Military Bases </h3> </a> <div class="dek-heading -excerpt"> <p class="dek">National security experts warn that some of those purchases are too close for comfort.</p> </div> <div class="meta-data -excerpt"> <a href="https://foreignpolicy.com/category/situation-report/" class="department-name -excerpt "> Situation Report </a> <p class="separator" aria-hidden="true">|</p> <address class="author-list -excerpt"> <a href="https://foreignpolicy.com/author/robbie-gramer/" data-author-id="385543" class="author"> Robbie Gramer</a><span class="separator">,</span> <a href="https://foreignpolicy.com/author/jack-detsch/" data-author-id="999847" class="author"> Jack Detsch</a></address> </div> </div> </div> <div class="excerpt-content--list --first-post content-block " data-post-id="1145110"> <figure class="figure-image -nocaption"> <a style="padding-bottom:66.666666666667%; " href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2024/05/14/biden-tariffs-china-imports-trump-trade-war-georgia-foreign-agents-law/" class="image-attachment -ratioscale horizontal-orientation"> <img width="800" height="533" alt="U.S. President Joe Biden signs documents that increase tariffs on China." style="width:auto;" class="image -fit horizontal-orientation" src="https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/BidenChinaTariffs-GettyImages-2152385974.jpg?w=800?quality=80" srcset="https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/BidenChinaTariffs-GettyImages-2152385974.jpg?quality=80 1500w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/BidenChinaTariffs-GettyImages-2152385974.jpg?resize=150,100&quality=80 150w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/BidenChinaTariffs-GettyImages-2152385974.jpg?resize=550,367&quality=80 550w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/BidenChinaTariffs-GettyImages-2152385974.jpg?resize=768,512&quality=80 768w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/BidenChinaTariffs-GettyImages-2152385974.jpg?resize=400,267&quality=80 400w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/BidenChinaTariffs-GettyImages-2152385974.jpg?resize=1000,667&quality=80 1000w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/BidenChinaTariffs-GettyImages-2152385974.jpg?resize=325,217&quality=80 325w" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" loading="lazy" > </a> <figcaption style="height:0;opacity:0;">U.S. President Joe Biden signs documents that increase tariffs on China.</figcaption> </figure> <div class="list-text" > <a class="hed-heading -excerpt" href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2024/05/14/biden-tariffs-china-imports-trump-trade-war-georgia-foreign-agents-law/"> <h3 class="hed"> Biden Announces New Tariffs on Chinese Imports </h3> </a> <div class="dek-heading -excerpt"> <p class="dek">Beijing denounced the move as the White House seeks to court key U.S. battleground states ahead of November’s presidential election.</p> </div> <div class="meta-data -excerpt"> <a href="https://foreignpolicy.com/category/world-brief/" class="department-name -excerpt "> World Brief </a> <p class="separator" aria-hidden="true">|</p> <address class="author-list -excerpt"> <a href="https://foreignpolicy.com/author/alexandra-sharp/" data-author-id="1033414" class="author"> Alexandra Sharp</a></address> </div> </div> </div> <div class="excerpt-content--list --first-post content-block " data-post-id="1144446"> <figure class="figure-image -nocaption"> <a style="padding-bottom:66.666666666667%; " href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2024/05/07/cold-war-cold-peace-united-states-china-xi-decoupling-trade/" class="image-attachment -ratioscale horizontal-orientation"> <img width="800" height="533" alt="U.S. President Joe Biden and China's President Xi Jinping, both wearing dark suits, are seen from behind as they walk through a large wooden doorway. Biden reaches out to pat a hand on Xi's back. Small trees flank the entrance." style="width:auto;" class="image -fit horizontal-orientation" src="https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/china-us-cold-peace-war-AP23320113553469.jpg?w=800?quality=80" srcset="https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/china-us-cold-peace-war-AP23320113553469.jpg?quality=80 1500w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/china-us-cold-peace-war-AP23320113553469.jpg?resize=150,100&quality=80 150w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/china-us-cold-peace-war-AP23320113553469.jpg?resize=550,367&quality=80 550w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/china-us-cold-peace-war-AP23320113553469.jpg?resize=768,512&quality=80 768w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/china-us-cold-peace-war-AP23320113553469.jpg?resize=400,267&quality=80 400w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/china-us-cold-peace-war-AP23320113553469.jpg?resize=1000,667&quality=80 1000w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/china-us-cold-peace-war-AP23320113553469.jpg?resize=325,217&quality=80 325w" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" loading="lazy" > </a> <figcaption style="height:0;opacity:0;">U.S. President Joe Biden and China's President Xi Jinping, both wearing dark suits, are seen from behind as they walk through a large wooden doorway. Biden reaches out to pat a hand on Xi's back. Small trees flank the entrance.</figcaption> </figure> <div class="list-text" > <a class="hed-heading -excerpt" href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2024/05/07/cold-war-cold-peace-united-states-china-xi-decoupling-trade/"> <h3 class="hed"> No, This Is Not a Cold War—Yet </h3> </a> <div class="dek-heading -excerpt"> <p class="dek">Why are China hawks exaggerating the threat from Beijing?</p> </div> <div class="meta-data -excerpt"> <a href="https://foreignpolicy.com/channel/analysis/" class="department-name -excerpt "> Analysis </a> <p class="separator" aria-hidden="true">|</p> <address class="author-list -excerpt"> <a href="https://foreignpolicy.com/author/michael-hirsh/" data-author-id="947578" class="author"> Michael Hirsh</a></address> </div> </div> </div> <div class="excerpt-content--list --first-post content-block " data-post-id="1144194"> <figure class="figure-image -nocaption"> <a style="padding-bottom:66.666666666667%; " href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2024/05/03/tiktok-ban-china-tech-hill-valley-forum-palantir-sequoia/" class="image-attachment -ratioscale horizontal-orientation"> <img width="800" height="533" alt="From left to right: Jacob Helberg, an advisor to Palantir's CEO; Vinod Khosla, founder, Khosla Ventures; and Republican Sen. Todd Young speak onstage at the Hill & Valley Forum on AI security at the U.S. Capitol Visitor Center in Washington, D.C." style="width:auto;" class="image -fit horizontal-orientation" src="https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/GettyImages-2151026352.jpg?w=800?quality=80" srcset="https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/GettyImages-2151026352.jpg?quality=80 1500w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/GettyImages-2151026352.jpg?resize=150,100&quality=80 150w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/GettyImages-2151026352.jpg?resize=550,367&quality=80 550w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/GettyImages-2151026352.jpg?resize=768,512&quality=80 768w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/GettyImages-2151026352.jpg?resize=400,267&quality=80 400w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/GettyImages-2151026352.jpg?resize=1000,667&quality=80 1000w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/GettyImages-2151026352.jpg?resize=325,217&quality=80 325w" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" loading="lazy" > </a> <figcaption style="height:0;opacity:0;">From left to right: Jacob Helberg, an advisor to Palantir's CEO; Vinod Khosla, founder, Khosla Ventures; and Republican Sen. Todd Young speak onstage at the Hill & Valley Forum on AI security at the U.S. Capitol Visitor Center in Washington, D.C.</figcaption> </figure> <div class="list-text" > <a class="hed-heading -excerpt" href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2024/05/03/tiktok-ban-china-tech-hill-valley-forum-palantir-sequoia/"> <h3 class="hed"> The Tech Hawks Took Down TikTok. Now What? </h3> </a> <div class="dek-heading -excerpt"> <p class="dek">Silicon Valley and Washington are finding common ground on China. But some worry about groupthink.</p> </div> <div class="meta-data -excerpt"> <a href="https://foreignpolicy.com/category/news/report/" class="department-name -excerpt "> Report </a> <p class="separator" aria-hidden="true">|</p> <address class="author-list -excerpt"> <a href="https://foreignpolicy.com/author/rishi-iyengar/" data-author-id="1092802" class="author"> Rishi Iyengar</a></address> </div> </div> </div> <div class="excerpt-content--list --first-post content-block " data-post-id="1143693"> <figure class="figure-image -nocaption"> <a style="padding-bottom:66.666666666667%; " href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2024/04/26/blinken-xi-china-us-sanctions-economy-russia-ukraine-war-elections/" class="image-attachment -ratioscale horizontal-orientation"> <img width="800" height="533" alt="Chinese President Xi Jinping speaks with U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken in Beijing." style="width:auto;" class="image -fit horizontal-orientation" src="https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/XiBlinken-GettyImages-2149657815.jpg?w=800?quality=80" srcset="https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/XiBlinken-GettyImages-2149657815.jpg?quality=80 1500w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/XiBlinken-GettyImages-2149657815.jpg?resize=150,100&quality=80 150w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/XiBlinken-GettyImages-2149657815.jpg?resize=550,367&quality=80 550w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/XiBlinken-GettyImages-2149657815.jpg?resize=768,512&quality=80 768w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/XiBlinken-GettyImages-2149657815.jpg?resize=400,267&quality=80 400w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/XiBlinken-GettyImages-2149657815.jpg?resize=1000,667&quality=80 1000w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/XiBlinken-GettyImages-2149657815.jpg?resize=325,217&quality=80 325w" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" loading="lazy" > </a> <figcaption style="height:0;opacity:0;">Chinese President Xi Jinping speaks with U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken in Beijing.</figcaption> </figure> <div class="list-text" > <a class="hed-heading -excerpt" href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2024/04/26/blinken-xi-china-us-sanctions-economy-russia-ukraine-war-elections/"> <h3 class="hed"> Blinken-Xi Talks Highlight Continued Areas of Disagreement </h3> </a> <div class="dek-heading -excerpt"> <p class="dek">The U.S. secretary of state and the Chinese president tried to stabilize U.S.-China relations, but serious areas of disagreement took the spotlight.</p> </div> <div class="meta-data -excerpt"> <a href="https://foreignpolicy.com/category/world-brief/" class="department-name -excerpt "> World Brief </a> <p class="separator" aria-hidden="true">|</p> <address class="author-list -excerpt"> <a href="https://foreignpolicy.com/author/alexandra-sharp/" data-author-id="1033414" class="author"> Alexandra Sharp</a></address> </div> </div> </div> <div class="excerpt-content--list --first-post content-block " data-post-id="1143460"> <figure class="figure-image -nocaption"> <a style="padding-bottom:66.666666666667%; " href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2024/04/24/blinken-china-tiktok-bytedance-taiwan-russia-ukraine/" class="image-attachment -ratioscale horizontal-orientation"> <img width="800" height="533" alt="U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken arrives in Shanghai." style="width:auto;" class="image -fit horizontal-orientation" src="https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/BlinkenChina-GettyImages-2149388354.jpg?w=800?quality=80" srcset="https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/BlinkenChina-GettyImages-2149388354.jpg?quality=80 1500w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/BlinkenChina-GettyImages-2149388354.jpg?resize=150,100&quality=80 150w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/BlinkenChina-GettyImages-2149388354.jpg?resize=550,367&quality=80 550w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/BlinkenChina-GettyImages-2149388354.jpg?resize=768,512&quality=80 768w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/BlinkenChina-GettyImages-2149388354.jpg?resize=400,267&quality=80 400w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/BlinkenChina-GettyImages-2149388354.jpg?resize=1000,667&quality=80 1000w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/BlinkenChina-GettyImages-2149388354.jpg?resize=325,217&quality=80 325w" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" loading="lazy" > </a> <figcaption style="height:0;opacity:0;">U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken arrives in Shanghai.</figcaption> </figure> <div class="list-text" > <a class="hed-heading -excerpt" href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2024/04/24/blinken-china-tiktok-bytedance-taiwan-russia-ukraine/"> <h3 class="hed"> Blinken Kicks Off Diplomatic Mission in China </h3> </a> <div class="dek-heading -excerpt"> <p class="dek">U.S. aid to Taiwan, a new TikTok law, and Beijing’s ties with the Kremlin are at the forefront of this week’s visit.</p> </div> <div class="meta-data -excerpt"> <a href="https://foreignpolicy.com/category/world-brief/" class="department-name -excerpt "> World Brief </a> <p class="separator" aria-hidden="true">|</p> <address class="author-list -excerpt"> <a href="https://foreignpolicy.com/author/alexandra-sharp/" data-author-id="1033414" class="author"> Alexandra Sharp</a></address> </div> </div> </div> <div class="excerpt-content--list --first-post content-block " data-post-id="1143320"> <figure class="figure-image -nocaption"> <a style="padding-bottom:66.666666666667%; " href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2024/04/23/senate-pass-foreign-aid-bill-ukraine-israel-gaza-taiwan-gop/" class="image-attachment -ratioscale horizontal-orientation"> <img width="800" height="533" alt="Activists wave Ukrainian flags ahead of a pivotal vote to approve new national security funding, including Ukraine aid, outside the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C." style="width:auto;" class="image -fit horizontal-orientation" src="https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Ukraine-Congress-national-security-supplemental-pass-Senate-House-Republicans-GettyImages-2149298396.jpg?w=800?quality=80" srcset="https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Ukraine-Congress-national-security-supplemental-pass-Senate-House-Republicans-GettyImages-2149298396.jpg?quality=80 1500w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Ukraine-Congress-national-security-supplemental-pass-Senate-House-Republicans-GettyImages-2149298396.jpg?resize=150,100&quality=80 150w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Ukraine-Congress-national-security-supplemental-pass-Senate-House-Republicans-GettyImages-2149298396.jpg?resize=550,367&quality=80 550w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Ukraine-Congress-national-security-supplemental-pass-Senate-House-Republicans-GettyImages-2149298396.jpg?resize=768,512&quality=80 768w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Ukraine-Congress-national-security-supplemental-pass-Senate-House-Republicans-GettyImages-2149298396.jpg?resize=400,267&quality=80 400w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Ukraine-Congress-national-security-supplemental-pass-Senate-House-Republicans-GettyImages-2149298396.jpg?resize=1000,667&quality=80 1000w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Ukraine-Congress-national-security-supplemental-pass-Senate-House-Republicans-GettyImages-2149298396.jpg?resize=325,217&quality=80 325w" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" loading="lazy" > </a> <figcaption style="height:0;opacity:0;">Activists wave Ukrainian flags ahead of a pivotal vote to approve new national security funding, including Ukraine aid, outside the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C.</figcaption> </figure> <div class="list-text" > <a class="hed-heading -excerpt" href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2024/04/23/senate-pass-foreign-aid-bill-ukraine-israel-gaza-taiwan-gop/"> <h3 class="hed"> U.S. Allies Relieved After Senate Passes Long-Delayed Aid Bill </h3> </a> <div class="dek-heading -excerpt"> <p class="dek">But the fact it took so long to pass has some worried about future support.