Dr. Hart’s research areas on China typically focus on energy, climate change, and cross-border investment. Although her work has sought areas of cooperation in the U.S.-China relationship regarding these issue areas, she has also worked to address the relationship in terms of strategic competition. Although she is not active on social media, she has written countless articles and reports surrounding the U.S.-China relationship. She views China as the “greatest geopolitical challenge in the 21st century” for the United States.

In essence, she argues that the United States should position its interactions with China in three main ways:

• Limit China’s ability to exploit our open systems through encouraging or requiring transparency from Chinese investment, propaganda, and funding.
• Leverage China’s growing capabilities in areas that the U.S. can feasibly cooperate with China on, such as regional development, humanitarian aid, climate change, and global health.
• Compete at full strength, by investing in American economic competitiveness, bolstering trade partnerships with allies, investing in the digital infrastructure, and ramping up an Asia-Pacific democracy network.