It is always hard to separate strategic posturing from strategic reality, but the last year has seen a steady deterioration in U.S. and Chinese relations. 

With a newly revised program framework now at hand, many criticisms of Argentina and the IMF have been advanced. But they miss the bigger picture as Mark Sobel, non-resident senior adviser for the Simon Chair in Political Economy, writes in his commentary.

Beijing is already on a dangerous path, and Washington should be better prepared for the risks that can result quickly from the disruptions in China’s financial system as CSIS Freeman Chair-affiliated scholars Logan Wright and Dan Rosen write in a new commentary.

Hard to pronounce thought it may be, if that’s the worst one can say about USMCA, the new U.S.-Mexico-Canada trade agreement, then the business in all three countries dodged a serious bullet as CSIS Scholl Chair Bill Reinsch writes in his new commentary. 

Moscow continues to wage an offensive information campaign designed, in the words of the U.S. Director of National Intelligence, to “weaken and divide the United States.” But Washington has been reactive, slow to respond, and focused on defensive measures.