</p> </div> <div class="meta-data -excerpt"> <a href="https://foreignpolicy.com/category/news/report/" class="department-name -excerpt "> Report </a> <p class="separator" aria-hidden="true">|</p> <address class="author-list -excerpt"> <a href="https://foreignpolicy.com/author/robbie-gramer/" data-author-id="385543" class="author"> Robbie Gramer</a><span class="separator">,</span> <a href="https://foreignpolicy.com/author/rishi-iyengar/" data-author-id="1092802" class="author"> Rishi Iyengar</a></address> </div> </div> </div> <div class="excerpt-content--list --first-post content-block " data-post-id="1142394"> <figure class="figure-image -nocaption"> <a style="padding-bottom:66.666666666667%; " href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2024/04/11/biden-minilateralism-foreign-policy-doctrine-japan-philippines-aukus-quad/" class="image-attachment -ratioscale horizontal-orientation"> <img width="800" height="533" alt="Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, U.S. President Joe Biden, and British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak hold a press conference after a trilateral meeting during an AUKUS summit in San Diego." style="width:auto;" class="image -fit horizontal-orientation" src="https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Biden-minilateralism-Quad-AUKUS-United-Nations-GettyImages-1473352798.jpg?w=800?quality=80" srcset="https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Biden-minilateralism-Quad-AUKUS-United-Nations-GettyImages-1473352798.jpg?quality=80 1500w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Biden-minilateralism-Quad-AUKUS-United-Nations-GettyImages-1473352798.jpg?resize=150,100&quality=80 150w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Biden-minilateralism-Quad-AUKUS-United-Nations-GettyImages-1473352798.jpg?resize=550,366&quality=80 550w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Biden-minilateralism-Quad-AUKUS-United-Nations-GettyImages-1473352798.jpg?resize=768,511&quality=80 768w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Biden-minilateralism-Quad-AUKUS-United-Nations-GettyImages-1473352798.jpg?resize=400,266&quality=80 400w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Biden-minilateralism-Quad-AUKUS-United-Nations-GettyImages-1473352798.jpg?resize=1000,666&quality=80 1000w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Biden-minilateralism-Quad-AUKUS-United-Nations-GettyImages-1473352798.jpg?resize=325,216&quality=80 325w" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" loading="lazy" > </a> <figcaption style="height:0;opacity:0;">Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, U.S. President Joe Biden, and British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak hold a press conference after a trilateral meeting during an AUKUS summit in San Diego.</figcaption> </figure> <div class="list-text" > <a class="hed-heading -excerpt" href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2024/04/11/biden-minilateralism-foreign-policy-doctrine-japan-philippines-aukus-quad/"> <h3 class="hed"> Biden’s ‘Coalitions of the Willing’ Foreign-Policy Doctrine </h3> </a> <div class="dek-heading -excerpt"> <p class="dek">The latest flurry of U.S. diplomacy shows how the president is all about “minilateralism.”</p> </div> <div class="meta-data -excerpt"> <a href="https://foreignpolicy.com/category/news/report/" class="department-name -excerpt "> Report </a> <p class="separator" aria-hidden="true">|</p> <address class="author-list -excerpt"> <a href="https://foreignpolicy.com/author/robbie-gramer/" data-author-id="385543" class="author"> Robbie Gramer</a></address> </div> </div> </div> <div class="excerpt-content--list --first-post content-block " data-post-id="1142279"> <figure class="figure-image -nocaption"> <a style="padding-bottom:66.666666666667%; " href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2024/04/11/america-industrialpolicy-china-economics-infliation-manufacturing/" class="image-attachment -ratioscale horizontal-orientation"> <img width="800" height="533" alt="An illustration on industrial policy shows a factory worker in a hard hat looking over three conveyer belts, one with the yellow stars of China, and the others with white stars on blue conveyer belts for the U.S." style="width:auto;" class="image -fit horizontal-orientation" src="https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/china-us-industrial-policy-illustration-iStock-1457369809.jpg?w=800?quality=80" srcset="https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/china-us-industrial-policy-illustration-iStock-1457369809.jpg?quality=80 1500w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/china-us-industrial-policy-illustration-iStock-1457369809.jpg?resize=150,100&quality=80 150w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/china-us-industrial-policy-illustration-iStock-1457369809.jpg?resize=550,367&quality=80 550w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/china-us-industrial-policy-illustration-iStock-1457369809.jpg?resize=768,512&quality=80 768w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/china-us-industrial-policy-illustration-iStock-1457369809.jpg?resize=400,267&quality=80 400w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/china-us-industrial-policy-illustration-iStock-1457369809.jpg?resize=1000,667&quality=80 1000w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/china-us-industrial-policy-illustration-iStock-1457369809.jpg?resize=325,217&quality=80 325w" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" loading="lazy" > </a> <figcaption style="height:0;opacity:0;">An illustration on industrial policy shows a factory worker in a hard hat looking over three conveyer belts, one with the yellow stars of China, and the others with white stars on blue conveyer belts for the U.S.</figcaption> </figure> <div class="list-text" > <a class="hed-heading -excerpt" href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2024/04/11/america-industrialpolicy-china-economics-infliation-manufacturing/"> <h3 class="hed"> America’s Flailing Industrial Policy Can Take Lessons From China </h3> </a> <div class="dek-heading -excerpt"> <p class="dek">Beijing’s experiences are a road map for both opportunities and traps.</p> </div> <div class="meta-data -excerpt"> <a href="https://foreignpolicy.com/category/analysis/argument/" class="department-name -excerpt "> Argument </a> <p class="separator" aria-hidden="true">|</p> <address class="author-list -excerpt"> <a href="https://foreignpolicy.com/author/bob-davis/" data-author-id="1076937" class="author"> Bob Davis</a></address> </div> </div> </div> <div class="excerpt-content--list --first-post content-block " data-post-id="1142091"> <figure class="figure-image -nocaption"> <a style="padding-bottom:66.666666666667%; " href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2024/04/08/janet-yellen-china-visit-remarks/" class="image-attachment -ratioscale horizontal-orientation"> <img width="800" height="533" alt="U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen speaks into a microphone at a podium while she attends a press conference." style="width:auto;" class="image -fit horizontal-orientation" src="https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Janet-Yellen-China-GettyImages-2139245223.jpg?w=800?quality=80" srcset="https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Janet-Yellen-China-GettyImages-2139245223.jpg?quality=80 1500w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Janet-Yellen-China-GettyImages-2139245223.jpg?resize=150,100&quality=80 150w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Janet-Yellen-China-GettyImages-2139245223.jpg?resize=550,367&quality=80 550w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Janet-Yellen-China-GettyImages-2139245223.jpg?resize=768,512&quality=80 768w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Janet-Yellen-China-GettyImages-2139245223.jpg?resize=400,267&quality=80 400w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Janet-Yellen-China-GettyImages-2139245223.jpg?resize=1000,667&quality=80 1000w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Janet-Yellen-China-GettyImages-2139245223.jpg?resize=325,217&quality=80 325w" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" loading="lazy" > </a> <figcaption style="height:0;opacity:0;">U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen speaks into a microphone at a podium while she attends a press conference.</figcaption> </figure> <div class="list-text" > <a class="hed-heading -excerpt" href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2024/04/08/janet-yellen-china-visit-remarks/"> <h3 class="hed"> Janet Yellen Has a Three-Body Problem With China </h3> </a> <div class="dek-heading -excerpt"> <p class="dek">The U.S. treasury secretary blasted Beijing’s industrial overcapacity, but it’s a tough message to carry off convincingly.</p> </div> <div class="meta-data -excerpt"> <a href="https://foreignpolicy.com/channel/analysis/" class="department-name -excerpt "> Analysis </a> <p class="separator" aria-hidden="true">|</p> <address class="author-list -excerpt"> <a href="https://foreignpolicy.com/author/keith-johnson/" data-author-id="34" class="author"> Keith Johnson</a></address> </div> </div> </div> <div class="excerpt-content--list --first-post content-block " data-post-id="1141701"> <figure class="figure-image -nocaption"> <a style="padding-bottom:66.666666666667%; " href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2024/04/03/russia-china-us-competition-sciutto-book/" class="image-attachment -ratioscale horizontal-orientation"> <img width="800" height="533" alt="Russian President Vladimir Putin takes part in a ceremony to mark the delivery of nuclear fuel to Turkey's first nuclear power plant, Akkuyu, via a video link from Moscow." style="width:auto;" class="image -fit horizontal-orientation" src="https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Putin-Russia-GettyImages-1252231905.jpg?w=800?quality=80" srcset="https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Putin-Russia-GettyImages-1252231905.jpg?quality=80 1500w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Putin-Russia-GettyImages-1252231905.jpg?resize=150,100&quality=80 150w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Putin-Russia-GettyImages-1252231905.jpg?resize=550,367&quality=80 550w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Putin-Russia-GettyImages-1252231905.jpg?resize=768,512&quality=80 768w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Putin-Russia-GettyImages-1252231905.jpg?resize=400,267&quality=80 400w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Putin-Russia-GettyImages-1252231905.jpg?resize=1000,667&quality=80 1000w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Putin-Russia-GettyImages-1252231905.jpg?resize=325,217&quality=80 325w" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" loading="lazy" > </a> <figcaption style="height:0;opacity:0;">Russian President Vladimir Putin takes part in a ceremony to mark the delivery of nuclear fuel to Turkey's first nuclear power plant, Akkuyu, via a video link from Moscow.</figcaption> </figure> <div class="list-text" > <a class="hed-heading -excerpt" href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2024/04/03/russia-china-us-competition-sciutto-book/"> <h3 class="hed"> Did Russia Come Close to Using a Nuclear Device in 2022? </h3> </a> <div class="dek-heading -excerpt"> <p class="dek">CNN reporter Jim Sciutto on the return of great-power conflict.</p> </div> <div class="meta-data -excerpt"> <a href="/insider" class="department-name -excerpt insider"> <svg class="lock-icon" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" width="10" height="12.11270476" viewBox="0 0 9.831 11.908" role="img" aria-hidden="true"> <defs> <clipPath> <rect width="10" height="12.11270476" fill="none"/> </clipPath> </defs> <g data-name="Group 2798" clip-path="url(#clip-path)"> <path fill="#a70e13" data-name="Path 378" d="M9.042,4.637H8.591V3.529A3.608,3.608,0,0,0,4.915,0,3.608,3.608,0,0,0,1.24,3.529V4.637H.788A.773.773,0,0,0,0,5.394v5.757a.773.773,0,0,0,.788.757H9.042a.773.773,0,0,0,.788-.757V5.394a.773.773,0,0,0-.788-.757M2.423,3.529A2.447,2.447,0,0,1,4.915,1.135,2.447,2.447,0,0,1,7.408,3.529V4.637H2.423Z" /> </g> </svg> Insider </a> <p class="separator" aria-hidden="true">|</p> <address class="author-list -excerpt"> <a href="https://foreignpolicy.com/author/ravi-agrawal/" data-author-id="938808" class="author"> Ravi Agrawal</a></address> </div> </div> </div> <div class="excerpt-content--list --first-post content-block " data-post-id="1141209"> <figure class="figure-image -nocaption"> <a style="padding-bottom:66.666666666667%; " href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2024/03/29/us-deep-sea-mining-critical-minerals-china-unclos/" class="image-attachment -ratioscale horizontal-orientation"> <img width="800" height="533" alt="Andrew Sweetman, a deep-sea ecology professor wearing a gray boiler suit and white hard hat, kneels on one knee as he gestures to research equipment on the deck of a ship beneath a pale cloudy sky in the Pacific Ocean." style="width:auto;" class="image -fit horizontal-orientation" src="https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/GettyImages-1234090806-1.jpg?w=800?quality=80" srcset="https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/GettyImages-1234090806-1.jpg?quality=80 1500w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/GettyImages-1234090806-1.jpg?resize=150,100&quality=80 150w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/GettyImages-1234090806-1.jpg?resize=550,367&quality=80 550w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/GettyImages-1234090806-1.jpg?resize=768,512&quality=80 768w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/GettyImages-1234090806-1.jpg?resize=400,267&quality=80 400w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/GettyImages-1234090806-1.jpg?resize=1000,667&quality=80 1000w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/GettyImages-1234090806-1.jpg?resize=325,217&quality=80 325w" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" loading="lazy" > </a> <figcaption style="height:0;opacity:0;">Andrew Sweetman, a deep-sea ecology professor wearing a gray boiler suit and white hard hat, kneels on one knee as he gestures to research equipment on the deck of a ship beneath a pale cloudy sky in the Pacific Ocean.</figcaption> </figure> <div class="list-text" > <a class="hed-heading -excerpt" href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2024/03/29/us-deep-sea-mining-critical-minerals-china-unclos/"> <h3 class="hed"> Washington Wants In on the Deep-Sea Mining Game </h3> </a> <div class="dek-heading -excerpt"> <p class="dek">The scramble for critical minerals is heating up under the sea, but lawmakers fear the United States could be left behind.</p> </div> <div class="meta-data -excerpt"> <a href="https://foreignpolicy.com/category/news/report/" class="department-name -excerpt "> Report </a> <p class="separator" aria-hidden="true">|</p> <address class="author-list -excerpt"> <a href="https://foreignpolicy.com/author/christina-lu/" data-author-id="1029959" class="author"> Christina Lu</a></address> </div> </div> </div> <div class="excerpt-content--list --first-post content-block " data-post-id="1141188"> <figure class="figure-image -nocaption"> <a style="padding-bottom:66.666666666667%; " href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2024/03/28/philippines-countermeasures-coast-guard-attacks-south-china-sea-marcos/" class="image-attachment -ratioscale horizontal-orientation"> <img width="800" height="533" alt="Philippine Coast Guard personnel ride a rubber boat past a China Coast Guard vessel in the South China Sea." style="width:auto;" class="image -fit horizontal-orientation" src="https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/ChinaPhilippines-GettyImages-2062192331.jpg?w=800?quality=80" srcset="https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/ChinaPhilippines-GettyImages-2062192331.jpg?quality=80 1500w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/ChinaPhilippines-GettyImages-2062192331.jpg?resize=150,100&quality=80 150w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/ChinaPhilippines-GettyImages-2062192331.jpg?resize=550,367&quality=80 550w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/ChinaPhilippines-GettyImages-2062192331.jpg?resize=768,512&quality=80 768w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/ChinaPhilippines-GettyImages-2062192331.jpg?resize=400,267&quality=80 400w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/ChinaPhilippines-GettyImages-2062192331.jpg?resize=1000,667&quality=80 1000w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/ChinaPhilippines-GettyImages-2062192331.jpg?resize=325,217&quality=80 325w" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" loading="lazy" > </a> <figcaption style="height:0;opacity:0;">Philippine Coast Guard personnel ride a rubber boat past a China Coast Guard vessel in the South China Sea.</figcaption> </figure> <div class="list-text" > <a class="hed-heading -excerpt" href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2024/03/28/philippines-countermeasures-coast-guard-attacks-south-china-sea-marcos/"> <h3 class="hed"> The Philippines Announces Plans to Counter Chinese Coast Guard Attacks </h3> </a> <div class="dek-heading -excerpt"> <p class="dek">Beijing blames Manila for deteriorating ties as the Philippines seeks closer relations with Washington.