A tale of two presidents in Beijing

Xi-Trump summit: what ‘strategic stability’ means for US-China ties

Trump’s visit ‘may help set the groundwork for both sides to identify areas of common interest’

Trump’s China visit is more than diplomacy – it is a contest to define the relationship

Potential China-Philippine Joint Development of Oil and Gas Resources in the South China Sea: Prospects and Problems

The Iran conflict expands U.S. doctrine of economic pressure to counter China

Marcos Jr.’s China reset promotes Philippine security

Why has Trump’s Proposal for a “Escort Coalition” in the Strait of Hormuz been Slow to Materialize?

RIC in 2026: What It Can and Cannot Do

Wave of Visits to Beijing Signals Hedging but not Pivoting

U.S. Military Operations Against Venezuela

When Climate Standards Become Trade Rules: CBAM’s Rulemaking Power and Global Implications

From Rules to Bargains

International Law Concerns Arising from the US Arrest of Nicolas Maduro: The End of “Rules-Based International Order” Rhetoric

From Text to Practice: The Rise of Implementation Politics in Ocean Governance 

Will Viet Nam’s Balancing Act Persist in 2026?

China’s Fifteenth Five-Year Plan: Stability, Modernization, and the Strategic Logic Behind Its Domestic Priorities

A Fragile Thaw in Busan: Cautious Optimism in a Volatile 2026

China, APEC must pursue openness, cooperation

Interception of the Global Sumud Flotilla in International Waters

Ocean Governance in the Arctic: Balancing the Three Cs—Competition, Cooperation, and Conservation

APEC needs an external rebalancing makeover

Counter Narcotic Operations in the Caribbean Sea

Can Multilateralism Survive Deep Seabed Mining Race?

Fault line eraser: The SCO is renewing the promise of a UN-centered, multi-civilizational multilateralism

Securing China-US Relations within the Wider Asia-Pacific

Deep Waters, High Stakes: U.S. Policy Reform for Offshore Critical Minerals

Charting the Blue Future: Reflections on the 2025 UN Ocean Conference in France

L.E.A.D. Project Brief: The Trump Administration’s Emerging Strategic and Economic Framework for China

US, China and EU: The race for Greenland’s mineral riches

Opinion | UK’s Chagos deal puts spotlight on strategic contest in the Indian Ocean

Trump’s Crypto Ambition: Populism, Economic Strategy, and the Competition for Digital Future

Viability of UNCLOS amid Emerging Global Maritime Challenges

Halfway There: Tracking the Global Momentum for the BBNJ Treaty

The Nordic Reaction to America’s Arctic Posture

The Black Sea Chessboard: US, Russia, and Ukraine in a High-Stakes Gambit

Moratoriums vs. Mining: How ISA’s 30th Session Wrestled With Environmental Thresholds, Profit Sharing, and the Rush to Regulate

From the Third Plenum to the ‘Two Sessions’ Meeting: Reviewing China’s Management of its Economy

MAP Spotlight: Gulf of Mexico

Who owns the Arctic? Trump’s vision and the global power struggle

Any US bid to retake Panama Canal would be prohibitively costly

Global Times Interview: Implementing unilateral economic rules will ultimately harm the US itself

Trump’s Greenland gambit spotlights geopolitical tussle over the Arctic

The Growing Wave of Climate Change Litigation: Trends and Impacts

Trade wars are neither good nor easy to win

L.E.A.D. Project Brief: Trump’s Return Scrambles Outlook

How the West can navigate Sino-Russian cooperation in the Arctic

China’s Role in the G20 and Beyond

Harris or Trump: The US’ broad brushstrokes on China and Beijing’s preferred choice

Reflection from the 2024 Arctic Circle Assembly: Charting the Future of Arctic Governance

Navigating the Arctic Shifts

MAP Spotlight: IUU Fishing

Opportunities, Challenges, and the Uncertain Future of Sino-Russian Cooperation in the Arctic

Media Manipulation and Strategic Tension: The Philippines’ Role in the South China Sea Dispute

With Kishida’s Resignation, Japan Brings More Economic Uncertainties to Asia in a U.S. Election Year

Global Times Interview: China’s ‘economic miracle’ was forged under conditions of openness

