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From Crisis Management to Strategic Stability in China-U.S. Relations by ZHOU Guiyin
This article moves beyond the common “new Cold War” framing and instead examines whether major power competition can remain manageable.
 • Chenghao Sun, Ge Ou, Liangyu Gao, and Xueyu Zhang
DA Wei and ZHOU Wuhua | Seeking Constructive Strategic Stability: China-U.S. Relations in the Era of Dual-Core Multipolity
Only through these concerted efforts can they usher in a longer cycle of a “Constructive Relationship of Strategic Stability."
 • Chenghao Sun, Yuhan Sun, Shangmin Li, and Xueyu Zhang
SUN Chenghao: Reading China-U.S. Summit
For China, this meeting was first and foremost a “tone-setting summit,” aimed at preventing China-U.S. relations from sliding into uncontrolled…
 • Chenghao Sun and Xueyu Zhang
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
 • 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.
 • Chenghao Sun and Xueyu Zhang
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
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
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
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
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
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