</p> </div> <div class="meta-data -excerpt"> <a href="https://foreignpolicy.com/category/world-brief/" class="department-name -excerpt "> World Brief </a> <p class="separator" aria-hidden="true">|</p> <address class="author-list -excerpt"> <a href="https://foreignpolicy.com/author/alexandra-sharp/" data-author-id="1033414" class="author"> Alexandra Sharp</a></address> </div> </div> </div> <div class="excerpt-content--list --first-post content-block " data-post-id="1139749"> <figure class="figure-image -nocaption"> <a style="padding-bottom:66.666666666667%; " href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2024/03/13/tiktok-ban-congress-united-states-china/" class="image-attachment -ratioscale horizontal-orientation"> <img width="800" height="533" alt="U.S. Reps. Raja Krishnamoorthi and Mike Gallager stand next to each other as they speak at the center of a cluster of reporters holding up microphones and cell phones to record their remarks. Both men wear dark suits; Krishnamoorthi is smiling, and Gallagher gestures with both hands as he speaks." style="width:auto;" class="image -fit horizontal-orientation" src="https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/tiktok-ban-GettyImages-2081500520.jpg?w=800?quality=80" srcset="https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/tiktok-ban-GettyImages-2081500520.jpg?quality=80 1500w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/tiktok-ban-GettyImages-2081500520.jpg?resize=150,100&quality=80 150w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/tiktok-ban-GettyImages-2081500520.jpg?resize=550,367&quality=80 550w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/tiktok-ban-GettyImages-2081500520.jpg?resize=768,512&quality=80 768w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/tiktok-ban-GettyImages-2081500520.jpg?resize=400,267&quality=80 400w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/tiktok-ban-GettyImages-2081500520.jpg?resize=1000,667&quality=80 1000w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/tiktok-ban-GettyImages-2081500520.jpg?resize=325,217&quality=80 325w" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" loading="lazy" > </a> <figcaption style="height:0;opacity:0;">U.S. Reps. Raja Krishnamoorthi and Mike Gallager stand next to each other as they speak at the center of a cluster of reporters holding up microphones and cell phones to record their remarks. Both men wear dark suits; Krishnamoorthi is smiling, and Gallagher gestures with both hands as he speaks.</figcaption> </figure> <div class="list-text" > <a class="hed-heading -excerpt" href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2024/03/13/tiktok-ban-congress-united-states-china/"> <h3 class="hed"> Washington Goes All-In on a TikTok Ban </h3> </a> <div class="dek-heading -excerpt"> <p class="dek">China hawks’ next target is Gen Z’s favorite app.</p> </div> <div class="meta-data -excerpt"> <a href="https://foreignpolicy.com/channel/analysis/" class="department-name -excerpt "> Analysis </a> <p class="separator" aria-hidden="true">|</p> <address class="author-list -excerpt"> <a href="https://foreignpolicy.com/author/rishi-iyengar/" data-author-id="1092802" class="author"> Rishi Iyengar</a></address> </div> </div> </div> <div class="excerpt-content--list --first-post content-block " data-post-id="1138591"> <figure class="figure-image -nocaption"> <a style="padding-bottom:66.666666666667%; " href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2024/02/29/china-middle-east-united-states-regional-hegemon-war/" class="image-attachment -ratioscale horizontal-orientation"> <img width="800" height="533" alt="Zhang Jun, China's ambassador to the United Nations, speaks during a U.N. Security Council meeting at U.N. headquarters in New York City on Nov. 22, 2023." style="width:auto;" class="image -fit horizontal-orientation" src="https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/CHINA-MIDDLEEAST-UN-GettyImages-1807880016.png?w=800?quality=80" srcset="https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/CHINA-MIDDLEEAST-UN-GettyImages-1807880016.png?quality=80 1500w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/CHINA-MIDDLEEAST-UN-GettyImages-1807880016.png?resize=150,100&quality=80 150w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/CHINA-MIDDLEEAST-UN-GettyImages-1807880016.png?resize=550,367&quality=80 550w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/CHINA-MIDDLEEAST-UN-GettyImages-1807880016.png?resize=768,512&quality=80 768w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/CHINA-MIDDLEEAST-UN-GettyImages-1807880016.png?resize=400,267&quality=80 400w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/CHINA-MIDDLEEAST-UN-GettyImages-1807880016.png?resize=1000,667&quality=80 1000w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/CHINA-MIDDLEEAST-UN-GettyImages-1807880016.png?resize=325,217&quality=80 325w" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" loading="lazy" > </a> <figcaption style="height:0;opacity:0;">Zhang Jun, China's ambassador to the United Nations, speaks during a U.N. Security Council meeting at U.N. headquarters in New York City on Nov. 22, 2023.</figcaption> </figure> <div class="list-text" > <a class="hed-heading -excerpt" href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2024/02/29/china-middle-east-united-states-regional-hegemon-war/"> <h3 class="hed"> China Wants to Weaken, Not Replace, the U.S. in the Middle East </h3> </a> <div class="dek-heading -excerpt"> <p class="dek">Beijing doesn’t want the costs of being a regional hegemon.</p> </div> <div class="meta-data -excerpt"> <a href="https://foreignpolicy.com/category/analysis/argument/" class="department-name -excerpt "> Argument </a> <p class="separator" aria-hidden="true">|</p> <address class="author-list -excerpt"> <a href="https://foreignpolicy.com/author/yun-sun/" data-author-id="249212" class="author"> Yun Sun</a></address> </div> </div> </div> <div class="excerpt-content--list --first-post content-block " data-post-id="1137213"> <figure class="figure-image -nocaption"> <a style="padding-bottom:66.666666666667%; " href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2024/02/14/red-sea-crisis-china-middle-east-strategy-egypt-yemen/" class="image-attachment -ratioscale horizontal-orientation"> <img width="800" height="533" alt="Wang Yi, a middle-aged man in a suit, puts his arms behind two other men standing on either side of him, one wearing a turban and robe, and the other in a suit, in front of flags of the countries of Saudi Arabia, China, and Iran." style="width:auto;" class="image -fit horizontal-orientation" src="https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/china-iran-saudi-arabia-GettyImages-1852328790.jpg?w=800?quality=80" srcset="https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/china-iran-saudi-arabia-GettyImages-1852328790.jpg?quality=80 1500w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/china-iran-saudi-arabia-GettyImages-1852328790.jpg?resize=150,100&quality=80 150w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/china-iran-saudi-arabia-GettyImages-1852328790.jpg?resize=550,367&quality=80 550w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/china-iran-saudi-arabia-GettyImages-1852328790.jpg?resize=768,512&quality=80 768w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/china-iran-saudi-arabia-GettyImages-1852328790.jpg?resize=400,267&quality=80 400w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/china-iran-saudi-arabia-GettyImages-1852328790.jpg?resize=1000,667&quality=80 1000w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/china-iran-saudi-arabia-GettyImages-1852328790.jpg?resize=325,217&quality=80 325w" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" loading="lazy" > </a> <figcaption style="height:0;opacity:0;">Wang Yi, a middle-aged man in a suit, puts his arms behind two other men standing on either side of him, one wearing a turban and robe, and the other in a suit, in front of flags of the countries of Saudi Arabia, China, and Iran.</figcaption> </figure> <div class="list-text" > <a class="hed-heading -excerpt" href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2024/02/14/red-sea-crisis-china-middle-east-strategy-egypt-yemen/"> <h3 class="hed"> What the Red Sea Crisis Reveals About China’s Middle East Strategy </h3> </a> <div class="dek-heading -excerpt"> <p class="dek">While China has indeed become a regional player, it is still playing a remarkably self-interested game.</p> </div> <div class="meta-data -excerpt"> <a href="https://foreignpolicy.com/category/analysis/argument/" class="department-name -excerpt "> Argument </a> <p class="separator" aria-hidden="true">|</p> <address class="author-list -excerpt"> <a href="https://foreignpolicy.com/author/jon-alterman/" data-author-id="897538" class="author"> Jon B. Alterman</a></address> </div> </div> </div> <div class="excerpt-content--list --first-post content-block " data-post-id="1136776"> <figure class="figure-image -nocaption"> <a style="padding-bottom:66.666666666667%; " href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2024/02/09/united-states-mexico-immigration-border-china-trade-bri/" class="image-attachment -ratioscale horizontal-orientation"> <img width="800" height="533" alt="A border wall constructed of shipping containers and topped with concertina wire stands along the U.S.-Mexico border." style="width:auto;" class="image -fit horizontal-orientation" src="https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/united-states-mexico-border-GettyImages-1245772052.jpg?w=800?quality=80" srcset="https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/united-states-mexico-border-GettyImages-1245772052.jpg?quality=80 1500w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/united-states-mexico-border-GettyImages-1245772052.jpg?resize=150,100&quality=80 150w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/united-states-mexico-border-GettyImages-1245772052.jpg?resize=550,367&quality=80 550w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/united-states-mexico-border-GettyImages-1245772052.jpg?resize=768,512&quality=80 768w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/united-states-mexico-border-GettyImages-1245772052.jpg?resize=400,267&quality=80 400w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/united-states-mexico-border-GettyImages-1245772052.jpg?resize=1000,667&quality=80 1000w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/united-states-mexico-border-GettyImages-1245772052.jpg?resize=325,217&quality=80 325w" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" loading="lazy" > </a> <figcaption style="height:0;opacity:0;">A border wall constructed of shipping containers and topped with concertina wire stands along the U.S.-Mexico border.</figcaption> </figure> <div class="list-text" > <a class="hed-heading -excerpt" href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2024/02/09/united-states-mexico-immigration-border-china-trade-bri/"> <h3 class="hed"> Mexico Is America’s Answer to China’s Belt and Road </h3> </a> <div class="dek-heading -excerpt"> <p class="dek">Growing economic integration with Latin America could help the United States avoid the fate of an aging China.</p> </div> <div class="meta-data -excerpt"> <a href="https://foreignpolicy.com/category/analysis/argument/" class="department-name -excerpt "> Argument </a> <p class="separator" aria-hidden="true">|</p> <address class="author-list -excerpt"> <a href="https://foreignpolicy.com/author/howard-w-french/" data-author-id="365143" class="author"> Howard W. French</a></address> </div> </div> </div> <div class="excerpt-content--list --first-post content-block " data-post-id="1135814"> <figure class="figure-image -nocaption"> <a style="padding-bottom:66.666666666667%; " href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2024/01/31/china-israel-hamas-global-south-us-foreign-policy/" class="image-attachment -ratioscale horizontal-orientation"> <img width="800" height="533" alt="Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi shakes hands with Saudi Arabian Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud as the two man stand in front of a set of risers before a photo op at a diplomatic event hosted in an ornately decorated room in Beijing." style="width:auto;" class="image -fit horizontal-orientation" src="https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/GettyImages-1793219677.jpg?w=800?quality=80" srcset="https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/GettyImages-1793219677.jpg?quality=80 1500w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/GettyImages-1793219677.jpg?resize=150,100&quality=80 150w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/GettyImages-1793219677.jpg?resize=550,367&quality=80 550w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/GettyImages-1793219677.jpg?resize=768,512&quality=80 768w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/GettyImages-1793219677.jpg?resize=400,267&quality=80 400w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/GettyImages-1793219677.jpg?resize=1000,667&quality=80 1000w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/GettyImages-1793219677.jpg?resize=325,217&quality=80 325w" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" loading="lazy" > </a> <figcaption style="height:0;opacity:0;">Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi shakes hands with Saudi Arabian Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud as the two man stand in front of a set of risers before a photo op at a diplomatic event hosted in an ornately decorated room in Beijing.</figcaption> </figure> <div class="list-text" > <a class="hed-heading -excerpt" href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2024/01/31/china-israel-hamas-global-south-us-foreign-policy/"> <h3 class="hed"> How China Is Leveraging the Israel-Hamas War </h3> </a> <div class="dek-heading -excerpt"> <p class="dek">The growing divide between Washington and the global south is playing out in Beijing’s favor.</p> </div> <div class="meta-data -excerpt"> <a href="https://foreignpolicy.com/channel/analysis/" class="department-name -excerpt "> Analysis </a> <p class="separator" aria-hidden="true">|</p> <address class="author-list -excerpt"> <a href="https://foreignpolicy.com/author/christina-lu/" data-author-id="1029959" class="author"> Christina Lu</a></address> </div> </div> </div> <div class="excerpt-content--list --first-post content-block " data-post-id="1135309"> <figure class="figure-image -nocaption"> <a style="padding-bottom:66.666666666667%; " href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2024/01/23/raja-krishnamoorthi-taiwan-election-us-china/" class="image-attachment -ratioscale horizontal-orientation"> <img width="800" height="525" alt="Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi sits at a desk behind his nameplate during a select committee meeting at the House of Representatives. Krishnamoorthi is a middle-aged man with a serious expression, wearing a black suit and purple tie." style="width:auto;" class="image -fit horizontal-orientation" src="https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Krishnamoorthi-GettyImages-1470368703.jpg?w=800?quality=80" srcset="https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Krishnamoorthi-GettyImages-1470368703.jpg?quality=80 1500w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Krishnamoorthi-GettyImages-1470368703.jpg?resize=150,98&quality=80 150w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Krishnamoorthi-GettyImages-1470368703.jpg?resize=550,361&quality=80 550w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Krishnamoorthi-GettyImages-1470368703.jpg?resize=768,504&quality=80 768w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Krishnamoorthi-GettyImages-1470368703.jpg?resize=400,262&quality=80 400w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Krishnamoorthi-GettyImages-1470368703.jpg?resize=1000,656&quality=80 1000w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Krishnamoorthi-GettyImages-1470368703.jpg?resize=325,213&quality=80 325w" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" loading="lazy" > </a> <figcaption style="height:0;opacity:0;">Rep. 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The ships are piled high with shipping containers in various colors, and a hazy sky is visible above them." style="width:auto;" class="image -fit horizontal-orientation" src="https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/forecast-2024-trade-china-economics-GettyImages-1644841638.jpg?w=800?quality=80" srcset="https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/forecast-2024-trade-china-economics-GettyImages-1644841638.jpg?quality=80 1500w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/forecast-2024-trade-china-economics-GettyImages-1644841638.jpg?resize=150,100&quality=80 150w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/forecast-2024-trade-china-economics-GettyImages-1644841638.jpg?resize=550,367&quality=80 550w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/forecast-2024-trade-china-economics-GettyImages-1644841638.jpg?resize=768,512&quality=80 768w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/forecast-2024-trade-china-economics-GettyImages-1644841638.jpg?resize=400,267&quality=80 400w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/forecast-2024-trade-china-economics-GettyImages-1644841638.jpg?resize=1000,667&quality=80 1000w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/forecast-2024-trade-china-economics-GettyImages-1644841638.jpg?resize=325,217&quality=80 325w" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" loading="lazy" > </a> <figcaption style="height:0;opacity:0;">Reflections of the crains and cargo ships are visible in a reflection in the segmented panoramic windows of a moored ship. The ships are piled high with shipping containers in various colors, and a hazy sky is visible above them.</figcaption> </figure> <div class="list-text" > <a class="hed-heading -excerpt" href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2024/01/01/foreign-policy-lookahead-predictions-issues-conflicts-2024/"> <h3 class="hed"> 5 Issues to Watch in 2024 </h3> </a> <div class="dek-heading -excerpt"> <p class="dek">Our columnists share the most important developments on their radar in the year ahead.