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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 U.S. Strategic Retrenchment and the Evolution of International Order by ZHOU Fangyin
U.S. strategic retrenchment has had significant implications for the international order.
 • Chenghao Sun, Yuxuan Zhang, Stefanie Perner, and Hannah Shirley
CISS Podcast: A Chinese Perspective on Trump’s Foreign Policy One Year In
Whether the United States is undergoing strategic contraction, and how China responds to an increasingly divided world order.
 • Chenghao Sun and Xueyu Zhang
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#20 China Scholar Insights: The Conflict and Peace between Russia and Ukraine
Future negotiations will test the strategic patience and pragmatism of all parties, requiring China to advance its interests and multilateral…
 • Chenghao Sun, Didi Chen, JiaJi Fan, Zongqin Wei, Xinman Liu, Yining Li, Xuhan Bai, and Xueyu Zhang
The Rise of “Donroe Doctrine” and Its Impact on China by SUN Chenghao and CHEN Xiyan
Will China be pushed out of the Western Hemisphere by the US?
 • Chenghao Sun, Xiyan Chen, and Xueyu Zhang
#19 China Scholar Insights | Behind the NSS: How America’s New Security Strategy Shapes Relations with China
Chinese Scholars believe “America First” strategic retrenchment not as abandoning global hegemony, but as selective resource prioritization and cost…
 • Xinyi Li, Chenghao Sun, Xueyu Zhang, Stefanie Perner, CHEN WENG U, YUMI YAMADA, XinYue Zhang, Zhuofan Liu, and Yujie Shao
#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…
 • Chenghao Sun, Stefanie Perner, Yujie Shao, XinYue Zhang, Zhuofan Liu, YUMI YAMADA, CHEN WENG U, Xinyi Li, and Xueyu Zhang
SUN Chenghao: What Trump’s 2025 NSS Means for China
NSS signals a foreign policy orientation that is more domestically focused, more economically driven, more skeptical of alliances, more transactional…
 • Chenghao Sun and Xueyu Zhang
#15 China Scholar Insights: China-U.S. Crossroads Trump and Xi Face the APEC Moment
Their meeting at the 2025 APEC summit will mark a pivotal juncture in how the world’s two largest economies manage competition without tipping into…
 • Chenghao Sun, Stefanie Perner, Yujie Shao, XinYue Zhang, Zhuofan Liu, YUMI YAMADA, CHEN WENG U, Xinyi Li, and Xueyu Zhang
U.S. Rare Earth Policy in the Context of Great Power Strategic Competition by ZHANG Wenjing
As competition intensifies, China must prepare for sustained strategic contestation, reinforcing its technological, industrial, and diplomatic…
 • Chenghao Sun, Xueyu Zhang, Yijie Li, and Hannah Shirley
The Evolutionary Trends and Impact of EU-Russia Relations under Strategic Autonomy by WANG Hongyi and XU Gang
Against the backdrop of the EU’s pursuit of strategic autonomy, the future evolution of EU–Russia relations will take on new dynamics.
 • Chenghao Sun, Yijie Li, Xuhan Bai, and Hannah Shirley
WU Xinbo: The Evolution of US Asia-Pacific Strategy and the Future of Regional Security Order
This round of structural adjustment is accompanied by rising geopolitical tensions and mounting security risks.
 • Chenghao Sun, Xuhan Bai, Yuxuan Zhang, and Hannah Shirley
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