U.S. Congressional Visits Jeopardize Taiwan’s Interests, and Its Own

MAP Spotlight: Baltic Sea

A Landmark Advisory Opinion: ITLOS Strengthens Legal Framework for Climate Action

Big Wave and Undercurrent: Washington’s Duo-Track Efforts to Compete with China in the Global Maritime Influence

L.E.A.D. Project Brief: Ties Stabilize While Negative Undercurrents Deepen

Rivalries aside, it’s vital for US and Chinese navies to keep talking

MAP Spotlight: Hainan

US must Cooperate with China, Lone Ranger Mentality Outdated

Biden’s New Trade Row with China is more than just Election Gimmicks

Some Observations on the U.S. Announced Extended Continental Shelf Outer Limits

Taking Down “Made-in-China” Cranes Cannot Address U.S. Weakness in The Shipping Industry

How Ukraine war and sanctions on Russia put Arctic cooperation on ice

Event Summary: Taking On the China Challenge with Congressman Kevin Hern, Hudson Institute

Guest Opinion: Navigating China’s economic evolution — Insights from China’s “two sessions”

Building Blocs in Space Diplomacy: China’s Methodology in Collecting Partnerships for Outer Space and the Evolving U.S. Response

L.E.A.D. Legislative Brief: Congress Settled on Structural Approach to Compete with China

Event Summary: Is the US-China relationship America’s most consequential bilateral relationship?, Brookings

Guest Opinion: Democracy in crisis: Where is the United States headed?

2024-The South China Sea at a Crossroads: More Unilateral Actions Ahead (9DASHLINE In Forum)

Securing China-US Relations within the Wider Asia-Pacific

Event Summary: The Future of U.S.-China Relations, Council on Foreign Relations

MAP Spotlight: Deep-Sea Mining

Event Summary: Navigating the uncertainties of US-China relations over the next decade, Brookings & Pax sapiens

Navigating U.S.-China Maritime Relations

L.E.A.D. Project Brief: Biden-Xi Woodside Summit and the Slow Rehabilitation of US-PRC Ties

US-China Global Maritime Relations

“Transitioning away” from fossil fuels requires patience and fresh ideas

Event Summary: Beyond the SCIF: Countering Chinese Influence Operations on American Soil, Hudson Institute

India: Forsaking Strategic Autonomy for Strategic Alignment in the Indo-Pacific

Launching APEC 1989

Scientific ‘coupling’ must be preserved for global good

Event Summary: What’s Next for US-China Relations? The View from Congress, CSIS

Creating a new world of peaceful coexistence among great powers

Event Summary: Chinese Assessments of De-risking, CSIS

A new way forward for US–China relations

L.E.A.D. Legislative Brief: Congress Refining and Zooming in on Critical Issues

L.E.A.D. Project Brief: US-China Effort to Set “Guardrails” Back on Track for Now

The Expanded BRICS at Fifteen

Event Summary: How to Reset the U.S.-China Relationship, Foreign Policy

MAP Spotlight: Nine-Dash Line

Event Summary: Dennis Wilder on Stabilizing U.S.-China Relations

L.E.A.D. Legislative Brief: 118th Congress on the Move on China in its First Few Months

Settling robust US–China guardrails after Blinken’s and Yellen’s China visits

MAP Spotlight: Maritime Search and Rescue

Event Summary: Building a Networked Security Architecture in the Indo-Pacific with Ely Ratner

Track 2 dialogue can help improve Sino-US ties

China and the United States in the South Pacific Ocean: Will Strategic Competition or Practical Cooperation Drive the Future Development

Restricting China or Repairing Loopholes

Ramifications of ROK President Yoon’s US Visit

L.E.A.D. Project Brief: US-China Effort to Set “Guardrails” Fizzles with Balloon Incident

MAP Spotlight: Strait of Malacca

MAP Spotlight: Taiwan Strait

MAP Spotlight: Antarctic Treaty System

MAP Spotlight: The Maldives

MAP Spotlight: ASEAN

MAP Spotlight: UNCLOS

The Maritime Bedrock of the U.S.-Philippines Alliance

Why China is hesitant about endorsing marine protected area proposals in the Antarctic

China’s Data Governance and Cybersecurity Regime

What does the High Seas Treaty imply for China in the South China Sea and the Arctic Ocean?