</p> </div> <div class="meta-data -excerpt"> <a href="https://foreignpolicy.com/category/roundup/" class="department-name -excerpt "> Roundup </a> <p class="separator" aria-hidden="true">|</p> <address class="author-list -excerpt"> <a href="https://foreignpolicy.com/author/james-crabtree/" data-author-id="872938" class="author"> James Crabtree</a><span class="separator">,</span> <a href="https://foreignpolicy.com/author/zongyuan-zoe-liu/" data-author-id="1081581" class="author"> Zongyuan Zoe Liu</a><span class="separator">,</span> <a href="https://foreignpolicy.com/author/edward-alden/" data-author-id="945304" class="author"> Edward Alden</a><span class="separator">,</span> <a href="https://foreignpolicy.com/author/agathe-demarais/" data-author-id="1096048" class="author"> Agathe Demarais</a><span class="separator">,</span> <a href="https://foreignpolicy.com/author/c-raja-mohan/" data-author-id="135537" class="author"> C. Raja Mohan</a></address> </div> </div> </div> <div class="excerpt-content--list --first-post content-block " data-post-id="1133187"> <figure class="figure-image -nocaption"> <a style="padding-bottom:66.666666666667%; " href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2023/12/30/biden-united-states-foreign-policy-china-israel-india-2023/" class="image-attachment -ratioscale horizontal-orientation"> <img width="800" height="533" alt="U.S. President Joe Biden puts his fingers to his eyes with his head bowed and hands clasped in prayer. A folder sits on his lap as he sits in the lower house of the Irish parliament." style="width:auto;" class="image -fit horizontal-orientation" src="https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/biden-2023-GettyImages-1251784809.jpg?w=800?quality=80" srcset="https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/biden-2023-GettyImages-1251784809.jpg?quality=80 1500w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/biden-2023-GettyImages-1251784809.jpg?resize=150,100&quality=80 150w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/biden-2023-GettyImages-1251784809.jpg?resize=550,367&quality=80 550w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/biden-2023-GettyImages-1251784809.jpg?resize=768,512&quality=80 768w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/biden-2023-GettyImages-1251784809.jpg?resize=400,267&quality=80 400w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/biden-2023-GettyImages-1251784809.jpg?resize=1000,667&quality=80 1000w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/biden-2023-GettyImages-1251784809.jpg?resize=325,217&quality=80 325w" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" loading="lazy" > </a> <figcaption style="height:0;opacity:0;">U.S. President Joe Biden puts his fingers to his eyes with his head bowed and hands clasped in prayer. A folder sits on his lap as he sits in the lower house of the Irish parliament.</figcaption> </figure> <div class="list-text" > <a class="hed-heading -excerpt" href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2023/12/30/biden-united-states-foreign-policy-china-israel-india-2023/"> <h3 class="hed"> Biden and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Year </h3> </a> <div class="dek-heading -excerpt"> <p class="dek">The U.S. president’s foreign-policy strategy came undone in 2023.</p> </div> <div class="meta-data -excerpt"> <a href="https://foreignpolicy.com/category/five-reads/" class="department-name -excerpt "> 5 Top Reads </a> <p class="separator" aria-hidden="true">|</p> <address class="author-list -excerpt"> <a href="https://foreignpolicy.com/author/cameron-abadi/" data-author-id="150083" class="author"> Cameron Abadi</a></address> </div> </div> </div> <div class="excerpt-content--list --first-post content-block " data-post-id="1133505"> <figure class="figure-image -nocaption"> <a style="padding-bottom:66.666666666667%; " href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2023/12/29/adam-tooze-inflation-economy-2023/" class="image-attachment -ratioscale horizontal-orientation"> <img width="800" height="533" alt="U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell prepares to deliver remarks to the Fed's Division of Research and Statistics Centennial Conference in Washington." style="width:auto;" class="image -fit horizontal-orientation" src="https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/jerome-powell-GettyImages-1782089362.jpg?w=800?quality=80" srcset="https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/jerome-powell-GettyImages-1782089362.jpg?quality=80 1500w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/jerome-powell-GettyImages-1782089362.jpg?resize=150,100&quality=80 150w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/jerome-powell-GettyImages-1782089362.jpg?resize=550,367&quality=80 550w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/jerome-powell-GettyImages-1782089362.jpg?resize=768,512&quality=80 768w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/jerome-powell-GettyImages-1782089362.jpg?resize=400,267&quality=80 400w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/jerome-powell-GettyImages-1782089362.jpg?resize=1000,667&quality=80 1000w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/jerome-powell-GettyImages-1782089362.jpg?resize=325,217&quality=80 325w" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" loading="lazy" > </a> <figcaption style="height:0;opacity:0;">U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell prepares to deliver remarks to the Fed's Division of Research and Statistics Centennial Conference in Washington.</figcaption> </figure> <div class="list-text" > <a class="hed-heading -excerpt" href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2023/12/29/adam-tooze-inflation-economy-2023/"> <h3 class="hed"> Were You Team Transitory—or Team Doom? </h3> </a> <div class="dek-heading -excerpt"> <p class="dek">Postgame analysis of 2023’s great inflation debate.</p> </div> <div class="meta-data -excerpt"> <a href="https://foreignpolicy.com/category/q-a/" class="department-name -excerpt "> Q&A </a> <p class="separator" aria-hidden="true">|</p> <address class="author-list -excerpt"> <a href="https://foreignpolicy.com/author/cameron-abadi/" data-author-id="150083" class="author"> Cameron Abadi</a><span class="separator">,</span> <a href="https://foreignpolicy.com/author/adam-tooze/" data-author-id="953136" class="author"> Adam Tooze</a></address> </div> </div> </div> <div class="excerpt-content--list --first-post content-block " data-post-id="1132263"> <figure class="figure-image -nocaption"> <a style="padding-bottom:66.666666666667%; " href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2023/12/15/us-china-committee-new-report-beijing-competition/" class="image-attachment -ratioscale horizontal-orientation"> <img width="800" height="533" alt="In the foreground, U.S. Reps. Mike Gallagher and Raja Krishnamoorthi sit at podiums during a House China committee hearing." style="width:auto;" class="image -fit horizontal-orientation" src="https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/Select-committee-china-GettyImages-1470369780.jpg?w=800?quality=80" srcset="https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/Select-committee-china-GettyImages-1470369780.jpg?quality=80 1500w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/Select-committee-china-GettyImages-1470369780.jpg?resize=150,100&quality=80 150w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/Select-committee-china-GettyImages-1470369780.jpg?resize=550,367&quality=80 550w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/Select-committee-china-GettyImages-1470369780.jpg?resize=768,512&quality=80 768w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/Select-committee-china-GettyImages-1470369780.jpg?resize=400,267&quality=80 400w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/Select-committee-china-GettyImages-1470369780.jpg?resize=1000,667&quality=80 1000w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/Select-committee-china-GettyImages-1470369780.jpg?resize=325,217&quality=80 325w" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" loading="lazy" > </a> <figcaption style="height:0;opacity:0;">In the foreground, U.S. Reps. Mike Gallagher and Raja Krishnamoorthi sit at podiums during a House China committee hearing.</figcaption> </figure> <div class="list-text" > <a class="hed-heading -excerpt" href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2023/12/15/us-china-committee-new-report-beijing-competition/"> <h3 class="hed"> Why a Bipartisan House Committee Wants to Further Cut Ties With Beijing </h3> </a> <div class="dek-heading -excerpt"> <p class="dek">A new report from the influential select committee on China has flown under the radar. </p> </div> <div class="meta-data -excerpt"> <a href="https://foreignpolicy.com/channel/analysis/" class="department-name -excerpt "> Analysis </a> <p class="separator" aria-hidden="true">|</p> <address class="author-list -excerpt"> <a href="https://foreignpolicy.com/author/robbie-gramer/" data-author-id="385543" class="author"> Robbie Gramer</a></address> </div> </div> </div> <div class="excerpt-content--list --first-post content-block " data-post-id="1131363"> <figure class="figure-image -nocaption"> <a style="padding-bottom:66.666666666667%; " href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2023/12/06/global-geopolitics-credibility-us-china-competition-alliances-deterrence-military-economic-power/" class="image-attachment -ratioscale horizontal-orientation"> <img width="800" height="533" alt="A globe with blocks and chunks missing from it sits atop the shoulders of a person looking into a dystopian horizon." style="width:auto;" class="image -fit horizontal-orientation" src="https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/global-credibility-gap-LEAD_001_moodybluegradient.jpg?w=800?quality=80" srcset="https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/global-credibility-gap-LEAD_001_moodybluegradient.jpg?quality=80 1500w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/global-credibility-gap-LEAD_001_moodybluegradient.jpg?resize=150,100&quality=80 150w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/global-credibility-gap-LEAD_001_moodybluegradient.jpg?resize=550,367&quality=80 550w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/global-credibility-gap-LEAD_001_moodybluegradient.jpg?resize=768,512&quality=80 768w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/global-credibility-gap-LEAD_001_moodybluegradient.jpg?resize=400,267&quality=80 400w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/global-credibility-gap-LEAD_001_moodybluegradient.jpg?resize=1000,667&quality=80 1000w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/global-credibility-gap-LEAD_001_moodybluegradient.jpg?resize=325,217&quality=80 325w" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" loading="lazy" > </a> <figcaption style="height:0;opacity:0;">A globe with blocks and chunks missing from it sits atop the shoulders of a person looking into a dystopian horizon.</figcaption> </figure> <div class="list-text" > <a class="hed-heading -excerpt" href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2023/12/06/global-geopolitics-credibility-us-china-competition-alliances-deterrence-military-economic-power/"> <h3 class="hed"> The Global Credibility Gap </h3> </a> <div class="dek-heading -excerpt"> <p class="dek">No one power or group can uphold the international order anymore—and that means much more geopolitical uncertainty ahead.</p> </div> <div class="meta-data -excerpt"> <a href="https://foreignpolicy.com/category/essay/" class="department-name -excerpt "> Essay </a> <p class="separator" aria-hidden="true">|</p> <address class="author-list -excerpt"> <a href="https://foreignpolicy.com/author/jared-cohen/" data-author-id="903119" class="author"> Jared Cohen</a><span class="separator">,</span> <a href="https://foreignpolicy.com/author/ian-bremmer/" data-author-id="363131" class="author"> Ian Bremmer</a></address> </div> </div> </div> <div class="excerpt-content--list --first-post content-block " data-post-id="1130934"> <figure class="figure-image -nocaption"> <a style="padding-bottom:66.666666666667%; " href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2023/12/01/us-china-secretary-of-state-blinken-biden-xi/" class="image-attachment -ratioscale horizontal-orientation"> <img width="800" height="533" alt="A chart illustration shows past secretaries of state on shorter blue and red lines with a walking, full-body Antony Blinken on the longest line with his hand outstretched to shake with President Xi Jinping (not seen)." style="width:auto;" class="image -fit horizontal-orientation" src="https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/US-China-secretary-of-state-visits-infographic-leadv2.jpg?w=800?quality=80" srcset="https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/US-China-secretary-of-state-visits-infographic-leadv2.jpg?quality=80 1500w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/US-China-secretary-of-state-visits-infographic-leadv2.jpg?resize=150,100&quality=80 150w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/US-China-secretary-of-state-visits-infographic-leadv2.jpg?resize=550,367&quality=80 550w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/US-China-secretary-of-state-visits-infographic-leadv2.jpg?resize=768,512&quality=80 768w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/US-China-secretary-of-state-visits-infographic-leadv2.jpg?resize=400,267&quality=80 400w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/US-China-secretary-of-state-visits-infographic-leadv2.jpg?resize=1000,667&quality=80 1000w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/US-China-secretary-of-state-visits-infographic-leadv2.jpg?resize=325,217&quality=80 325w" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" loading="lazy" > </a> <figcaption style="height:0;opacity:0;">A chart illustration shows past secretaries of state on shorter blue and red lines with a walking, full-body Antony Blinken on the longest line with his hand outstretched to shake with President Xi Jinping (not seen).</figcaption> </figure> <div class="list-text" > <a class="hed-heading -excerpt" href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2023/12/01/us-china-secretary-of-state-blinken-biden-xi/"> <h3 class="hed"> U.S. Engagement With China in 3 Charts </h3> </a> <div class="dek-heading -excerpt"> <p class="dek">From Kissinger to Kerry, Washington’s top diplomat once visited Beijing regularly. Not anymore.</p> </div> <div class="meta-data -excerpt"> <a href="https://foreignpolicy.com/category/infographic/" class="department-name -excerpt "> Infographic </a> <p class="separator" aria-hidden="true">|</p> <address class="author-list -excerpt"> <a href="https://foreignpolicy.com/author/alexandra-sharp/" data-author-id="1033414" class="author"> Alexandra Sharp</a></address> </div> </div> </div> <div class="excerpt-content--list --first-post content-block " data-post-id="1130907"> <figure class="figure-image -nocaption"> <a style="padding-bottom:66.666666666667%; " href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2023/11/30/aukus-biden-uk-australia-reagan-conference/" class="image-attachment -ratioscale horizontal-orientation"> <img width="800" height="533" alt="U.S. President Joe Biden (R) meets with Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese (L) during the AUKUS summit at Naval Base Point Loma in San Diego, California, on March 13, 2023." style="width:auto;" class="image -fit horizontal-orientation" src="https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/GettyImages-1248172786.jpg?w=800?quality=80" srcset="https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/GettyImages-1248172786.jpg?quality=80 1500w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/GettyImages-1248172786.jpg?resize=150,100&quality=80 150w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/GettyImages-1248172786.jpg?resize=550,367&quality=80 550w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/GettyImages-1248172786.jpg?resize=768,512&quality=80 768w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/GettyImages-1248172786.jpg?resize=400,267&quality=80 400w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/GettyImages-1248172786.jpg?resize=1000,667&quality=80 1000w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/GettyImages-1248172786.jpg?resize=325,217&quality=80 325w" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" loading="lazy" > </a> <figcaption style="height:0;opacity:0;">U.S. President Joe Biden (R) meets with Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese (L) during the AUKUS summit at Naval Base Point Loma in San Diego, California, on March 13, 2023.</figcaption> </figure> <div class="list-text" > <a class="hed-heading -excerpt" href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2023/11/30/aukus-biden-uk-australia-reagan-conference/"> <h3 class="hed"> The Year-End AUKUS Push </h3> </a> <div class="dek-heading -excerpt"> <p class="dek">Remember that nuclear submarine deal with Australia?