Minxin Pei

The long-term trajectory of US-China relations is almost certain to be characterized by escalating strategic conflict, and potentially even a full-blown cold war

His ability to shape Chinese society may be more limited than he and most outside observers expect.

India and Japan are demonstrating that, through diplomacy and trade, Asia’s major powers can frustrate the Chinese.

Trump’s courting of Russian President Vladimir Putin has only exacerbated concerns among Chinese leaders that the US is preparing to challenge China

There is little evidence that democratic tumult translates into autocratic legitimacy

Even the world’s most stable democracies of late have been infected by strongmania