China vs. the U.S.: Who Will Win Over ASEAN?
Welcome back to World Brief, where we’re looking at China and the United States competing for trade with the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, Ukraine’s conditions for cease-fire talks with ...
Tag: U.S.-China Competition
Xi May Have Miscalculated on Rare Earths
The current trade confrontation between the United States and China may look like a repeat of the episode from earlier this year: Washington has rolled out sky-high tariffs, while China ...
Trump, Albanese Sign Major Critical Minerals Deal
Welcome back to World Brief, where we’re looking at the White House’s new critical minerals partner, the first major test of the Israel-Hamas cease-fire deal, and a growing feud between ...
Timor-Leste Adds a New Wrinkle to U.S.-China Competition
Barring a major surprise, Timor-Leste will join the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) as its 11th member state at the bloc’s summit in Malaysia this month. Acceding to ASEAN ...
China’s Rare-Earth Flex Sends the United States Scrambling
Welcome to Foreign Policy’s China Brief. The highlights this week: China announces major rare-earth export controls, Washington and Beijing begin charging steep tit-for-tat port fees, and a British espionage case involving ...
Don’t Let Chinese Fears of a U.S. Decapitation Strike Lead to Nuclear War
When Chinese military planners, and probably even the Chinese leadership itself, think about a hypothetical future war with the United States, they are very likely worried that the U.S. military ...
Who Holds the High Cards in Sino-American Supply Chain Poker?
Apparently, U.S. President Donald Trump and his chief economic negotiator, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, like to play poker. “You don’t have the cards,” Trump told Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky during ...
How Taipei Should Handle Washington
Welcome to Foreign Policy’s China Brief. The highlights this week: The United States puts pressure on Taiwan, the Chinese Communist Party announces dates for its Fourth Plenum, and China alters its ...
Why China Hawks Love Talking About AI
Welcome to Foreign Policy’s China Brief. Every week, we cover the latest developments in the U.S.-China relationship, among other topics. But this week, we take a step back and discuss a ...
Taiwan’s Message to Trump and the U.N.: ‘We’re Not a Freeloader’
The last time Foreign Policy sat down with Alexander Tah-ray Yui, he was just months into his new role as the de facto Taiwanese ambassador to Washington—officially known as Taiwan’s ...