</p> </div> <div class="meta-data -excerpt"> <a href="https://foreignpolicy.com/category/situation-report/" class="department-name -excerpt "> Situation Report </a> <p class="separator" aria-hidden="true">|</p> <address class="author-list -excerpt"> <a href="https://foreignpolicy.com/author/jack-detsch/" data-author-id="999847" class="author"> Jack Detsch</a><span class="separator">,</span> <a href="https://foreignpolicy.com/author/robbie-gramer/" data-author-id="385543" class="author"> Robbie Gramer</a><span class="separator">,</span> <a href="https://foreignpolicy.com/author/rishi-iyengar/" data-author-id="1092802" class="author"> Rishi Iyengar</a></address> </div> </div> </div> <div class="excerpt-content--list --first-post content-block " data-post-id="1130504"> <figure class="figure-image -nocaption"> <a style="padding-bottom:66.666666666667%; " href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2023/11/27/masterminds-congress-china-committee-ccp-taiwan-gallagher-krishnamoorthi/" class="image-attachment -ratioscale horizontal-orientation"> <img width="800" height="533" alt="Illustrated portraits of Reps. MIke Gallagher, right, and Raja Krishnamoorthi" style="width:auto;" class="image -fit horizontal-orientation" src="https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/China-Committee-Mike-Gallagher-Raja-Krishnamoorthi-article.png?w=800?quality=80" srcset="https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/China-Committee-Mike-Gallagher-Raja-Krishnamoorthi-article.png?quality=80 1500w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/China-Committee-Mike-Gallagher-Raja-Krishnamoorthi-article.png?resize=150,100&quality=80 150w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/China-Committee-Mike-Gallagher-Raja-Krishnamoorthi-article.png?resize=550,367&quality=80 550w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/China-Committee-Mike-Gallagher-Raja-Krishnamoorthi-article.png?resize=768,512&quality=80 768w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/China-Committee-Mike-Gallagher-Raja-Krishnamoorthi-article.png?resize=400,267&quality=80 400w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/China-Committee-Mike-Gallagher-Raja-Krishnamoorthi-article.png?resize=1000,667&quality=80 1000w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/China-Committee-Mike-Gallagher-Raja-Krishnamoorthi-article.png?resize=325,217&quality=80 325w" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" loading="lazy" > </a> <figcaption style="height:0;opacity:0;">Illustrated portraits of Reps. MIke Gallagher, right, and Raja Krishnamoorthi</figcaption> </figure> <div class="list-text" > <a class="hed-heading -excerpt" href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2023/11/27/masterminds-congress-china-committee-ccp-taiwan-gallagher-krishnamoorthi/"> <h3 class="hed"> The Masterminds </h3> </a> <div class="dek-heading -excerpt"> <p class="dek">Washington wants to get tough on China, and the leaders of the House China Committee are in the driver’s seat.</p> </div> <div class="meta-data -excerpt"> <a href="https://foreignpolicy.com/category/interview/" class="department-name -excerpt "> Interview </a> <p class="separator" aria-hidden="true">|</p> <address class="author-list -excerpt"> <a href="https://foreignpolicy.com/author/robbie-gramer/" data-author-id="385543" class="author"> Robbie Gramer</a></address> </div> </div> </div> <div class="excerpt-content--list --first-post content-block " data-post-id="1130466"> <figure class="figure-image -nocaption"> <a style="padding-bottom:66.666666666667%; " href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2023/11/24/cop28-climate-change-united-nations-dubai/" class="image-attachment -ratioscale horizontal-orientation"> <img width="800" height="533" alt="The foggy skyline of Dubai at sunrise." style="width:auto;" class="image -fit horizontal-orientation" src="https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/cop28-dubai-climate-GettyImages-1139894528.jpg?w=800?quality=80" srcset="https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/cop28-dubai-climate-GettyImages-1139894528.jpg?quality=80 1451w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/cop28-dubai-climate-GettyImages-1139894528.jpg?resize=150,100&quality=80 150w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/cop28-dubai-climate-GettyImages-1139894528.jpg?resize=550,367&quality=80 550w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/cop28-dubai-climate-GettyImages-1139894528.jpg?resize=768,512&quality=80 768w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/cop28-dubai-climate-GettyImages-1139894528.jpg?resize=400,267&quality=80 400w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/cop28-dubai-climate-GettyImages-1139894528.jpg?resize=1000,666&quality=80 1000w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/cop28-dubai-climate-GettyImages-1139894528.jpg?resize=325,217&quality=80 325w" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" loading="lazy" > </a> <figcaption style="height:0;opacity:0;">The foggy skyline of Dubai at sunrise.</figcaption> </figure> <div class="list-text" > <a class="hed-heading -excerpt" href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2023/11/24/cop28-climate-change-united-nations-dubai/"> <h3 class="hed"> Why COP28 Could Be the Most Contentious in Years </h3> </a> <div class="dek-heading -excerpt"> <p class="dek">Prepare for the first real global debate on the future of fossil fuels.</p> </div> <div class="meta-data -excerpt"> <a href="https://foreignpolicy.com/channel/analysis/" class="department-name -excerpt "> Analysis </a> <p class="separator" aria-hidden="true">|</p> <address class="author-list -excerpt"> <a href="https://foreignpolicy.com/author/nigel-purvis/" data-author-id="1084100" class="author"> Nigel Purvis</a></address> </div> </div> </div> <div class="excerpt-content--list --first-post content-block " data-post-id="1130334"> <figure class="figure-image -nocaption"> <a style="padding-bottom:66.666666666667%; " href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2023/11/21/china-us-relations-xi-biden-apec-no-honeymoon/" class="image-attachment -ratioscale horizontal-orientation"> <img width="800" height="533" alt="Chinese President Xi Jinping attends an event on the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit in San Francisco. A U.S. flag hangs in the background." style="width:auto;" class="image -fit horizontal-orientation" src="https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/xi-jinping-us-apec-GettyImages-1785073397.jpg?w=800?quality=80" srcset="https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/xi-jinping-us-apec-GettyImages-1785073397.jpg?quality=80 1500w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/xi-jinping-us-apec-GettyImages-1785073397.jpg?resize=150,100&quality=80 150w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/xi-jinping-us-apec-GettyImages-1785073397.jpg?resize=550,367&quality=80 550w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/xi-jinping-us-apec-GettyImages-1785073397.jpg?resize=768,512&quality=80 768w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/xi-jinping-us-apec-GettyImages-1785073397.jpg?resize=400,267&quality=80 400w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/xi-jinping-us-apec-GettyImages-1785073397.jpg?resize=1000,667&quality=80 1000w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/xi-jinping-us-apec-GettyImages-1785073397.jpg?resize=325,217&quality=80 325w" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" loading="lazy" > </a> <figcaption style="height:0;opacity:0;">Chinese President Xi Jinping attends an event on the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit in San Francisco. A U.S. flag hangs in the background.</figcaption> </figure> <div class="list-text" > <a class="hed-heading -excerpt" href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2023/11/21/china-us-relations-xi-biden-apec-no-honeymoon/"> <h3 class="hed"> This Isn’t a Honeymoon Phase for the U.S. and China </h3> </a> <div class="dek-heading -excerpt"> <p class="dek">After last week’s Xi-Biden meeting, the world’s two chief powers have merely agreed to a cessation of hostilities.</p> </div> <div class="meta-data -excerpt"> <a href="https://foreignpolicy.com/category/china-brief/" class="department-name -excerpt "> China Brief </a> <p class="separator" aria-hidden="true">|</p> <address class="author-list -excerpt"> <a href="https://foreignpolicy.com/author/james-palmer/" data-author-id="29390" class="author"> James Palmer</a></address> </div> </div> </div> <div class="excerpt-content--list --first-post content-block " data-post-id="1129986"> <figure class="figure-image -nocaption"> <a style="padding-bottom:66.666666666667%; " href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2023/11/17/apec-g-20-gdp-xi-china-market-dominance-us-biden-exports-economy/" class="image-attachment -ratioscale horizontal-orientation"> <img width="800" height="533" alt="An illustrations shows overlapping arrows and pie charts atop an image of container ships in an ocean seen from above." style="width:auto;" class="image -fit horizontal-orientation" src="https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/Us-china-g20-trade-economy-foreign-policy-infographic.png?w=800?quality=80" srcset="https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/Us-china-g20-trade-economy-foreign-policy-infographic.png?quality=80 1500w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/Us-china-g20-trade-economy-foreign-policy-infographic.png?resize=150,100&quality=80 150w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/Us-china-g20-trade-economy-foreign-policy-infographic.png?resize=550,367&quality=80 550w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/Us-china-g20-trade-economy-foreign-policy-infographic.png?resize=768,512&quality=80 768w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/Us-china-g20-trade-economy-foreign-policy-infographic.png?resize=400,267&quality=80 400w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/Us-china-g20-trade-economy-foreign-policy-infographic.png?resize=1000,667&quality=80 1000w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/Us-china-g20-trade-economy-foreign-policy-infographic.png?resize=325,217&quality=80 325w" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" loading="lazy" > </a> <figcaption style="height:0;opacity:0;">An illustrations shows overlapping arrows and pie charts atop an image of container ships in an ocean seen from above.</figcaption> </figure> <div class="list-text" > <a class="hed-heading -excerpt" href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2023/11/17/apec-g-20-gdp-xi-china-market-dominance-us-biden-exports-economy/"> <h3 class="hed"> How China and the U.S. Are Competing on Trade </h3> </a> <div class="dek-heading -excerpt"> <p class="dek">Biden’s long-awaited meeting with Xi is a reminder of how most big economies are inextricably tied to both Washington and Beijing.</p> </div> <div class="meta-data -excerpt"> <a href="https://foreignpolicy.com/category/infographic/" class="department-name -excerpt "> Infographic </a> <p class="separator" aria-hidden="true">|</p> <address class="author-list -excerpt"> <a href="https://foreignpolicy.com/author/alexandra-sharp/" data-author-id="1033414" class="author"> Alexandra Sharp</a><span class="separator">,</span> <a href="https://foreignpolicy.com/author/olatunji-osho-williams/" data-author-id="1122312" class="author"> Olatunji Osho-Williams</a></address> </div> </div> </div> <div class="excerpt-content--list --first-post content-block " data-post-id="1129822"> <figure class="figure-image -nocaption"> <a style="padding-bottom:66.666666666667%; " href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2023/11/16/biden-xi-apec-meeting-talks-dictator-communication-channels-fentanyl-pandas-ai/" class="image-attachment -ratioscale horizontal-orientation"> <img width="800" height="533" alt="U.S. President Joe Biden meets with Chinese President Xi Jinping." style="width:auto;" class="image -fit horizontal-orientation" src="https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/BidenXiAPEC-GettyImages-1783880876.jpg?w=800?quality=80" srcset="https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/BidenXiAPEC-GettyImages-1783880876.jpg?quality=80 1500w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/BidenXiAPEC-GettyImages-1783880876.jpg?resize=150,100&quality=80 150w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/BidenXiAPEC-GettyImages-1783880876.jpg?resize=550,367&quality=80 550w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/BidenXiAPEC-GettyImages-1783880876.jpg?resize=768,512&quality=80 768w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/BidenXiAPEC-GettyImages-1783880876.jpg?resize=400,267&quality=80 400w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/BidenXiAPEC-GettyImages-1783880876.jpg?resize=1000,667&quality=80 1000w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/BidenXiAPEC-GettyImages-1783880876.jpg?resize=325,217&quality=80 325w" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" loading="lazy" > </a> <figcaption style="height:0;opacity:0;">U.S. President Joe Biden meets with Chinese President Xi Jinping.</figcaption> </figure> <div class="list-text" > <a class="hed-heading -excerpt" href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2023/11/16/biden-xi-apec-meeting-talks-dictator-communication-channels-fentanyl-pandas-ai/"> <h3 class="hed"> The Big Takeaways From the Biden-Xi APEC Meeting </h3> </a> <div class="dek-heading -excerpt"> <p class="dek">From new panda promises to failed AI compromises, here are the biggest wins and losses of this week’s U.S.-China tête-à-tête.</p> </div> <div class="meta-data -excerpt"> <a href="https://foreignpolicy.com/category/world-brief/" class="department-name -excerpt "> World Brief </a> <p class="separator" aria-hidden="true">|</p> <address class="author-list -excerpt"> <a href="https://foreignpolicy.com/author/alexandra-sharp/" data-author-id="1033414" class="author"> Alexandra Sharp</a></address> </div> </div> </div> <div class="excerpt-content--list --first-post content-block " data-post-id="1129862"> <figure class="figure-image -nocaption"> <a style="padding-bottom:66.666666666667%; " href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2023/11/16/the-u-s-china-hotline-rings-again/" class="image-attachment -ratioscale horizontal-orientation"> <img width="800" height="533" alt="U.S. President Joe Biden (R) and Chinese President Xi Jinping walk together after a meeting during the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation leaders' week in Woodside, California, on Nov. 15, 2023." style="width:auto;" class="image -fit horizontal-orientation" src="https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/GettyImages-1784313680.jpg?w=800?quality=80" srcset="https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/GettyImages-1784313680.jpg?quality=80 1500w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/GettyImages-1784313680.jpg?resize=150,100&quality=80 150w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/GettyImages-1784313680.jpg?resize=550,367&quality=80 550w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/GettyImages-1784313680.jpg?resize=768,512&quality=80 768w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/GettyImages-1784313680.jpg?resize=400,267&quality=80 400w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/GettyImages-1784313680.jpg?resize=1000,667&quality=80 1000w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/GettyImages-1784313680.jpg?resize=325,217&quality=80 325w" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" loading="lazy" > </a> <figcaption style="height:0;opacity:0;">U.S. President Joe Biden (R) and Chinese President Xi Jinping walk together after a meeting during the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation leaders' week in Woodside, California, on Nov. 15, 2023.</figcaption> </figure> <div class="list-text" > <a class="hed-heading -excerpt" href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2023/11/16/the-u-s-china-hotline-rings-again/"> <h3 class="hed"> The U.S.-China Hotline Rings Again </h3> </a> <div class="dek-heading -excerpt"> <p class="dek">Biden and Xi agreed to restart military-to-military talks, but not much else. </p> </div> <div class="meta-data -excerpt"> <a href="https://foreignpolicy.com/category/situation-report/" class="department-name -excerpt "> Situation Report </a> <p class="separator" aria-hidden="true">|</p> <address class="author-list -excerpt"> <a href="https://foreignpolicy.com/author/robbie-gramer/" data-author-id="385543" class="author"> Robbie Gramer</a><span class="separator">,</span> <a href="https://foreignpolicy.com/author/jack-detsch/" data-author-id="999847" class="author"> Jack Detsch</a></address> </div> </div> </div> <div class="excerpt-content--list --first-post content-block " data-post-id="1129776"> <figure class="figure-image -nocaption"> <a style="padding-bottom:66.666666666667%; " href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2023/11/16/biden-xi-apec-meeting-presidential-diplomacy/" class="image-attachment -ratioscale horizontal-orientation"> <img width="800" height="533" alt="Joe Biden and Xi Jinping smile and shake hands near a car" style="width:auto;" class="image -fit horizontal-orientation" src="https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/biden-xi-china-america-GettyImages-1785214197.jpg?w=800?quality=80" srcset="https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/biden-xi-china-america-GettyImages-1785214197.jpg?quality=80 1500w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/biden-xi-china-america-GettyImages-1785214197.jpg?resize=150,100&quality=80 150w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/biden-xi-china-america-GettyImages-1785214197.jpg?resize=550,367&quality=80 550w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/biden-xi-china-america-GettyImages-1785214197.jpg?resize=768,512&quality=80 768w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/biden-xi-china-america-GettyImages-1785214197.jpg?resize=400,267&quality=80 400w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/biden-xi-china-america-GettyImages-1785214197.jpg?resize=1000,667&quality=80 1000w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/biden-xi-china-america-GettyImages-1785214197.jpg?resize=325,217&quality=80 325w" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" loading="lazy" > </a> <figcaption style="height:0;opacity:0;">Joe Biden and Xi Jinping smile and shake hands near a car</figcaption> </figure> <div class="list-text" > <a class="hed-heading -excerpt" href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2023/11/16/biden-xi-apec-meeting-presidential-diplomacy/"> <h3 class="hed"> Biden and Xi Try the Personal Touch </h3> </a> <div class="dek-heading -excerpt"> <p class="dek">Does face-to-face diplomacy ever change anything?