The project seeks to identify current roadblocks to collaborative efforts between the United States and China, and research, test, and refine an innovative and practical set of mechanisms to improve the frequency and impact of bilateral engagements—including among non-state actors.

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Photo: JJ Gouin/Adobe Stock

Advancing U.S.-China Coordination amid Strategic Competition: An Emerging Playbook

U.S.-China tensions are unlikely to subside soon.  This report seeks to spur new thinking on how Washington and Beijing can collaborate on discrete transnational issues in ways that serve both national and geopolitical self-interest.

Brief by Ryan Hass, Ryan McElveen, and Lily McElwee — January 15, 2025

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Photo: ZOOM DOSSO/AFP via Getty Images

How Foes Can Defeat a Common Enemy: U.S.-China Collaboration to Combat Ebola

Gayle Smith, CEO of the ONE Campaign and former administrator of the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), details the spread of Ebola in the mid-2010s and how the United States and China came together to address the crisis.

Brief by Gayle Smith — May 21, 2024

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Photo: MOTORTION/Adobe Stock

U.S.-China Collaboration on HIV/AIDS

Epidemiologist and policy researcher Dr. Jennifer Bouey explores the dynamics of U.S.-China cooperation on combating HIV/AIDS from 2002 to 2018 to distill lessons for bilateral collaboration on public health today. 

Report by Jennifer Bouey — February 23, 2024

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Photo: Smith Collection/Gado/Getty Images

Smallpox Eradication: A Model for Global Cooperation

This brief for the “Advancing Collaboration in an Era of Strategic Competition” project explores the motivations and mechanisms behind U.S.-Soviet coordination on smallpox eradication, drawing lessons for how rivals can approach collaboration on issues of shared concern.

Brief by Nellie Bristol — May 17, 2023