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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…
 • 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…
 • 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.
 • Chenghao Sun, Zongqin Wei, Kexi Wu, Yining Li, CHEN WENG U, and Xuhan Bai
Setbacks in Iran’s Resistance Strategy and Their Impact on the Middle East Regional Order by Jin Liangxiang
From Strategic Setback to Systemic Strain: Iran’s Resistance Strategy Under Pressure.
 • Chenghao Sun, Stefanie Perner, and Yuhan Sun

March 2026

Reproducing U.S. Hegemony in the Digital Finance Era: Assessment of the Trump Administration’s Cryptocurrency Strategy by MA Bo and TU…
Regulatory competition, efforts toward de-dollarization, constraints on the dollar’s credibility, and fragmented domestic regulation will pose…
 • Chenghao Sun, Yijie Li, Xuhan Bai, and Hannah Shirley
#21 China Scholar Insights: The Iran War Quagmire
The trajectory of the current military operations remains inherently uncertain.
 • Chenghao Sun, Xueyu Zhang, XinYue Zhang, JiaJi Fan, Zhuofan Liu, and Didi Chen
Trump's Obsession and Limitations with “Energy Dominance” Strategy in the World by ZHANG Rui and YUE Fengli
The energy strategy of Trump’s second term adheres to the belief of “dominating the world through energy,” allocating substantial support to fossil fuel…
 • Chenghao Sun, Shangmin Li, and Ge Ou
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.
 • Chenghao Sun, Liangyu Gao, and Xueyu Zhang

February 2026

The Rise, Impact and Prospects of the U.S. Tech-Industrial Complex by SUN Chenghao and HUANG Jiali
Although the tech-industrial complex consolidates its technological dominance through its profound influence on the U.S. government, this model still…
 • Chenghao Sun, Shangmin Li, Ge Ou, and Hannah Shirley
Happy Chinese New Year 🏮
Ten thousand years are too long; seize the day, seize the hour.
 • Chenghao Sun and Xueyu Zhang
Changes and Continuities in the U.S. National Security Strategy by NI Feng
Recent U.S. actions in areas further illustrate how the strategic principles outlined in the NSS are being translated into practice.
 • Chenghao Sun, Ge Ou, Xueyu Zhang, and Natalie Leung
The Trends and Prospects of the Trump Administration’s Nuclear Renaissance Strategy by CUI Shoujun
This article provides a comprehensive review of the transformation of nuclear policy under the Trump administration.
 • Chenghao Sun, Liangyu Gao, Xueyu Zhang, and Hannah Shirley
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