</p> </div> <div class="meta-data -excerpt"> <a href="https://foreignpolicy.com/category/news/report/" class="department-name -excerpt "> Report </a> <p class="separator" aria-hidden="true">|</p> <address class="author-list -excerpt"> <a href="https://foreignpolicy.com/author/robbie-gramer/" data-author-id="385543" class="author"> Robbie Gramer</a></address> </div> </div> </div> <div class="excerpt-content--list --first-post content-block " data-post-id="1129699"> <figure class="figure-image -nocaption"> <a style="padding-bottom:66.666666666667%; " href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2023/11/15/biden-xi-meeting-filoli-apec-summit-fentanyl-trafficking-fossil-fuels/" class="image-attachment -ratioscale horizontal-orientation"> <img width="800" height="533" alt="U.S. President Joe Biden (left) and Chinese President Xi Jinping arrive for a meeting of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum." style="width:auto;" class="image -fit horizontal-orientation" src="https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/BidenXiAPEC-GettyImages-1783878372.jpg?w=800?quality=80" srcset="https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/BidenXiAPEC-GettyImages-1783878372.jpg?quality=80 1500w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/BidenXiAPEC-GettyImages-1783878372.jpg?resize=150,100&quality=80 150w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/BidenXiAPEC-GettyImages-1783878372.jpg?resize=550,367&quality=80 550w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/BidenXiAPEC-GettyImages-1783878372.jpg?resize=768,512&quality=80 768w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/BidenXiAPEC-GettyImages-1783878372.jpg?resize=400,267&quality=80 400w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/BidenXiAPEC-GettyImages-1783878372.jpg?resize=1000,667&quality=80 1000w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/BidenXiAPEC-GettyImages-1783878372.jpg?resize=325,217&quality=80 325w" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" loading="lazy" > </a> <figcaption style="height:0;opacity:0;">U.S. President Joe Biden (left) and Chinese President Xi Jinping arrive for a meeting of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum.</figcaption> </figure> <div class="list-text" > <a class="hed-heading -excerpt" href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2023/11/15/biden-xi-meeting-filoli-apec-summit-fentanyl-trafficking-fossil-fuels/"> <h3 class="hed"> Biden, Xi Hold In-Person Talks at APEC Forum </h3> </a> <div class="dek-heading -excerpt"> <p class="dek">Efforts to reestablish communication channels dominated the highly anticipated summit.</p> </div> <div class="meta-data -excerpt"> <a href="https://foreignpolicy.com/category/world-brief/" class="department-name -excerpt "> World Brief </a> <p class="separator" aria-hidden="true">|</p> <address class="author-list -excerpt"> <a href="https://foreignpolicy.com/author/alexandra-sharp/" data-author-id="1033414" class="author"> Alexandra Sharp</a></address> </div> </div> </div> <div class="excerpt-content--list --first-post content-block " data-post-id="1129637"> <figure class="figure-image -nocaption"> <a style="padding-bottom:66.666666666667%; " href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2023/11/14/xi-biden-meeting-apec-summit-us-china/" class="image-attachment -ratioscale horizontal-orientation"> <img width="800" height="533" alt="U.S. President Joe Biden, right, gestures toward Chinese President Xi Jinping seen from behind at left. Behind them are U.S. and China flags. A blurry hand gestures to the left in front of them." style="width:auto;" class="image -fit horizontal-orientation" src="https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/xi-biden-china-brief-2022-11-14T100407Z_1778239641_RC2MLX9XDDST_RTRMADP_3_G20-SUMMIT-BIDEN-XI.jpg?w=800?quality=80" srcset="https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/xi-biden-china-brief-2022-11-14T100407Z_1778239641_RC2MLX9XDDST_RTRMADP_3_G20-SUMMIT-BIDEN-XI.jpg?quality=80 1500w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/xi-biden-china-brief-2022-11-14T100407Z_1778239641_RC2MLX9XDDST_RTRMADP_3_G20-SUMMIT-BIDEN-XI.jpg?resize=150,100&quality=80 150w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/xi-biden-china-brief-2022-11-14T100407Z_1778239641_RC2MLX9XDDST_RTRMADP_3_G20-SUMMIT-BIDEN-XI.jpg?resize=550,367&quality=80 550w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/xi-biden-china-brief-2022-11-14T100407Z_1778239641_RC2MLX9XDDST_RTRMADP_3_G20-SUMMIT-BIDEN-XI.jpg?resize=768,512&quality=80 768w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/xi-biden-china-brief-2022-11-14T100407Z_1778239641_RC2MLX9XDDST_RTRMADP_3_G20-SUMMIT-BIDEN-XI.jpg?resize=400,267&quality=80 400w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/xi-biden-china-brief-2022-11-14T100407Z_1778239641_RC2MLX9XDDST_RTRMADP_3_G20-SUMMIT-BIDEN-XI.jpg?resize=1000,667&quality=80 1000w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/xi-biden-china-brief-2022-11-14T100407Z_1778239641_RC2MLX9XDDST_RTRMADP_3_G20-SUMMIT-BIDEN-XI.jpg?resize=325,217&quality=80 325w" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" loading="lazy" > </a> <figcaption style="height:0;opacity:0;">U.S. President Joe Biden, right, gestures toward Chinese President Xi Jinping seen from behind at left. Behind them are U.S. and China flags. A blurry hand gestures to the left in front of them.</figcaption> </figure> <div class="list-text" > <a class="hed-heading -excerpt" href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2023/11/14/xi-biden-meeting-apec-summit-us-china/"> <h3 class="hed"> Can Xi and Biden Repair U.S.-China Ties? </h3> </a> <div class="dek-heading -excerpt"> <p class="dek">Their meeting in San Francisco will reportedly lead to pledges on areas of mutual concern, as tensions remain high.</p> </div> <div class="meta-data -excerpt"> <a href="https://foreignpolicy.com/category/china-brief/" class="department-name -excerpt "> China Brief </a> <p class="separator" aria-hidden="true">|</p> <address class="author-list -excerpt"> <a href="https://foreignpolicy.com/author/james-palmer/" data-author-id="29390" class="author"> James Palmer</a></address> </div> </div> </div> <div class="excerpt-content--list --first-post content-block " data-post-id="1129551"> <figure class="figure-image -nocaption"> <a style="padding-bottom:66.666666666667%; " href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2023/11/14/biden-xi-meeting-apec-uscc-china-report/" class="image-attachment -ratioscale horizontal-orientation"> <img width="800" height="533" alt="Chinese President Xi Jinping attends the Third Belt and Road Forum at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing." style="width:auto;" class="image -fit horizontal-orientation" src="https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/GettyImages-1730511081.jpg?w=800?quality=80" srcset="https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/GettyImages-1730511081.jpg?quality=80 1500w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/GettyImages-1730511081.jpg?resize=150,100&quality=80 150w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/GettyImages-1730511081.jpg?resize=550,367&quality=80 550w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/GettyImages-1730511081.jpg?resize=768,512&quality=80 768w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/GettyImages-1730511081.jpg?resize=400,267&quality=80 400w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/GettyImages-1730511081.jpg?resize=1000,667&quality=80 1000w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/GettyImages-1730511081.jpg?resize=325,217&quality=80 325w" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" loading="lazy" > </a> <figcaption style="height:0;opacity:0;">Chinese President Xi Jinping attends the Third Belt and Road Forum at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing.</figcaption> </figure> <div class="list-text" > <a class="hed-heading -excerpt" href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2023/11/14/biden-xi-meeting-apec-uscc-china-report/"> <h3 class="hed"> What America’s Top China Commission Is Worried About </h3> </a> <div class="dek-heading -excerpt"> <p class="dek">Technology, trade, and Taiwan dominate in a new report to Congress.</p> </div> <div class="meta-data -excerpt"> <a href="https://foreignpolicy.com/category/news/report/" class="department-name -excerpt "> Report </a> <p class="separator" aria-hidden="true">|</p> <address class="author-list -excerpt"> <a href="https://foreignpolicy.com/author/rishi-iyengar/" data-author-id="1092802" class="author"> Rishi Iyengar</a></address> </div> </div> </div> <div class="excerpt-content--list --first-post content-block " data-post-id="1129568"> <figure class="figure-image -nocaption"> <a style="padding-bottom:66.666666666667%; " href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2023/11/14/biden-xi-us-china-apec-meeting/" class="image-attachment -ratioscale horizontal-orientation"> <img width="800" height="526" alt="Xi Jinping and Joe Biden share a toast at a State Department luncheon" style="width:auto;" class="image -fit horizontal-orientation" src="https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/biden-xi-meeting-apec-GettyImages-490009832-e1699956875785.jpg?w=800?quality=80" srcset="https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/biden-xi-meeting-apec-GettyImages-490009832-e1699956875785.jpg?w=800&h=526&quality=80 800w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/biden-xi-meeting-apec-GettyImages-490009832-e1699956875785.jpg?w=600&h=395 600w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/biden-xi-meeting-apec-GettyImages-490009832-e1699956875785.jpg?w=400&h=263 400w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/biden-xi-meeting-apec-GettyImages-490009832-e1699956875785.jpg?w=200&h=132 200w" sizes="auto" loading="lazy" > </a> <figcaption style="height:0;opacity:0;">Xi Jinping and Joe Biden share a toast at a State Department luncheon</figcaption> </figure> <div class="list-text" > <a class="hed-heading -excerpt" href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2023/11/14/biden-xi-us-china-apec-meeting/"> <h3 class="hed"> Don’t Expect Much From Biden and Xi </h3> </a> <div class="dek-heading -excerpt"> <p class="dek">Having nothing to write home about would be the preferred outcome for both sides.</p> </div> <div class="meta-data -excerpt"> <a href="https://foreignpolicy.com/channel/analysis/" class="department-name -excerpt "> Analysis </a> <p class="separator" aria-hidden="true">|</p> <address class="author-list -excerpt"> <a href="https://foreignpolicy.com/author/agathe-demarais/" data-author-id="1096048" class="author"> Agathe Demarais</a></address> </div> </div> </div> <div class="excerpt-content--list --first-post content-block " data-post-id="1129549"> <figure class="figure-image -nocaption"> <a style="padding-bottom:66.666666666667%; " href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2023/11/13/xi-biden-meeting-united-states-china-apec-diplomacy/" class="image-attachment -ratioscale horizontal-orientation"> <img width="800" height="533" alt="U.S. President Joe Biden, left, gestures as he walks past a U.S. flag. Ahead of him walks Chinese President Xi Jinping. Both wear suits as they walk past a large door." style="width:auto;" class="image -fit horizontal-orientation" src="https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/xi-biden-AP22318382704405.jpg?w=800?quality=80" srcset="https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/xi-biden-AP22318382704405.jpg?quality=80 1500w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/xi-biden-AP22318382704405.jpg?resize=150,100&quality=80 150w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/xi-biden-AP22318382704405.jpg?resize=550,367&quality=80 550w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/xi-biden-AP22318382704405.jpg?resize=768,512&quality=80 768w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/xi-biden-AP22318382704405.jpg?resize=400,267&quality=80 400w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/xi-biden-AP22318382704405.jpg?resize=1000,667&quality=80 1000w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/xi-biden-AP22318382704405.jpg?resize=325,217&quality=80 325w" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" loading="lazy" > </a> <figcaption style="height:0;opacity:0;">U.S. President Joe Biden, left, gestures as he walks past a U.S. flag. Ahead of him walks Chinese President Xi Jinping. Both wear suits as they walk past a large door.</figcaption> </figure> <div class="list-text" > <a class="hed-heading -excerpt" href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2023/11/13/xi-biden-meeting-united-states-china-apec-diplomacy/"> <h3 class="hed"> What to Expect From the Xi-Biden Meeting </h3> </a> <div class="dek-heading -excerpt"> <p class="dek">While deliverables are likely to be modest, Wednesday’s meeting could yield progress on shared priorities.</p> </div> <div class="meta-data -excerpt"> <a href="https://foreignpolicy.com/category/news/report/" class="department-name -excerpt "> Report </a> <p class="separator" aria-hidden="true">|</p> <address class="author-list -excerpt"> <a href="https://foreignpolicy.com/author/lili-pike/" data-author-id="1121803" class="author"> Lili Pike</a></address> </div> </div> </div> <div class="excerpt-content--list --first-post content-block " data-post-id="1129429"> <figure class="figure-image -nocaption"> <a style="padding-bottom:66.666666666667%; " href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2023/11/12/china-coal-climate-change-carbon-emissions-pledge-plants-apec/" class="image-attachment -ratioscale horizontal-orientation"> <img width="800" height="533" alt="Four workers in blue hardhats walk past a coal plant. One is smoking a cigarette." style="width:auto;" class="image -fit horizontal-orientation" src="https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/Coal-power-plant-China-GettyImages-1346457974.jpg?w=800?quality=80" srcset="https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/Coal-power-plant-China-GettyImages-1346457974.jpg?quality=80 1500w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/Coal-power-plant-China-GettyImages-1346457974.jpg?resize=150,100&quality=80 150w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/Coal-power-plant-China-GettyImages-1346457974.jpg?resize=550,367&quality=80 550w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/Coal-power-plant-China-GettyImages-1346457974.jpg?resize=768,512&quality=80 768w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/Coal-power-plant-China-GettyImages-1346457974.jpg?resize=400,267&quality=80 400w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/Coal-power-plant-China-GettyImages-1346457974.jpg?resize=1000,667&quality=80 1000w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/Coal-power-plant-China-GettyImages-1346457974.jpg?resize=325,217&quality=80 325w" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" loading="lazy" > </a> <figcaption style="height:0;opacity:0;">Four workers in blue hardhats walk past a coal plant. One is smoking a cigarette.</figcaption> </figure> <div class="list-text" > <a class="hed-heading -excerpt" href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2023/11/12/china-coal-climate-change-carbon-emissions-pledge-plants-apec/"> <h3 class="hed"> China Pledged to ‘Strictly Control’ Coal. The Opposite Happened. </h3> </a> <div class="dek-heading -excerpt"> <p class="dek">What Beijing’s about-face on coal power means for climate change—and how the world can push back.</p> </div> <div class="meta-data -excerpt"> <a href="https://foreignpolicy.com/channel/analysis/" class="department-name -excerpt "> Analysis </a> <p class="separator" aria-hidden="true">|</p> <address class="author-list -excerpt"> <a href="https://foreignpolicy.com/author/lauri-myllyvirta/" data-author-id="954677" class="author"> Lauri Myllyvirta</a><span class="separator">,</span> <a href="https://foreignpolicy.com/author/byford-tsang/" data-author-id="1129431" class="author"> Byford Tsang</a></address> </div> </div> </div> <div class="excerpt-content--list --first-post content-block " data-post-id="1125144"> <figure class="figure-image -nocaption"> <a style="padding-bottom:66.666666666667%; " href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2023/09/26/us-china-pacific-islands-cofa-marshall-islands-micronesia-palau-great-power-competition/" class="image-attachment -ratioscale horizontal-orientation"> <img width="800" height="533" alt="U.S. President Joe Biden hosts leaders for a U.S.