The New Marcos Administration

As war in Ukraine freezes the Arctic Council, how will Asia break the ice?

Congress Hearing Notes: Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Evaluating U.S.-China Policy in the Era of Strategic Competition, Feb. 9 2023

Thoughts on & Summary of a CSIS Debate on the U.S.-China Economics Cooperation

Data Matters

Slamming the door on diplomacy over surveillance balloon is reckless, not resolute

South Korea’s Indo-Pacific Strategy: Some Takeaways

Closing the Climate Financing Gap: New Proposals and Emerging Risks

Devising a new Sino-US strategic framework

China’s ‘Common Prosperity’ Pathway to Socialist Modernization

Tech blockade just counterproductive

Encyclopedia of Ocean Law and Policy in Asia-Pacific: China

House of Dragonslayers

Destined to Disappoint: The Quad as Part of the United States’ Indo-Pacific Strategy

China and the United States in the Arctic

Xi must walk his talk of reform and transformation

Why Russia’s Arctic agenda should be of more concern than China’s actions

The Philippines under Marcos Jr: Playing the US card to deal with China

U.S.-Pacific Island Country Summit: Geopolitics trumps development

Protecting Blue Carbon From Extreme Weather’s Destruction and For Its Mitigation

How will China Respond to the ROK-US EDSCG Meeting?

Significant Changes in Russia’s Arctic Affairs are on the Horizon

China–US rivalry no new Cold War

Taiwan Wargame Simulations Could Exacerbate U.S. Strategic Miscalculation

The U.S. View on ‘Historic Rights’ within the Nine Dash Line

It is What You Make of It

Limits in the Seas No. 150 and the U.S.’s Misinterpretation of ‘Historic Rights’

George Kennan, “The Sources of Soviet Conduct”, and its Application to the China Challenge

General Wei Fenghe’s Address at the 2022 Shangri-La Dialogue

Secretary Lloyd Austin’s Address at the 2022 Shangri-La Dialogue

Do not strand U.S.-China relations in the Taiwan Strait

Whirlwind round of US diplomacy leaves China relations in unknown territory

Has the Quad passed its peak?

What do the Upcoming Australian Elections Mean for U.S.-China Relations?

The Biden Administration’s Russia Sanctions

The South Pacific Ocean: Another battleground for China-US competition?

Facts Over Headlines

Ukraine war may freeze both Russia and China out of Arctic cooperation

China’s cautious navigation amid talk of a new Cold War in the Arctic

The Shanghai Communique’s relevance endures in an age of US–China strategic competition

Building Back Better U.S.-China Relations in 2022 and Beyond

Having its Cake and Eating it Too: The U.S. and State Practice in Outlying Archipelagos

Unfolding Black And White Of China’s Bri In The Indian Ocean

From Pragmatism to UNCLOS Purism

The Other Side of the Polar Coin

China’s Regulatory Clampdown on Big Tech

The Quad’s maritime rule of law hypocrisy

Weighing the Sources of International Law

The Biden Administration’s Emerging “New Approach” on U.S.-China Trade and Tariffs

Beijing’s Creative Compliance and non-Compliance in the South China Sea

Quad’s India Problem: No Different From Beijing

An Emerging Trend Towards Building Back Better U.S.-China Relations: Key Takeaways from the Yang-Sullivan Meeting

Encyclopedia of Public International Law in Asia: China

Analyzing legal and political issues surrounding historic Arctic voyage

Vietnam is a Wildcard in US-China Relations

China and the US must find ways to get along, no matter how fierce the competition

Find a Happy Medium or Take Cheap Shots?: The Challenges of U.S.-China Cooperation in a Post-Withdrawal Afghanistan

Australia’s ‘China-has-changed’ narrative doesn’t explain damagingly bad ties

Making Sense of the Debacle and Tragedy of Afghanistan

Don’t Let the Glitters Block the Path

Security, Strategy, and Military Dynamics in the South China Sea: Cross-National Perspectives

The Biden Administration’s Plans for the U.S. in Space: More Questions than Answers

The rules of a new cold war: Why America cannot treat China like the USSR

The Question of International Roles

The Quad is not an Asian NATO, but could it be?

