On November 3, Beijing will welcome more than forty-eight African heads of state to what it bills as "the highest-level, largest-scale meeting between China and African leaders since the founding of the People's Republic of China." This meeting is the latest in China's charm offensive in Africa, which has included...

In the past decade, the United States and Vietnam have normalized diplomatic relations, established permanent trade ties, and launched a budding military-to-military relationship. But as Washington seeks to upgrade its relationship with Hanoi, Vietnam is hedging against overdependence on either its northern neighbor, China, or the United States by balancing...

In recent years, China has courted its neighbors with deeper economic, military-to-military, and cultural ties. China also serves as a friendly diplomatic and economic partner for human rights and proliferation pariahs such as Uzbekistan, Burma, and Iran. As China develops these relations, it inevitably raises questions about the impacts of...

Two new books show that free markets are not leading to freedom in China.

Manila may be turning from Washington to Beijing as its primary economic and security partner in the Asian-Pacific region.

The Chinese government has gambled that embracing Iran and Saudi Arabia in lucrative oil and weapons deals will buy it some protection from their export of political Islam.

The United States needs to look for ways to maximize its influence in the Asia-Pacific region through region-wide forums and institutional arrangements, especially given the rise of a still-autocratic China.