Although the issue was absent from the headline highlights of the May 2026 U.S.-China summit, commitment to fentanyl ...

Future China-EU economic relations are likely to be defined by cooperation amid ongoing competition. Europe will need to choose when to emphasize industrial competitiveness and when to protect open ...

China and Canada are cautiously rebuilding relations based on shared economic and strategic interests, though deep-seated mistrust, domestic political constraints, and geopolitical pressure from the ...

China's sanctions on Philippine Defense Secretary Gilberto Teodoro threaten to disrupt a recent improvement in bilateral relations, casting uncertainty over diplomatic dialogue, security cooperation, ...

China-U.S. relations face both opportunities and challenges. At least within this year, and particularly given the three ...

Attempting to use “rebalancing” as an excuse for applying pressure on another country or for excluding a particular country ...

The South China Sea has long been rich in natural resources and trade between people. It is estimated that more than $5 trillion in global trade flows through the region each year, while explorations ...

The policy is turning the world from a rules-based order to a strength-based one. January’s intervention in Venezuela may ...

Iran is increasingly reorienting its foreign policy and economic strategy toward China and Eurasia, using expanded overland transport and energy links through Central and South Asia to reduce its ...

The phrase ‘String of Pearls’ was first used in 2005, in a report entitled “Energy Futures in Asia” provided to U.S. Defense Secretary Donald H Rumsfeld by defense contractor Booz Allen Hamilton. It ...

A series of articles—based on empirical research by Brookings scholar Cheng Li—anticipating and analyzing leadership changes at China’s 20th Party Congress Cheng Li is a senior fellow and director of ...

A series of articles—based on empirical research by Brookings scholar Cheng Li—anticipating and analyzing leadership changes at China’s 20th Party Congress Cheng Li is a senior fellow and director of ...