How cooperation on climate change, polar research can help thaw US-China relations

Will It Be a Cold War Redux?

Maritime Port Acquisitions and Development as Indicators of National Strategy

Breaking the Ice: Previewing the High-Level U.S.-China Meeting in Anchorage

America is Back, but China Never Left: How the Biden Administration Intends to Rebuild US Leadership in the UN

What’s on Biden’s Mind?

First Impressions: Biden’s Climate, Health and Technology Personnel and U.S.-China Relations

US-China relations: how Joe Biden’s return to multilateralism can revive climate change cooperation

“Pivot to Asia” between geopolitics and technology

Introducing the ICAS Biden Administration International Affairs Personnel Tracker

The limits of Biden

Bide Our Time Together: Anchoring U.S.-China Relations under the Biden Administration

Decoding President-Elect Joe Biden’s China Strategy

Supporting ASEAN’s Centrality and Neutrality, Neutralizing U.S. Indo-Pacific Strategy

US-China Relations and COVID-19: Pursuing Chinese Studies during the pandemic and its aftermath

The US Approach to Joint Development in the South China Sea

Decoding Biden’s China Strategy: Selective Decoupling and a New Engagement Under the Realities of Strategic Competition

Not Friend, Not Foe: Reassessing U.S.-China Great Power Competition with the Hydrangea Framework

Quadrilateral home truths

Reining in America’s Illegal Section 301 Duties

U.S.-China Relations in the Age of COVID-19: Politics, Polemics and Pandemic Response Measures

The United Nations Security Council at 75

Sorry Seems to be the Hardest Word

Hawks and Wolves

Going Beyond the ‘Original Inter-Arctic States’: China Acting in the Arctic and Observing the Arctic Council

Hong Kong National Security Law

Blue Dots and Red Roads: Frictions and the Potential for Limited Cooperation Between Chinese and U.S. International Development Models

Punishing Hong Kong to Spite China: U.S.’ Problematic 2020 Hong Kong Policy Act Report

Seizing the moment at the WHO

COVID 19’s Fallout: An Accelerator of Renewed U.S.-China Great Power Strategic Competition

Viral Mistruths: Separating Fact from Fiction Regarding China’s Early COVID-19 Response

The Many Rights and Few Wrongs of China’s Early Coronavirus Response

Why is the Media Experiencing an Accountability Deficit?

India is Not the Indo-Pacific Strategy’s Silver Bullet

Looking East to Contain COVID-19

COVID-19: Historical Responses and Lessons Learned

Forget the V in COVID-19: What Institutional Economic Responses are Ignoring

Trump 2.0 May See More Slash-And-Burn Unilateralism

Breaking the Ice

Turbulence on the horizon in the South China Sea?

ICAS Scholars Develop an Ongoing Database to Characterize both the Coverage and Response to COVID-19 by the West

China’s Role in the Arctic: Observing and Being Observed

An Update on American Perspectives on the Belt and Road Initiative

Jakarta Should Not Dismiss Beijing’s ‘Historic Rights’ Claim

Despite Phase 1 trade deal, some US-China decoupling may get underway

Deconstructing US-China Decoupling

Trump Has Abandoned Dispute Settlement

The U.S. and WTO Reform

Trump’s ‘America First’ Trade Malpractice

‘The Democracy Playbook’: A Strategic Plan to Fight Democratic Backsliding at Brookings

‘Leadership…with Chinese Characteristics’ – Analysis by William J. McCahill at NBR

Freedom of Navigation: Where to Go When the Political Agenda Overshadows Legal Substance

Refusing to bite the bullet

Indo-Pacific Strategy and China’s Response

China-India Relations: Restoring Maritime Commons

Historic Fishing Rights in Foreign Exclusive Maritime Zones: Preserved or Proscribed by UNCLOS?

Tech ‘Boom’ in LAC: A new age in China-Latin American relations

The East China Sea Tracker

A Shift of U.S. Arctic Policy: Can the China Card Be Played Wisely?

China’s Belt and Road Initiative: A Watershed Moment in the Future of Climate Change

Diversification of China’s relationship with Latin America: What does this mean for the U.S.?

