Trump did not definitively sell out Taiwan or other U.S. Indo-Pacific allies while in Beijing, which was both a relief and an affirming outcome for those who reject the spheres of influence approach.

The conclusion of the summit between U.S. President Donald Trump and Chinese leader Xi Jinping marks the culmination of a turbulent moment in U.S.-Chinese relations. After a year of escalation and ...

Their pivot came after months of corporate silence as the administration ratcheted up its pressure on Powell and on Fed Governor Lisa Cook. In corporate America during the Trump era, the public and ...

Europe still depended on the United States for its security. Ukraine, still at war with Russia, continued to need U.S. weapons and intelligence. European economies seemed too fragile, and European ...

But the Trump administration’s approach is not reciprocity at all. It is coercive unilateralism dressed up as reciprocity. The United States has pursued reciprocal trade for the past 90 years, but ...

The People’s Republic of China was founded in opposition to empire. The Chinese Communist Party built its identity on anti-imperialism, presenting itself as the vanguard of a global struggle against ...

Forms of insecurity, particularly kidnapping for ransom, are pervasive across the country, but armed violence is unfolding in four main theaters. In the northeast, two jihadi groups, Boko Haram and ...

Since its founding in 1922, Foreign Affairs has been the leading forum for serious discussion of American foreign policy and global affairs. It is now a multiplatform media organization with a print ...

China has quietly established authority over whether and how the United States will implement national security measures such as export controls. Stylistic changes in how the United States conducts ...

In its geostrategic global competition with the United States, China utilizes a mixture of instruments to expand its footprint and advance its interests. These can be measured in four categories: ...

MATTHEW SHARP is a Senior Fellow at the Center for Nuclear Security Policy at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He worked on nuclear issues at the State Department and at ...

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