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Setbacks in Iran’s Resistance Strategy and Their Impact on the Middle East Regional Order by Jin Liangxiang

From Strategic Setback to Systemic Strain: Iran’s Resistance Strategy Under Pressure.

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Reproducing U.S. Hegemony in the Digital Finance Era: Assessment of the Trump Administration’s Cryptocurrency Strategy by MA Bo and TU…

Regulatory competition, efforts toward de-dollarization, constraints on the dollar’s credibility, and fragmented domestic regulation will pose…

Mar 31 • Chenghao Sun, Yijie Li, Xuhan Bai, and Hannah Shirley

#21 China Scholar Insights: The Iran War Quagmire

The trajectory of the current military operations remains inherently uncertain.

Mar 23 • Chenghao Sun, Xueyu Zhang, XinYue Zhang, JiaJi Fan, Zhuofan Liu, and Didi Chen

Trump's Obsession and Limitations with “Energy Dominance” Strategy in the World by ZHANG Rui and YUE Fengli

The energy strategy of Trump’s second term adheres to the belief of “dominating the world through energy,” allocating substantial support to fossil fuel…

Mar 9 • Chenghao Sun, Shangmin Li, and Ge Ou

U.S. and European Policies on Securitization Expansion Toward China: Interactive Logic, Internal Divergence, and China’s Strategic Responses…

U.S. and European policies toward China reflect an ongoing and progressively deepening expansion of securitization.

Mar 3 • Chenghao Sun, Liangyu Gao, and Xueyu Zhang

The Rise, Impact and Prospects of the U.S. Tech-Industrial Complex by SUN Chenghao and HUANG Jiali

Although the tech-industrial complex consolidates its technological dominance through its profound influence on the U.S. government, this model still…

Feb 26 • Chenghao Sun, Shangmin Li, Ge Ou, and Hannah Shirley

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U.S. and European Policies on Securitization Expansion Toward China: Interactive Logic, Internal Divergence, and China’s Strategic Responses…

U.S. and European policies toward China reflect an ongoing and progressively deepening expansion of securitization.

Mar 3 • Chenghao Sun, Liangyu Gao, and Xueyu Zhang

Changes and Continuities in the U.S. National Security Strategy by NI Feng

Recent U.S. actions in areas further illustrate how the strategic principles outlined in the NSS are being translated into practice.

Feb 9 • Chenghao Sun, Ge Ou, Xueyu Zhang, and Natalie Leung

The U.S. Strategic Retrenchment and the Evolution of International Order by ZHOU Fangyin

U.S. strategic retrenchment has had significant implications for the international order.

Jan 28 • Chenghao Sun, Yuxuan Zhang, Stefanie Perner, and Hannah Shirley

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CISS Podcast: A Chinese Perspective on Trump’s Foreign Policy One Year In

Whether the United States is undergoing strategic contraction, and how China responds to an increasingly divided world order.

Jan 26 • Chenghao Sun and Xueyu Zhang

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#18 China Scholar Insights: The Evolution of the Global Power Structure Under the Rise of the Global South and China’s Role

The Global South’s collective rise, a key global transformation, reshapes the global power structure, with China playing a constructive role through…

Dec 22, 2025 • Chenghao Sun, Stefanie Perner, Yujie Shao, XinYue Zhang, Zhuofan Liu, YUMI YAMADA, CHEN WENG U, Xinyi Li, and Xueyu Zhang

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Podcast | How Chinese Scholars View the 2025 SCO Summit

Despite hurdles, the overall direction of the SCO remains positive, with members actively seeking solutions.

Sep 3, 2025 • Chenghao Sun and Xueyu Zhang

US Middle East Security Policy during Trump’s Second Term: Characteristics, Objectives and Impacts by Li Yanan

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Jul 23, 2025 • Chenghao Sun, Stefanie Perner, Yuhan Sun, and Hannah Shirley

The Global South in China-EU Relations: Differences in Outlook and Policy Comparisons

Following the return of Trump and the increasingly centrifugal tendencies of the EU’s relationship with the US, China and the EU should seek strategic…

Jul 8, 2025 • Chenghao Sun, Shangmin Li, Ge Ou, and Hannah Shirley