Why We Should Worry About the U.S.’s Increasing Engagement with Mekong Countries

China and the G20 in the Age of ‘Messy Multilateralism’

China, G20 and The Future of Multilateralism

Asia Policy Assembly: Keynote Address, Plenary Session on U.S.-China Competition — A Summary

US or China: the Latin American Dilemma

The South China Sea Maritime Tracker

China-India Ties: Modi and the Renewal of Defence of India

Neo-Maoism: A Growing Ideology or a Niche Subculture?

Managing Reiwa era expectations

China and International Telecommunication Union Issues Facing the United States

Who is winning the trade war?

Lessons from the Recent Thaw in Sino-US Relations

China-European Union Economic Ties

Arctic ambitions of China, Russia – and now the US – need not spark a cold war

A New Foreign Investment Regime for a New Era of Socialist Modernization

US, Russia and China in the Arctic: Seeking Cooperation despite Increasing Competition

Trump touts economic success, but is that what North Korea wants?

China’s Stake in the Trump-Kim Summit

Trump-Kim Vietnam Summit: An End to the Korean War?

Hitting its stride: on the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank

China-India Boundary: Rules for a Resolution

Trump’s Vanishing Act Sours Asia Ties Just As China Hits A Sweet Spot

The China Angle to INF Withdrawal is Off

PacNet #73 – China-Vatican Accord: Is it Time for the Dalai Lama to Return to Tibet?

Japan-India: Gulf in Strategic Precepts

Pence’s Speech: Key Turning Point or a Play for the Midterms?

The Pope has Kissed and Made Up with China. Can the Dalai Lama?

Trump’s New Rules on Chinese Investment Screening

What a navy ship stranded on a South China Sea shoal reveals about China-Philippine relations

ASEAN and China should seize the opportunity in the South China Sea

Trump Joined China Trade and North Korea at the Hip, Each Now Drags the Other Down

China Scores with ASEAN Play as Trump’s America Loses its Way in South China Sea

China must lead trade, investment multilateralism at the WTO

Trump-Kim Statement Isn’t Vague – It’s Just Flexible Enough to Work

Archipelagic Regime in the South China Sea: A Debate on the Rights of Continental States’ Outlying Archipelagos

India’s Actions in the South China Sea Will Speak Louder than its Words

Xi Jinping and Narendra Modi have Jump-Started a New Era in China-India Ties

The Two Korea’s Tryst With Destiny

The South China Sea Arbitration: A Test for the Efficacy of Compulsory Mechanism of UNCLOS

Maritime Order and the Law in East Asia

Paper Tigers

China-ASEAN relations in the South China Sea: Persistent features and obstacles to cooperation

China’s Interests in the Arctic: Opportunities & Challenges

Washington Must Own up to Superpower Competition With China

International observers warm to China’s Arctic policy

Previewing Issues in 2018: Trump’s DPRK Policy | U.S.-China Trade | The South China Sea

Can US Pessimism and Chinese Optimism Find Common Ground?

No Reassurance

ICAS Preview: The South China Sea in 2018

How Much Will the South China Sea Remain Critical for China-US Relations?

Trump’s State Visit to China

The ‘Golden BRICS’: Ten Years on and Looking Ahead

US-India defense ties: setting the table for Secretary Mattis’ visit to New Delhi

Maritime Confidence Building Measures in the South China Sea

What South China Sea Rivals Can Learn From the Doklam Border Dispute

Why a US military strike against North Korea would be disastrous

Forget the Chatter, ASEAN-China Relations are Actually Stable

New Report Chapter – Post-Arbitration South China Sea: China’s Legal Policy Obligations and Future Prospects

Previewing the Comprehensive Economic Dialogue

Trump’s Emerging South China Sea Policy

Global Development with Chinese Characteristics

Understanding the Freedom of Navigation Doctrine and China-U.S. Relations in the South China Sea

What China’s Belt and Road has to learn from 1920s America

Maximum Pressure, Deferred Engagement: The Trump Administration’s Approach to the North Korea Conundrum

Uncertainty in ASEAN-China-US Relations on the South China Sea

The Mar-a-Lago Meeting in Context

Xi and Trump’s message from Mar-a-Lago: Yes We Can

Donald Trump is Second-Guessing the United States’ China Policy–America’s China Experts are Too

Trump, Trade, and U.S.-China Economic Relations

Beyond the UUV Incident: Challenges in the South China Sea for the Trump Administration

China Takes Over the Reins of Globalization from the West

Interpreting and Misinterpreting the Obama Pivot

The South China Sea Disputes: What’s Next?

