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The AI Paradox: Faster Development, Weaker Guardrails

Taiyi Sun

Analysis

10/12/2026

The latest debate over artificial intelligence (or Super Intelligence, depending on whether you are a Trump fan or not) in the United States reveals a growing contradiction at the heart…

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Canada and Europe Are Not Building a New Bloc. They Are Rebalancing Vulnerability

Taiyi Sun

10/05/2026

Chinese Public Supports Trade and Security Cooperation, Still Sees the United States as a Threat

Nick Zeller

10/02/2026

Taiwan: No Mandate for War, Support for Coercion

Nick Zeller

10/02/2026

Long Thaw, Short Freeze: Chinese Views on the Iran War and Regional Security

Nick Zeller

10/02/2026

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China and the United States: Who Holds the Stronger Hand?

KS Liu

Analysis

09/14/2026

As President Donald Trump prepares to meet Chinese President Xi Jinping in Washington on Sept. 24, one central question looms over the summit: Who actually holds the stronger hand? The…

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Asymmetric Entrapment: Geo-economic Exposure and the Limits of Cambodia’s Maneuver

Chhay Lim

09/12/2026

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Bring in the (Soy)Bean Counters

Genevieve Donnellon-May

08/21/2026

The Window Before the Workarounds: Why U.S.–China AI Cooperation Can Succeed Where Trade Could Not

Charlie Andrade

07/20/2026

Cable Deployment In The North Alfeo Fault

Narrow but Not Peripheral: Submarine Cables and U.S.–China Guardrails

Patrick Luczak

06/26/2026

The Unmaking of the Chinese Working Class w/ Teemu Ruskola

Alice Liu

Interviews

09/25/2026

When it comes to the political nature of China’s government today, there has been much rhetoric about “socialism with Chinese characteristics” and “capitalism with Chinese characteristics.” Teemu Ruskola suggests that…

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The Shape of China Studies to Come w/ Zhiqun Zhu

Taiyi Sun

09/14/2026

What Really Made China Rich w/ Yasheng Huang

Alice Liu

09/07/2026

Coexistence in the New World Order w/ Jessica Chen Weiss

Emma Brignall

09/04/2026

Who Holds Up Half the Sky? w/ Tani Barlow

Alice Liu

08/28/2026

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Canada and Europe Are Not Building a New Bloc. They Are Rebalancing Vulnerability

Chinese Public Supports Trade and Security Cooperation, Still Sees the United States as a Threat

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Long Thaw, Short Freeze: Chinese Views on the Iran War and Regional Security

China and the United States: Who Holds the Stronger Hand?

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Asymmetric Entrapment: Geo-economic Exposure and the Limits of Cambodia’s Maneuver

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The Window Before the Workarounds: Why U.S.–China AI Cooperation Can Succeed Where Trade Could Not

Narrow but Not Peripheral: Submarine Cables and U.S.–China Guardrails

The Unmaking of the Chinese Working Class w/ Teemu Ruskola

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