Ask the wrong questions, get the wrong answers.

Zac and Nick discuss whether the rumored terms of the US-China trade deal are a win for the Trump administration.

As a path to economic success and a way to cement its rule, AI represents a lucrative frontier for the Chinese Communist Party. So although Made in China 2025 might be forced to change its branding, the core of the policy isn’t going anywhere.

In this first article of a new series on claimants in the South China Sea dispute, we examine the historical reasoning, diplomacy, and island-building underpinning China’s claim.

Unity among the BRICS countries will continue to be thwarted by longstanding geopolitical disputes.

With naked US-China acrimony looking like the new normal, will Taiwan finally get its game-changing arms package?

History teaches us that sometimes it’s the human element that deescalates seemingly intractable international disputes.

The US-China bilateral relationship is too big to fail.

A newly empowered Xi Jinping is forcing US President Donald Trump to pick from the best of bad options.

US economic and political influence is waning in the Horn of Africa, and that’s bad news for civil society there.