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Blog Post
The US and China: Not Number One
December 21, 2020 | Shining Tan, Scott Kennedy
From Trustee China Hand

It is almost universally believed that the United States and China are locked in a strategic competition of epic proportions. But in many areas of social significance, both the US and China are not number-one. 

Report
Chinese Security Engagement in Latin America
November 19, 2020 | Evan Ellis Chinese military engagement in Latin America and the Caribbean is an important and official acknowledged part of growing interactions by the People’s Republic of China (PRC) with the region.

Book
The Emperor’s New Road: China and the Project of the Century
September 28, 2020 | Jonathan E. Hillman Taking readers for a journey along China’s Belt and Road Initiative, Jonathan E. Hillman warns that China is repeating the mistakes of previous great powers and reveals the perils of Beijing’s global push toward the center of everything.

Report
Becoming a Chinese Client State: The Case of Serbia
September 24, 2020 | Heather A. Conley, Jonathan E. Hillman, Maesea McCalpin, Donatienne Ruy This CSIS report examines Chinese economic activities in Serbia to shed light on China’s political and economic objectives, its mechanisms for influence, and the implications of its activities, including a second wave of digital infrastructure projects.

Blog Post
Thunder Out of Congress on China
September 11, 2020 | Scott Kennedy
From Trustee China Hand

By some measures the 116th Congress has been more outspoken on China than any of its predecessors.

Commentary
The Forgotten Power of Trade
August 6, 2020 | Jonathan E. Hillman The world’s largest economy has largely forgotten how to use economic power. As it leans heavily on the stick, the United States must rediscover the power of the carrot in foreign affairs.

Report
China and Russia: Economic Unequals
July 15, 2020 | Jonathan E. Hillman Xi Jinping and Vladimir Putin are attempting to put economics at the center of their strategic partnership, but a closer look at four dimensions of China-Russia connectivity reveals a partnership of unequals that will become even more lopsided in the future.

Report
Perspectives on Taiwan: Insights from the 2019 Taiwan-U.S. Policy Program
January 9, 2020 | Bonnie S. Glaser, Matthew P. Funaiole The papers in this compendium were written by the nine members of the 2019 TUPP delegation. Each participant was asked to reflect on their in-country experience and produce a short article analyzing a policy issue related to Taiwan.

Newsletter
Collateral Damage: What U.S.-China Competition Means for Korea
October 10, 2019 | Victor Cha Throughout history, the tenor of U.S.-China relations has had a major impact on the Korean peninsula.

Report
China and the United States: Cooperation, Competition, and/or Conflict
October 1, 2019 | Anthony H. Cordesman This CSIS report examines China’s economic and military development so far, and where it is likely to go, in order to provide a full strategic picture for future cooperation, competition, and/ conflict with China.

Commentary
The Anxiety Behind Beijing’s Swagger
September 30, 2019 | Matthew P. Goodman As the U.S.-China trade war continues, bravado masks deeper anxieties on the China side, writes CSIS’s Matthew P. Goodman.

Newsletter
The Meaning of GSOMIA Termination: Escalation of the Japan-Korea Dispute
August 22, 2019 | Victor Cha

The South Korean government announcement today of its intention not to renew the General Security of Military Information Agreement represents escalation of the Japan-Korea dispute after each side removed the other from preferred trade partner lists earlier this month.

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