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China-Russia-Ukraine: June 2025In June, China and Russia publicly highlighted their strong partnership, even as a leaked intelligence document exposed underlying distrust. At the same time, China's support for Russia in Ukraine persists, while Taiwan draws lessons from Ukraine's military tactics for a potential conflict with China.
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China in the Taiwan Strait: May 2025U.S. officials warned the world about a potential conflict over Taiwan. China accused Taiwanese authorities of hacking. China’s president asserted legal authority over Taiwan. Taiwan increased pressure on Chinese spouses.
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China in Europe: June 2025In June 2025, Wang Yi arrived in Europe to mend ties, while Europe barred Chinese firms from medical contracts, raised espionage concerns over China’s planned London embassy, and condemned Beijing’s trade coercion at the G7.
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Ira A. Lipman Chair in Emerging Technologies and National Security and Director of the Digital and Cyberspace Policy Program
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China’s Stealth Trade SurplusChina’s surplus wears an invisibility cloak; it disappears in the IMF’s eyes.
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China-Russia-Ukraine: May 2025This May, China and Russia made bold public statements of mutual support and cooperation: they inked deals spanning investment, trade, energy, space, and culture. Presidents Xi and Putin publicly rejected the U.S.-led world order and articulated a new vision, one with Beijing and Moscow at the center. Meanwhile, Ukraine’s intelligence agency publicized new data demonstrating just how big a material contribution China is making to Russia’s war machine.
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Hong Kong’s Freedoms: What China Promised and How It’s Cracking DownBeijing has tightened its grip on Hong Kong in recent years, dimming hopes that the financial center will ever become a full democracy.
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A New Impediment to Balance of Payments Adjustment: Underwater BondsTaiwanese insurers are locked into holding U.S. dollar bonds that trade below par, putting pressure on Taiwan’s central bank to intervene to block currency adjustment to preserve their capital.
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The Last Days of Thailand’s Shinawatra DynastyThe outcome a no-confidence vote planned in parliament this week in Thailand may represent a fundamental reconfiguration of its political order.
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What Is the BRICS Group and Why Is It Expanding?As BRICS grows in both membership and global sway, its expansion comes with divisions among its members old and new on how to set the stage for a revised world order.
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Thailand’s Border Conflict With Cambodia Raises Fear of Another CoupThe implications of Thailand-Cambodia's border conflict.
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Women This Week: British Vote to Expand Abortion RightsWelcome to “Women Around the World: This Week,” a series that highlights noteworthy news related to women and U.S. foreign policy. This week’s post covers June 14 to June 20.
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Organized Crime Is Thriving in Myanmar’s Civil War—and It’s a Global ThreatMyanmar has become, by some estimates, the current center for global organized crime following the 2021 coup and now meets the definition of a failed state.
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The Philippines’ Dynasties are Going Scorched-Earth on Each Other: How Will the Country Fare?The Philippines’ Marcos-Duterte war is worsening. It will have destabilizing effects on the Southeast Asian nation.
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Optimal DeterrenceThe United States faces growing dangers of nuclear escalation, a new arms race, and proliferation. This report recommends an improved strategy for “optimal deterrence” and a path to rebuilding relationships with allies without allowing them to dictate U.S. force requirements.