-Pacific Islands Forum Summit at the White House in Washington, D.C." style="width:auto;" class="image -fit horizontal-orientation" src="https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/Biden-Pacific-islands-countering-China-strategy-GettyImages-1689510894.jpg?w=800?quality=80" srcset="https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/Biden-Pacific-islands-countering-China-strategy-GettyImages-1689510894.jpg?quality=80 1500w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/Biden-Pacific-islands-countering-China-strategy-GettyImages-1689510894.jpg?resize=150,100&quality=80 150w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/Biden-Pacific-islands-countering-China-strategy-GettyImages-1689510894.jpg?resize=550,366&quality=80 550w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/Biden-Pacific-islands-countering-China-strategy-GettyImages-1689510894.jpg?resize=768,511&quality=80 768w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/Biden-Pacific-islands-countering-China-strategy-GettyImages-1689510894.jpg?resize=400,266&quality=80 400w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/Biden-Pacific-islands-countering-China-strategy-GettyImages-1689510894.jpg?resize=1000,666&quality=80 1000w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/Biden-Pacific-islands-countering-China-strategy-GettyImages-1689510894.jpg?resize=325,216&quality=80 325w" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" loading="lazy" > </a> <figcaption style="height:0;opacity:0;">U.S. President Joe Biden hosts leaders for a U.S.-Pacific Islands Forum Summit at the White House in Washington, D.C.</figcaption> </figure> <div class="list-text" > <a class="hed-heading -excerpt" href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2023/09/26/us-china-pacific-islands-cofa-marshall-islands-micronesia-palau-great-power-competition/"> <h3 class="hed"> Government Shutdown Threatens Key U.S. Initiative in Pacific </h3> </a> <div class="dek-heading -excerpt"> <p class="dek">Chaos in Congress jeopardizes Biden’s efforts to re-up ties with Micronesia, Palau, and the Marshall Islands.</p> </div> <div class="meta-data -excerpt"> <a href="https://foreignpolicy.com/category/news/report/" class="department-name -excerpt "> Report </a> <p class="separator" aria-hidden="true">|</p> <address class="author-list -excerpt"> <a href="https://foreignpolicy.com/author/robbie-gramer/" data-author-id="385543" class="author"> Robbie Gramer</a></address> </div> </div> </div> <div class="excerpt-content--list --first-post content-block " data-post-id="1124067"> <figure class="figure-image -nocaption"> <a style="padding-bottom:66.666666666667%; " href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2023/09/15/south-china-sea-philippines-navy-pressure-campaign-disputed-islands-blockade/" class="image-attachment -ratioscale horizontal-orientation"> <img width="800" height="533" alt="A woman with short hair and wearing camouflage fatigues is seen from behind as she speaks into a phone receiver. As she speaks she looks through the window in front of her, through which the surface of the ocean is visible, with another boat floating nearby." style="width:auto;" class="image -fit horizontal-orientation" src="https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/GettyImages-1618067053.jpg?w=800?quality=80" srcset="https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/GettyImages-1618067053.jpg?quality=80 1500w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/GettyImages-1618067053.jpg?resize=150,100&quality=80 150w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/GettyImages-1618067053.jpg?resize=550,367&quality=80 550w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/GettyImages-1618067053.jpg?resize=768,512&quality=80 768w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/GettyImages-1618067053.jpg?resize=400,267&quality=80 400w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/GettyImages-1618067053.jpg?resize=1000,667&quality=80 1000w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/GettyImages-1618067053.jpg?resize=325,217&quality=80 325w" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" loading="lazy" > </a> <figcaption style="height:0;opacity:0;">A woman with short hair and wearing camouflage fatigues is seen from behind as she speaks into a phone receiver. As she speaks she looks through the window in front of her, through which the surface of the ocean is visible, with another boat floating nearby.</figcaption> </figure> <div class="list-text" > <a class="hed-heading -excerpt" href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2023/09/15/south-china-sea-philippines-navy-pressure-campaign-disputed-islands-blockade/"> <h3 class="hed"> China Brings Out the Big Guns in the South China Sea </h3> </a> <div class="dek-heading -excerpt"> <p class="dek">The Chinese navy and maritime militia are using water cannons, laser dazzlers, and harassing tactics to try to push smaller nations out of the area.</p> </div> <div class="meta-data -excerpt"> <a href="https://foreignpolicy.com/category/news/report/" class="department-name -excerpt "> Report </a> <p class="separator" aria-hidden="true">|</p> <address class="author-list -excerpt"> <a href="https://foreignpolicy.com/author/jack-detsch/" data-author-id="999847" class="author"> Jack Detsch</a></address> </div> </div> </div> <div class="excerpt-content--list --first-post content-block " data-post-id="1122667"> <figure class="figure-image -nocaption"> <a style="padding-bottom:66.666666666667%; " href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2023/08/31/state-department-taps-new-top-china-official/" class="image-attachment -ratioscale horizontal-orientation"> <img width="800" height="519" alt="The State Department building is seen in Washington on Sept. 4, 2022." style="width:auto;" class="image -fit horizontal-orientation" src="https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/GettyImages-1242950555.jpg?w=800?quality=80" srcset="https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/GettyImages-1242950555.jpg?quality=80 1500w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/GettyImages-1242950555.jpg?resize=150,97&quality=80 150w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/GettyImages-1242950555.jpg?resize=550,357&quality=80 550w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/GettyImages-1242950555.jpg?resize=768,498&quality=80 768w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/GettyImages-1242950555.jpg?resize=400,259&quality=80 400w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/GettyImages-1242950555.jpg?resize=1000,649&quality=80 1000w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/GettyImages-1242950555.jpg?resize=325,211&quality=80 325w" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" loading="lazy" > </a> <figcaption style="height:0;opacity:0;">The State Department building is seen in Washington on Sept. 4, 2022.</figcaption> </figure> <div class="list-text" > <a class="hed-heading -excerpt" href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2023/08/31/state-department-taps-new-top-china-official/"> <h3 class="hed"> State Department Taps New Top China Official </h3> </a> <div class="dek-heading -excerpt"> <p class="dek">Veteran diplomat Mark Lambert will lead the new “China House.”</p> </div> <div class="meta-data -excerpt"> <a href="https://foreignpolicy.com/category/situation-report/" class="department-name -excerpt "> Situation Report </a> <p class="separator" aria-hidden="true">|</p> <address class="author-list -excerpt"> <a href="https://foreignpolicy.com/author/robbie-gramer/" data-author-id="385543" class="author"> Robbie Gramer</a><span class="separator">,</span> <a href="https://foreignpolicy.com/author/jack-detsch/" data-author-id="999847" class="author"> Jack Detsch</a></address> </div> </div> </div> <div class="excerpt-content--list --first-post content-block " data-post-id="1121549"> <figure class="figure-image -nocaption"> <a style="padding-bottom:66.666666666667%; " href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2023/08/17/biden-japan-south-korea-trilateral-summit-china-north-korea-threat/" class="image-attachment -ratioscale horizontal-orientation"> <img width="800" height="533" alt="U.S. President Joe Biden, Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, and South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol greet each other ahead of a meeting during the G7 Leaders' Summit in Hiroshima, Japan on May 21." style="width:auto;" class="image -fit horizontal-orientation" src="https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/Biden-Japan-South-Korea-trilateral-China-threat-GettyImages-1256659186.jpg?w=800?quality=80" srcset="https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/Biden-Japan-South-Korea-trilateral-China-threat-GettyImages-1256659186.jpg?quality=80 1500w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/Biden-Japan-South-Korea-trilateral-China-threat-GettyImages-1256659186.jpg?resize=150,100&quality=80 150w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/Biden-Japan-South-Korea-trilateral-China-threat-GettyImages-1256659186.jpg?resize=550,367&quality=80 550w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/Biden-Japan-South-Korea-trilateral-China-threat-GettyImages-1256659186.jpg?resize=768,512&quality=80 768w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/Biden-Japan-South-Korea-trilateral-China-threat-GettyImages-1256659186.jpg?resize=400,267&quality=80 400w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/Biden-Japan-South-Korea-trilateral-China-threat-GettyImages-1256659186.jpg?resize=1000,667&quality=80 1000w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/Biden-Japan-South-Korea-trilateral-China-threat-GettyImages-1256659186.jpg?resize=325,217&quality=80 325w" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" loading="lazy" > </a> <figcaption style="height:0;opacity:0;">U.S. President Joe Biden, Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, and South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol greet each other ahead of a meeting during the G7 Leaders' Summit in Hiroshima, Japan on May 21.</figcaption> </figure> <div class="list-text" > <a class="hed-heading -excerpt" href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2023/08/17/biden-japan-south-korea-trilateral-summit-china-north-korea-threat/"> <h3 class="hed"> Biden’s Big Bet on Japan and South Korea </h3> </a> <div class="dek-heading -excerpt"> <p class="dek">Can rising enemies bring old frenemies together?</p> </div> <div class="meta-data -excerpt"> <a href="https://foreignpolicy.com/category/situation-report/" class="department-name -excerpt "> Situation Report </a> <p class="separator" aria-hidden="true">|</p> <address class="author-list -excerpt"> <a href="https://foreignpolicy.com/author/robbie-gramer/" data-author-id="385543" class="author"> Robbie Gramer</a><span class="separator">,</span> <a href="https://foreignpolicy.com/author/jack-detsch/" data-author-id="999847" class="author"> Jack Detsch</a></address> </div> </div> </div> <div class="excerpt-content--list --first-post content-block " data-post-id="1119533"> <figure class="figure-image -nocaption"> <a style="padding-bottom:66.666666666667%; " href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2023/07/25/state-department-china-budget/" class="image-attachment -ratioscale horizontal-orientation"> <img width="800" height="533" alt="U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken (R) shakes hands with Chinese Director of the Office of the Central Foreign Affairs Commission Wang Yi in Jakarta, Indonesia." style="width:auto;" class="image -fit horizontal-orientation" src="https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/GettyImages-1529388655.jpg?w=800?quality=80" srcset="https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/GettyImages-1529388655.jpg?quality=80 1500w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/GettyImages-1529388655.jpg?resize=150,100&quality=80 150w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/GettyImages-1529388655.jpg?resize=550,367&quality=80 550w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/GettyImages-1529388655.jpg?resize=768,512&quality=80 768w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/GettyImages-1529388655.jpg?resize=400,267&quality=80 400w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/GettyImages-1529388655.jpg?resize=1000,667&quality=80 1000w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/GettyImages-1529388655.jpg?resize=325,217&quality=80 325w" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" loading="lazy" > </a> <figcaption style="height:0;opacity:0;">U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken (R) shakes hands with Chinese Director of the Office of the Central Foreign Affairs Commission Wang Yi in Jakarta, Indonesia.</figcaption> </figure> <div class="list-text" > <a class="hed-heading -excerpt" href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2023/07/25/state-department-china-budget/"> <h3 class="hed"> The State Department’s China Shortfall Revealed </h3> </a> <div class="dek-heading -excerpt"> <p class="dek">Diplomats need more money to counter the other superpower in the Indo-Pacific, but they may have to wait.</p> </div> <div class="meta-data -excerpt"> <a href="https://foreignpolicy.com/category/news/report/" class="department-name -excerpt "> Report </a> <p class="separator" aria-hidden="true">|</p> <address class="author-list -excerpt"> <a href="https://foreignpolicy.com/author/robbie-gramer/" data-author-id="385543" class="author"> Robbie Gramer</a><span class="separator">,</span> <a href="https://foreignpolicy.com/author/jack-detsch/" data-author-id="999847" class="author"> Jack Detsch</a></address> </div> </div> </div> <div class="excerpt-content--list --first-post content-block " data-post-id="1115173"> <figure class="figure-image -nocaption"> <a style="padding-bottom:66.666666666667%; " href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2023/06/08/china-u-s-technology-arms-race-aukus/" class="image-attachment -ratioscale horizontal-orientation"> <img width="800" height="534" alt="The Google logo is reflected in windows of the company's China head office as the Chinese flag flies in the wind in Beijing." style="height:auto;" class="image -fit horizontal-orientation" src="https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/China-technology-AUKUS-U-S-arms-race-GettyImages-98135911.jpg?w=800?quality=80" srcset="https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/China-technology-AUKUS-U-S-arms-race-GettyImages-98135911.jpg?quality=80 1500w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/China-technology-AUKUS-U-S-arms-race-GettyImages-98135911.jpg?resize=150,100&quality=80 150w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/China-technology-AUKUS-U-S-arms-race-GettyImages-98135911.jpg?resize=550,367&quality=80 550w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/China-technology-AUKUS-U-S-arms-race-GettyImages-98135911.jpg?resize=768,513&quality=80 768w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/China-technology-AUKUS-U-S-arms-race-GettyImages-98135911.jpg?resize=400,267&quality=80 400w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/China-technology-AUKUS-U-S-arms-race-GettyImages-98135911.jpg?resize=1000,667&quality=80 1000w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/China-technology-AUKUS-U-S-arms-race-GettyImages-98135911.jpg?resize=325,217&quality=80 325w" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" loading="lazy" > </a> <figcaption style="height:0;opacity:0;">The Google logo is reflected in windows of the company's China head office as the Chinese flag flies in the wind in Beijing.</figcaption> </figure> <div class="list-text" > <a class="hed-heading -excerpt" href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2023/06/08/china-u-s-technology-arms-race-aukus/"> <h3 class="hed"> Is China Gaining a Lead in the Tech Arms Race? </h3> </a> <div class="dek-heading -excerpt"> <p class="dek">A new report warns China has some big advantages over the U.S.</p> </div> <div class="meta-data -excerpt"> <a href="https://foreignpolicy.com/category/situation-report/" class="department-name -excerpt "> Situation Report </a> <p class="separator" aria-hidden="true">|</p> <address class="author-list -excerpt"> <a href="https://foreignpolicy.com/author/jack-detsch/" data-author-id="999847" class="author"> Jack Detsch</a><span class="separator">,</span> <a href="https://foreignpolicy.com/author/rishi-iyengar/" data-author-id="1092802" class="author"> Rishi Iyengar</a><span class="separator">,</span> <a href="https://foreignpolicy.com/author/robbie-gramer/" data-author-id="385543" class="author"> Robbie Gramer</a></address> </div> </div> </div> <div class="excerpt-content--list --first-post content-block " data-post-id="1114580"> <figure class="figure-image -nocaption"> <a style="padding-bottom:66.666666666667%; " href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2023/06/05/us-china-policy-democracy-ccp-strategy/" class="image-attachment -ratioscale horizontal-orientation"> <img width="800" height="533" alt="Pro-democracy demonstrators assemble in Tiananmen Square, Beijng, on April 1, 1989." style="width:auto;" class="image -fit horizontal-orientation" src="https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/Tiananmen-Square-china-democracy-GettyImages-640489219.jpg?w=800?quality=80" srcset="https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/Tiananmen-Square-china-democracy-GettyImages-640489219.jpg?quality=80 1500w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/Tiananmen-Square-china-democracy-GettyImages-640489219.jpg?resize=150,100&quality=80 150w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/Tiananmen-Square-china-democracy-GettyImages-640489219.jpg?resize=550,367&quality=80 550w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/Tiananmen-Square-china-democracy-GettyImages-640489219.jpg?resize=768,512&quality=80 768w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/Tiananmen-Square-china-democracy-GettyImages-640489219.jpg?resize=400,267&quality=80 400w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/Tiananmen-Square-china-democracy-GettyImages-640489219.jpg?resize=1000,667&quality=80 1000w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/Tiananmen-Square-china-democracy-GettyImages-640489219.jpg?resize=325,217&quality=80 325w" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" loading="lazy" > </a> <figcaption style="height:0;opacity:0;">Pro-democracy demonstrators assemble in Tiananmen Square, Beijng, on April 1, 1989.