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In the public war of words, both the US and China have little room for manoeuvre — both need to exhibit power and control.
The competition between the US and China has severely impacted the delivery of humanitarian aid to Gaza. This is a wake-up call to reform multilateral
Cyber security has taken a front seat in the U.S.-China relations, as seen in the last two high level bilateral meetings. The California summit in June 2013 and the recently held U.S.-China Strategic and Economic Dialogue (S&ED) V in July 2013 were dominated by cyber issues.
China may soon find it difficult to source semiconductors specific to the development of artificial intelligence, expanding on US export control measures announced in October 2022. The US is preparing to constrain access of Chinese companies to US cloud-computing services.
US-China relations have been rocky since 2018 when the two sides started a tariff war and the US began to restrict the export of semiconductors to China. And then came Covid-19 and as the situation in the US deteriorated, rhetoric against China began to rise. It has been opportunistic, driven by the hope that it would make the electorate overlook shoddy handling of the pandemic by the Trump administration.
This century’s superpower rivalry is being played out in the digital domain and the rules are different and fast-evolving
Given the seriousness and the fact that the South China Sea is becoming ‘militarised’ — it is time for the ASEAN countries to take a strong stan
The Chinese buildup continues — if the US has its B-21, the Chinese are planning to field their H-20.
Xi has highlighted ‘severe challenges’ arising out of America’s containment policy
The average tariff rate for WTO member countries was down to nine per cent in 2013.
A proposal by Nobel economists to resolve the trade war ignores the whole point of having a global trading system.
Relations between the reigning superpower and the aspiring one will be antagonistic and the rest of the world will have to navigate — sometimes deli
Investment restrictions and import tariffs cannot by themselves stop China’s technology juggernaut.
The tariff war is not the only issue hindering cooperation. Differences over Taiwan and the South China Sea, the basic lack of trust in the relationship is acting as a dampener across the board.
As the conflict over Huawei persists, allegations and counter-allegations from all sides are flying in different directions.
China sees itself as a power that has risen to become a peer of the US and wants its place under the sun, in the process unmasking its aggressive intent. The US is trying to push to retain its pre-eminent global status
Given the criticality of this partnership for ensuring a free, open and rules-based Indo-Pacific region, India will be keenly watching the Biden-Xi meeting.
After trade talks broke down, there seems to be no meeting ground, signaling a prelude to a wider fracture between the two countries.
As the impending US-China trade war escalates, there is a lot of shadow boxing and re-negotiation that gives nations like India a chance to enter diff
The benefits from Russia-China relations outweighs the benefits that each could receive from their relationship with the US, however, uncertainty loom
The clash of the frontier between the US and China is inevitable; Nancy Pelosi’s Taiwan visit has simply brought this truth nearer.
Japan wants to assist India to improve the investment climate to attract more FDI so that New Delhi can be linked more closely with Japan–ASEAN-based supply chains.
Amidst the US-China power struggle, global counterterrorism cooperation needs to be strengthened.
With prospects of convergence of strategic interests prompted by geopolitical calculations being overshadowed by divergences in social, cultural and p
The ancient idea of ‘Thucydides trap’ points at a ‘war’ between the titans
Issues between the US and China are not likely to be worked out quickly.
While there are fears in both the US and China about each other on the nuclear issue, the platforms to resolve the issues and dispel hostile perceptions were limited, says Dr. Lora Saalman, Carnegie's Beijing-based Nuclear Policy Program scholar.
The latest round of Trump tariffs got a tough response from Beijing. Chinese authorities declared that they would fight back against US plans at any cost.
The US export controls might push China towards an impetus for a strong domestic semiconductor industry
The US proclaims its main goal in the region is to expand security cooperation with Central Asian states and improve their ability to respond to the c
US-China Cyber Agreement: New Beginning or Tactical Pause given the sharp ideological divisions over the organisation and governance of cyberspace
This essay considers the implications of the new cyber-security agreement betweenChina and the United States in terms of the evolution of an international legal regime governingthe use of cyberspace. This agreement lays down the foundations for norm emergence in thearena, which could also carry implications for India by shaping the country's response andcarving its path towards becoming a crucial international stakeholder in the cyberspace regime
The real undercurrent of US concerns relates to how China's advancement in technologies that can enhance its rising military capabilities.
The US slipped from producing nearly 40% of the world's chips to just over 10% in the last three decades. By allocating $53 billion towards the enhancement of US semiconductor manufacturing, R&D and the augmentation of its skilled workforce in the domain, the Act sought to change China's comparative advantage
The US-China competition for dominance in the chip race will have a profound impact on numerous other sectors critical to the great power politics of
Ahead of Biden officials’ first meeting with Chinese envoys in Alaska, high-level visits to Japan and South Korea underscored the US’ representati
The international system may not revert to Cold War era blocs. But some tough choices lie ahead for countries
Will the globalization of the economic relationship trump the geo-politics that is being played out in East and South East Asia? For the US, the dilemma is acute, for it cannot ignore the pleas of its allies in the region nor allow an incremental drift to take place in the relationship.
