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SUN Chenghao: How China and the U.S. Can Expand AI Cooperation

Exploring Practical Pathways for China-U.S. Cooperation on Artificial Intelligence Amid Intensifying Strategic Competition

May 11 • Chenghao Sun

SUN Chenghao: U.S.-China Geoeconomics Rivalry in the Rest of the World

From Iran to ASEAN and Latin America, U.S.-China geoeconomics is a global competition.

May 4 • Chenghao Sun and Xueyu Zhang

Before Weaponization: Logic of Relationality and Evolution of U.S.-Russia Interdependence by QIN Yaqing and FU Qing

Improving interstate relations and enhancing the level of trust between states is the fundamental avenues for constraining, managing and resolving the…

Apr 29 • Chenghao Sun, Yuhan Sun, and Shangmin Li

#8 Ask China: The U.S.-Iran War and Middle East Issues

With the Iran war driving expanding spillover effects, the key questions now are how Washington responds, how Beijing reacts, and where the Middle East…

Apr 20 • Chenghao Sun, Xueyu Zhang, Jiayu Yao, Wen Yiran, Yijie Li, Zhengyi Fan, and Zhuoyu Wang

#22 China Scholars Insights: US-Japan Relations

The US-Japan relations will continue to be restructured and upgraded amid multiple structural contradictions.

Apr 15 • Chenghao Sun, Zongqin Wei, Kexi Wu, Yining Li, CHEN WENG U, and Xuhan Bai

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The U.S.-Israel War on Iran: Geopolitical Rivalry in the Middle East and Its Global Impact

Kexi Wu

The U.S.-Israel War on Iran: Geopolitical Rivalry in the Middle East and Its Global Impact

Jialin Li

The U.S.-Israel War on Iran: Geopolitical Rivalry in the Middle East and Its Global Impact

Xueyu Zhang

SUN Chenghao: Reading China-U.S. Summit

Shangmin Li

Before Weaponization: Logic of Relationality and Evolution of U.S.-Russia Interdependence by QIN Yaqing and FU Qing

Yuhan Sun

Before Weaponization: Logic of Relationality and Evolution of U.S.-Russia Interdependence by QIN Yaqing and FU Qing

Jiayu Yao

#8 Ask China: The U.S.-Iran War and Middle East Issues

Yijie Li

#8 Ask China: The U.S.-Iran War and Middle East Issues

Zhuoyu Wang

#8 Ask China: The U.S.-Iran War and Middle East Issues

Zhengyi Fan

#8 Ask China: The U.S.-Iran War and Middle East Issues

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#23 China Scholar Insights on the Taiwan Issue

With Trump’s visit to China soon, considerable attention has been focused on the future trajectory of the Taiwan issue.

May 12 • Chenghao Sun, Xueyu Zhang, Didi Chen, XinYue Zhang, JiaJi Fan, and Zhuofan Liu

SUN Chenghao: How China and the U.S. Can Expand AI Cooperation

Exploring Practical Pathways for China-U.S. Cooperation on Artificial Intelligence Amid Intensifying Strategic Competition

May 11 • Chenghao Sun

SUN Chenghao: U.S.-China Geoeconomics Rivalry in the Rest of the World

From Iran to ASEAN and Latin America, U.S.-China geoeconomics is a global competition.

May 4 • Chenghao Sun and Xueyu Zhang

U.S. and European Policies on Securitization Expansion Toward China: Interactive Logic, Internal Divergence, and China’s Strategic Responses…

U.S. and European policies toward China reflect an ongoing and progressively deepening expansion of securitization.

Mar 3 • Chenghao Sun, Liangyu Gao, and Xueyu Zhang

Global South

#18 China Scholar Insights: The Evolution of the Global Power Structure Under the Rise of the Global South and China’s Role

The Global South’s collective rise, a key global transformation, reshapes the global power structure, with China playing a constructive role through…

Dec 22, 2025 • Chenghao Sun, Stefanie Perner, Yujie Shao, XinYue Zhang, Zhuofan Liu, YUMI YAMADA, CHEN WENG U, Xinyi Li, and Xueyu Zhang

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Podcast | How Chinese Scholars View the 2025 SCO Summit

Despite hurdles, the overall direction of the SCO remains positive, with members actively seeking solutions.

Sep 3, 2025 • Chenghao Sun and Xueyu Zhang

US Middle East Security Policy during Trump’s Second Term: Characteristics, Objectives and Impacts by Li Yanan

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Jul 23, 2025 • Chenghao Sun, Stefanie Perner, Yuhan Sun, and Hannah Shirley

The Global South in China-EU Relations: Differences in Outlook and Policy Comparisons

Following the return of Trump and the increasingly centrifugal tendencies of the EU’s relationship with the US, China and the EU should seek strategic…

Jul 8, 2025 • Chenghao Sun, Shangmin Li, Ge Ou, and Hannah Shirley

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