Will Trump Turn America’s Back on Asia?

How Trump’s Taiwan Gambit could Suck Japan, Korea into a War

Has Obama’s Pivot been Weak? That Depends on Who you Ask

The South China Sea Arbitral Tribunal Award: Political and Legal Implications for China

US-Asia Relations in the Age of Trump

Donald Trump’s Foreign Policy and China: What do We Know?

Understanding Donald Trump’s Victory: Implications for US-Asia Relations

Back to Basics in Asia

Can Abe and Putin negotiate a draw in their territorial disputes?

China Must Pursue Global Monetary Reform as BRICS Chair

FONOPs in the South China Sea

American Perspectives on the Belt and Road Initiative

Trump and Clinton: Unpredictability vs the Status Quo in US-China Relations

Sino-Indian Maritime Affairs in the Asian Century

Crisis in the World Order: The Result of Three Major Transformations

No Restraint: Judicial Activism in the South China Sea Arbitration Ruling

G20 Meeting in Hangzhou

Asia’s Future: Become Another Middle East or Avoid South China Sea War

The South China Sea: Post-Arbitral Policy Considerations

The South China Sea Dilemma: A Political Game of International Law

The Regional Implications of Philippines v. China for ASEAN and China

Why China is Right to Say No to the South China Sea Ruling

American Liberalism and American Exceptionalism: Implications for US-China Relations

THAAD Deployment in South Korea

The South China Sea: China Won’t Accept Cursory Judgement of its Inherent Rights

The U.S.-China Battle in the Post-Arbitration South China Sea: Diverging and Converging Interests

Think Tanks in the United States: Activities, Agendas, and Influence

Future Directions for US-China Relations: An Emerging Dual Leadership Structure

US-India Defense Partnership 2.0: Making Good (incrementally) on Strategic Congruence

Liberal America, Illiberal China, and the “Liberal” International Order

Keys to the Evolution of Regional Order in East Asia

Managing China’s “Strategic Shock” in the South China Sea

Fishing Freedoms on the Hook in Indonesia-China Legal Dispute

Philippines v China Arbitration: be careful what you wish for

Beijing Has Case for Historic Rights at Sea

China-US Relations and the May 2016 Philippine Elections

Reconsidering the Role of Arbitration in the South China Sea

The US-ASEAN Honeymoon Shouldn’t Come at China’s Expense

The South China Sea Arbitration Case Could Exacerbate Disputes in the South China Sea

The “Belt and Road Initiative” is not “China’s Marshall Plan”—Why Not?

Philippines v China: Putting the Status Cart Before the Sovereignty Horse

The South China Sea: A Place for Handshakes, not Arm-Wrestling

The Need to Avoid Incidents at Sea

The Problem with American “Engagement” with China

UN Convention on the Law of the Sea and the South China Sea

The Post-Hearing Reality in the South China Sea Arbitration Case

US Ambivalence in the South China Sea

The South China Sea Spats: An Alternative View

Contrasting Principles in US and Chinese Visions of International Order

The Logic of Capital and Premier Li’s Latin American Trip

A Look at China’s Stance on the South China Sea Dispute (Nong Hong talks with DW)

China’s Arctic Interests Align with the Framework of New Arctic Council Chair’s Agenda

The Problem with the Thucydides Trap

Provoking China on South China Sea Issues is a Dangerous Tactic

China’s “Nine-dash Line” Claim: The US Misunderstands

Emerging interests of non-Arctic countries in the Arctic: a Chinese perspective

Recent Developments in the South China Sea Dispute: the Prospect of a Joint Development Regime

Non-Traditional Security Issues and the South China Sea: Shaping a New Framework for Cooperation

Behind the South China Sea Disputes

Securing the Safety of Navigation in East Asia: Legal and political dimensions

Solving Disputes for Regional Cooperation and Development in the South China Sea: A Chinese perspective

Maritime Security Issues in the South China Sea and the Arctic: Sharpened Competition or Collaboration?

UNCLOS and Ocean Dispute Settlement: Law and Politics in the South China Sea