</figcaption> </figure> <div class="list-text" > <a class="hed-heading -excerpt" href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2023/06/05/us-china-policy-democracy-ccp-strategy/"> <h3 class="hed"> America’s Goal Should Be a Democratic China </h3> </a> <div class="dek-heading -excerpt"> <p class="dek">The lack of a long-term vision keeps Washington’s China policies confused.</p> </div> <div class="meta-data -excerpt"> <a href="https://foreignpolicy.com/category/analysis/argument/" class="department-name -excerpt "> Argument </a> <p class="separator" aria-hidden="true">|</p> <address class="author-list -excerpt"> <a href="https://foreignpolicy.com/author/liza-tobin/" data-author-id="1114629" class="author"> Liza Tobin</a><span class="separator">,</span> <a href="https://foreignpolicy.com/author/michael-auslin/" data-author-id="358975" class="author"> Michael Auslin</a></address> </div> </div> </div> <div class="excerpt-content--list --first-post content-block " data-post-id="1113915"> <figure class="figure-image -nocaption"> <a style="padding-bottom:66.666666666667%; " href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2023/05/26/china-biden-great-power-competition-south-pacific-papua-new-guinea/" class="image-attachment -ratioscale horizontal-orientation"> <img width="800" height="534" alt="U.S. President Joe Biden sits at a table next to a screen showing with Chinese President Xi Jinping during a virtual meeting at the White House." style="height:auto;" class="image -fit horizontal-orientation" src="https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/Biden-China-great-power-competition-South-Pacific-GettyImages-1353512957.jpg?w=800?quality=80" srcset="https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/Biden-China-great-power-competition-South-Pacific-GettyImages-1353512957.jpg?quality=80 1500w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/Biden-China-great-power-competition-South-Pacific-GettyImages-1353512957.jpg?resize=150,100&quality=80 150w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/Biden-China-great-power-competition-South-Pacific-GettyImages-1353512957.jpg?resize=550,367&quality=80 550w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/Biden-China-great-power-competition-South-Pacific-GettyImages-1353512957.jpg?resize=768,513&quality=80 768w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/Biden-China-great-power-competition-South-Pacific-GettyImages-1353512957.jpg?resize=400,267&quality=80 400w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/Biden-China-great-power-competition-South-Pacific-GettyImages-1353512957.jpg?resize=1000,667&quality=80 1000w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/Biden-China-great-power-competition-South-Pacific-GettyImages-1353512957.jpg?resize=325,217&quality=80 325w" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" loading="lazy" > </a> <figcaption style="height:0;opacity:0;">U.S. President Joe Biden sits at a table next to a screen showing with Chinese President Xi Jinping during a virtual meeting at the White House.</figcaption> </figure> <div class="list-text" > <a class="hed-heading -excerpt" href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2023/05/26/china-biden-great-power-competition-south-pacific-papua-new-guinea/"> <h3 class="hed"> How to Talk About China Without Talking About China </h3> </a> <div class="dek-heading -excerpt"> <p class="dek">Team Biden’s split-screen messaging on China at home versus abroad may pay off.</p> </div> <div class="meta-data -excerpt"> <a href="https://foreignpolicy.com/channel/analysis/" class="department-name -excerpt "> Analysis </a> <p class="separator" aria-hidden="true">|</p> <address class="author-list -excerpt"> <a href="https://foreignpolicy.com/author/robbie-gramer/" data-author-id="385543" class="author"> Robbie Gramer</a></address> </div> </div> </div> <div class="excerpt-content--list --first-post content-block " data-post-id="1106515"> <figure class="figure-image -nocaption"> <a style="padding-bottom:66.666666666667%; " href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2023/03/10/biden-aukus-miller-us-uk-australia-china-france/" class="image-attachment -ratioscale horizontal-orientation"> <img width="800" height="533" alt="A Royal Australian Navy submarine is seen during a biennial maritime exercise." style="width:auto;" class="image -fit horizontal-orientation" src="https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/GettyImages-1235304592.jpg?w=800?quality=80" srcset="https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/GettyImages-1235304592.jpg?quality=80 1500w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/GettyImages-1235304592.jpg?resize=150,100&quality=80 150w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/GettyImages-1235304592.jpg?resize=550,367&quality=80 550w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/GettyImages-1235304592.jpg?resize=768,512&quality=80 768w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/GettyImages-1235304592.jpg?resize=400,267&quality=80 400w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/GettyImages-1235304592.jpg?resize=1000,667&quality=80 1000w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/GettyImages-1235304592.jpg?resize=325,217&quality=80 325w" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" loading="lazy" > </a> <figcaption style="height:0;opacity:0;">A Royal Australian Navy submarine is seen during a biennial maritime exercise.</figcaption> </figure> <div class="list-text" > <a class="hed-heading -excerpt" href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2023/03/10/biden-aukus-miller-us-uk-australia-china-france/"> <h3 class="hed"> Biden’s AUKUS Point Man to Exit </h3> </a> <div class="dek-heading -excerpt"> <p class="dek">With the big sub deal in hand, it’s no longer Miller time.</p> </div> <div class="meta-data -excerpt"> <a href="https://foreignpolicy.com/category/news/report/" class="department-name -excerpt "> Report </a> <p class="separator" aria-hidden="true">|</p> <address class="author-list -excerpt"> <a href="https://foreignpolicy.com/author/jack-detsch/" data-author-id="999847" class="author"> Jack Detsch</a><span class="separator">,</span> <a href="https://foreignpolicy.com/author/robbie-gramer/" data-author-id="385543" class="author"> Robbie Gramer</a></address> </div> </div> </div> <div class="excerpt-content--list --first-post content-block " data-post-id="1106352"> <figure class="figure-image -nocaption"> <a style="padding-bottom:66.666666666667%; " href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2023/03/09/us-military-china-taiwan-pentagon/" class="image-attachment -ratioscale horizontal-orientation"> <img width="800" height="491" alt="The Nimitz-class aircraft carriers USS John C. Stennis, left, and USS Ronald Reagan conduct dual aircraft carrier strike group operations in the U.S. 7th Fleet area of operations in support of security and stability in the Indo-Pacific." style="width:auto;" class="image -fit horizontal-orientation" src="https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/GettyImages-541065846.jpg?w=800?quality=80" srcset="https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/GettyImages-541065846.jpg?quality=80 1500w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/GettyImages-541065846.jpg?resize=150,92&quality=80 150w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/GettyImages-541065846.jpg?resize=550,338&quality=80 550w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/GettyImages-541065846.jpg?resize=768,472&quality=80 768w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/GettyImages-541065846.jpg?resize=400,246&quality=80 400w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/GettyImages-541065846.jpg?resize=1000,614&quality=80 1000w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/GettyImages-541065846.jpg?resize=325,200&quality=80 325w" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" loading="lazy" > </a> <figcaption style="height:0;opacity:0;">The Nimitz-class aircraft carriers USS John C. Stennis, left, and USS Ronald Reagan conduct dual aircraft carrier strike group operations in the U.S. 7th Fleet area of operations in support of security and stability in the Indo-Pacific.</figcaption> </figure> <div class="list-text" > <a class="hed-heading -excerpt" href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2023/03/09/us-military-china-taiwan-pentagon/"> <h3 class="hed"> Biden Budget Expected to Stiff the Indo-Pacific </h3> </a> <div class="dek-heading -excerpt"> <p class="dek">The Pentagon’s top military command charged with countering China believes it’s getting shortchanged—again. </p> </div> <div class="meta-data -excerpt"> <a href="https://foreignpolicy.com/category/news/report/" class="department-name -excerpt "> Report </a> <p class="separator" aria-hidden="true">|</p> <address class="author-list -excerpt"> <a href="https://foreignpolicy.com/author/jack-detsch/" data-author-id="999847" class="author"> Jack Detsch</a></address> </div> </div> </div> <div class="excerpt-content--list --first-post content-block " data-post-id="1103011"> <figure class="figure-image -nocaption"> <a style="padding-bottom:66.666666666667%; " href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2023/02/15/china-us-relations-hawks-engagement-cold-war-taiwan/" class="image-attachment -ratioscale horizontal-orientation"> <img width="800" height="533" alt="US China Hawk in Washington" style="width:auto;" class="image -fit horizontal-orientation" src="https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/us-china-hawks-washington-foreign-policy-illustration-hp.jpg?w=800?quality=80" srcset="https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/us-china-hawks-washington-foreign-policy-illustration-hp.jpg?quality=80 1500w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/us-china-hawks-washington-foreign-policy-illustration-hp.jpg?resize=150,100&quality=80 150w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/us-china-hawks-washington-foreign-policy-illustration-hp.jpg?resize=550,366&quality=80 550w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/us-china-hawks-washington-foreign-policy-illustration-hp.jpg?resize=768,511&quality=80 768w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/us-china-hawks-washington-foreign-policy-illustration-hp.jpg?resize=400,266&quality=80 400w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/us-china-hawks-washington-foreign-policy-illustration-hp.jpg?resize=1000,666&quality=80 1000w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/us-china-hawks-washington-foreign-policy-illustration-hp.jpg?resize=325,216&quality=80 325w" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" loading="lazy" > </a> <figcaption style="height:0;opacity:0;">US China Hawk in Washington</figcaption> </figure> <div class="list-text" > <a class="hed-heading -excerpt" href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2023/02/15/china-us-relations-hawks-engagement-cold-war-taiwan/"> <h3 class="hed"> Washington’s China Hawks Take Flight </h3> </a> <div class="dek-heading -excerpt"> <p class="dek">The story of how decades of U.S. engagement with China gave way to estrangement.</p> </div> <div class="meta-data -excerpt"> <a href="https://foreignpolicy.com/category/deep-dive/" class="department-name -excerpt "> Deep Dive </a> <p class="separator" aria-hidden="true">|</p> <address class="author-list -excerpt"> <a href="https://foreignpolicy.com/author/robbie-gramer/" data-author-id="385543" class="author"> Robbie Gramer</a><span class="separator">,</span> <a href="https://foreignpolicy.com/author/christina-lu/" data-author-id="1029959" class="author"> Christina Lu</a></address> </div> </div> </div> <div class="excerpt-content--list --first-post content-block " data-post-id="1097342"> <figure class="figure-image -nocaption"> <a style="padding-bottom:66.666666666667%; " href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2022/12/05/us-china-cambodia-ream-naval-base/" class="image-attachment -ratioscale horizontal-orientation"> <img width="800" height="533" alt="Cambodian Defense Minister Tea Banh (right) and Chinese ambassador to Cambodia Wang Wentian take part in a groundbreaking ceremony." style="width:auto;" class="image -fit horizontal-orientation" src="https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/GettyImages-1241168840.jpg?w=800?quality=80" srcset="https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/GettyImages-1241168840.jpg?quality=80 1500w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/GettyImages-1241168840.jpg?resize=150,100&quality=80 150w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/GettyImages-1241168840.jpg?resize=550,367&quality=80 550w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/GettyImages-1241168840.jpg?resize=768,512&quality=80 768w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/GettyImages-1241168840.jpg?resize=400,267&quality=80 400w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/GettyImages-1241168840.jpg?resize=1000,667&quality=80 1000w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/GettyImages-1241168840.jpg?resize=325,217&quality=80 325w" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" loading="lazy" > </a> <figcaption style="height:0;opacity:0;">Cambodian Defense Minister Tea Banh (right) and Chinese ambassador to Cambodia Wang Wentian take part in a groundbreaking ceremony.</figcaption> </figure> <div class="list-text" > <a class="hed-heading -excerpt" href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2022/12/05/us-china-cambodia-ream-naval-base/"> <h3 class="hed"> U.S. Looks to Check Chinese Advances at Cambodian Naval Base </h3> </a> <div class="dek-heading -excerpt"> <p class="dek">You can’t lay a string of pearls if you can’t get full access.</p> </div> <div class="meta-data -excerpt"> <a href="https://foreignpolicy.com/category/news/report/" class="department-name -excerpt "> Report </a> <p class="separator" aria-hidden="true">|</p> <address class="author-list -excerpt"> <a href="https://foreignpolicy.com/author/jack-detsch/" data-author-id="999847" class="author"> Jack Detsch</a></address> </div> </div> </div> <div class="excerpt-content--list --first-post content-block " data-post-id="1095341"> <figure class="figure-image -nocaption"> <a style="padding-bottom:66.666666666667%; " href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2022/11/15/u-s-china-trade-war-wto-sanctions-xi-jinping-biden-trump/" class="image-attachment -ratioscale horizontal-orientation"> <img width="800" height="533" alt="U.S. President Joe Biden and Chinese President Xi Jinping meet on the sidelines of the G-20 summit in Nusa Dua, Indonesia." style="width:auto;" class="image -fit horizontal-orientation" src="https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/GettyImages-1244769657.jpg?w=800?quality=80" srcset="https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/GettyImages-1244769657.jpg?quality=80 1500w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/GettyImages-1244769657.jpg?resize=150,100&quality=80 150w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/GettyImages-1244769657.jpg?resize=550,367&quality=80 550w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/GettyImages-1244769657.jpg?resize=768,512&quality=80 768w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/GettyImages-1244769657.jpg?resize=400,267&quality=80 400w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/GettyImages-1244769657.jpg?resize=1000,667&quality=80 1000w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/GettyImages-1244769657.jpg?resize=325,217&quality=80 325w" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" loading="lazy" > </a> <figcaption style="height:0;opacity:0;">U.S. President Joe Biden and Chinese President Xi Jinping meet on the sidelines of the G-20 summit in Nusa Dua, Indonesia.</figcaption> </figure> <div class="list-text" > <a class="hed-heading -excerpt" href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2022/11/15/u-s-china-trade-war-wto-sanctions-xi-jinping-biden-trump/"> <h3 class="hed"> U.S.-China Trade War Could Heat Up </h3> </a> <div class="dek-heading -excerpt"> <p class="dek">A congressional commission wants Biden to rethink the trade relationship with China. </p> </div> <div class="meta-data -excerpt"> <a href="https://foreignpolicy.com/category/news/report/" class="department-name -excerpt "> Report </a> <p class="separator" aria-hidden="true">|</p> <address class="author-list -excerpt"> <a href="https://foreignpolicy.com/author/jack-detsch/" data-author-id="999847" class="author"> Jack Detsch</a></address> </div> </div> </div> <div class="excerpt-content--list --first-post content-block " data-post-id="1086051"> <figure class="figure-image -nocaption"> <a style="padding-bottom:66.666666666667%; " href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2022/08/05/china-taiwan-missiles-nancy-pelosi-diplomatic-tension/" class="image-attachment -ratioscale horizontal-orientation"> <img width="800" height="533" alt="Chinese military helicopters fly past Pingtan island." style="width:auto;" 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