What Price Hormuz?
Donald Trump has three primary objectives in the Persian Gulf: unwind the Iranian nuclear program, permanently reopen the Strait of…
Reading Between China’s Red Lines by Stephen S. Roach
Chinese President Xi Jinping’s blunt warning to US President Donald Trump about Taiwan was clearly intended to sharpen the distinction…
Has Taiwan Made Itself Immune to American Betrayal? by Channing Lee
Although Donald Trump’s recent statements about Taiwan seemed like a gift to Chinese President Xi Jinping, such rhetoric no longer…
The US and China Must Learn to Coexist by Pinelopi Koujianou Goldberg
The Beijing summit between Donald Trump and Xi Jinping showed that competition between the United States and China need not…
The World Economy After the Trump-Xi Summit by Shang-Jin Wei
en English Economics May 15, 2026 Shang-Jin Wei If Donald Trump and Xi Jinping’s Beijing summit produces a sustained Sino-American…
Was Xi Jinping Inevitable? by Steve Tsang
Under Xi Jinping, China is moving steadily away from the pragmatic authoritarianism of the reform era toward the restoration of…
The World After the Iran War by Shlomo Ben-Ami
Not all wars lead to better international orders. The Iran war launched by the United States and Israel is likely…
Will Trump Betray Taiwan? by Eyck Freymann
When Donald Trump sits down with Xi Jinping this week, he will be facing a leader who is patient, perceptive,…
The Iran War’s Strategic Fallout by Ian Bremmer
By leaving US allies and rivals alike scrambling to respond to an unpredictable and unreliable superpower, the war in the…
What China Will Learn from Orbán’s Defeat by Sam Chetwin George
After watching Nikita Khrushchev’s repudiation of Stalin lead to a revolution in Hungary, Mao Zedong concluded that under one-party rule,…
Sun Tzu’s Advice for Donald Trump by Stephen S. Roach
Amid a series of massive, illegal policy blunders, US President Donald Trump has set his sights on stabilizing relations with…
South Korea’s Precarious Balancing Act by Anne O. Krueger
Caught between US President Donald Trump’s unpredictable administration and a rising China, South Korea is highly exposed to geopolitical turmoil…
The Global AI Threat Has Arrived
The ability of Anthropic’s new AI model, Claude Mythos Preview, to find vulnerabilities across major operating systems and web browsers…
Hormuz Today, Taiwan Tomorrow by Todd G. Buchholz
By closing the Strait of Hormuz, Iran has handed the Trump administration a practice test. To pass—and preserve deterrence against…
The Iran War Is a Boon for the BRICS by Jim O’Neill
Politics Apr 8, 2026 Jim O’Neill More than a month into the US-Israeli war against Iran, the broader strategic implications…