The Trump Effect on China-US Strategic Competition: Disruption, Dealmaking, Deterrence

The second Trump administration is raising geopolitical stakes. The new president’s “America First” vision of U.S. strength, safety, and prosperity underpins the White House’s disruptive decision-making, hardball dealmaking, and high-stakes deterrence. The unpredictability of U.S. leadership, once a cornerstone of stability in the global system, is upending the postwar rules-basedContinue Reading

The Weave: China Policy and Trump’s Executive Orders

Since Donald Trump was inaugurated as the 47th president of the United States on January 20, he has followed through with his campaign promises to address issues ranging from immigration to military preparedness to education by fiat through the vehicle of the executive order. Although most of these orders doContinue Reading