We should not discard the approach taken by eight presidents since Nixon in favor of an assumption of inevitable hostility and a strategy of across-the-board rivalry that may be compelling in international relations theory but which no president has found persuasive.

Sino-American conflict is not inevitable, and we cannot give up on what is arguably the most important bilateral relationship in the world.

Coverage of President Xi’s trip to America.

The two Presidents reaffirm their shared conviction that climate change is one of the greatest threats facing humanity and that their two countries have a critical role to play in addressing it.

Mr. Xi, who just completed a state visit to Washington and talks with President Obama, spoke at the General Assembly for the first time. Ahead of his appearance, his aides said that the speech would be an ‘inspirational’ effort to lay out China’s vision for a more multipolar world, and was intended to outline his idea of China’s role in the world as it becomes richer and more powerful.

This report addresses the current and probable future course of military-technological development of the People’s Liberation Army and the tenets and probable development of Chinese security strategy and military strategy, and of the military organizations and operational concepts supporting such development over the next 20 years.

The People’s Republic of China (PRC), the United States, and China’s neighbors face a critical need to improve their understanding of how each state in the region is developing its military power, and find ways to avoid the kind of military competition that could lead to rising tension or conflict. The final review draft of this study examines China military forces and modernization from this perspective.

TPP marks a victory for Japan and other U.S. allies in the battle with China over shaping the future of global commerce.

The Trans-Pacific Partnership is in trouble. Trade ministers failed last month to conclude the massive 12-nation trade deal by their hoped-for summer deadline, putting negotiations in danger of collapse.

A high-quality US-China BIT would give American companies better access to China’s market, and equal rights as Chinese firms. These guarantees would provide American companies with a better opportunity to expand in China – the world’s second largest economy, with a middle class that will soon be larger than the population of the United States.

The Communist Party wants to squeeze civil society. That would be unwise as well as unjust.