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Nov 21, 2024 | 
usip.org | Carla P. Freeman |Bates Gill |Alison McFarland
Since Chinese leader Xi Jinping launched the Global Security Initiative (GSI) in April 2022, it has been used in China’s efforts to expand its international security role and reshape global order.
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Nov 21, 2024 | 
usip.org | Carla P. Freeman |Naiyu Kuo |Adam Gallagher
With President Joe Biden’s presidential term ending in a few weeks, expectations for his final meeting with Chinese leader Xi Jinping were modest, especially considering the broader frictions in U.S.-China relations. Biden and Xi met on the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit in Peru on November 16. The meeting highlighted the importance of maintaining open communications channels to manage the two powers’ many differences.
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Oct 29, 2024 | 
usip.org | Mary Glantz |Frank Aum |Carla P. Freeman |Naiyu Kuo
After signing a mutual defense pledge in June, North Korea and Russia relations appear to be deepening. U.S. officials confirmed last week that North Korean troops, including elite special forces, were in Russia for training and potentially combat operations against Ukraine. This represents a “dangerous expansion of the war,” according to U.S. and NATO officials. It could also have serious ramifications for peace and security on the Korean Peninsula.
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Sep 12, 2024 | 
usip.org | Carla P. Freeman |Bates Gill
Editor's Note: The following article is part of a USIP project, "Tracking China's Global Security Initiative." The opinions expressed in this essay are solely those of the author and do not represent USIP, or any organization or government. Last week, China welcomed more than 50 African leaders to Beijing for the ninth Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC), which has met every three years since 2000 to coordinate economic and political relations.
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Sep 4, 2024 | 
usip.org | Carla P. Freeman |Dean Cheng
President Joe Biden’s top national security aide, Jake Sullivan, met with Chinese leader Xi Jinping last week, along with other top Chinese officials, as Washington and Beijing look to address bilateral tensions. Relations hit one of their lowest points in years in August 2022 after then U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi visited Taiwan and China responded by cutting off bilateral communications on areas ranging from military matters to climate cooperation.
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Jul 25, 2024 | 
usip.org | Andrew Scobell |Daniel Spinelli |Brian Harding |Carla P. Freeman
China and the Philippines this weekend reached a deal aimed at reducing their growing tensions over Second Thomas Shoal. The agreement comes as maritime confrontations have been increasing in frequency and intensity, raising fears of a broader conflict that could lead to the Philippines invoking its mutual defense treaty with the United States.
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Jul 11, 2024 | 
usip.org | Carla P. Freeman |Mary Glantz |Daniel Markey
A week ahead of the NATO summit in Washington, leaders of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) gathered in Astana, Kazakhstan for the group’s annual meeting. Already one of the world’s largest regional organizations, the SCO added Belarus to the bloc at this year’s summit. Established by China and Russia in 2001, the SCO was originally focused on security and economic issues in Central Asia.
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Jun 20, 2024 | 
usip.org | Mary Glantz |Frank Aum |Carla P. Freeman |Andrew Scobell
As President Vladimir Putin’s illegal war on Ukraine grinds on, the Russian leader needs friends and supporters wherever he can get them. To that end, Putin traveled this week to North Korea for the first time in nearly 25 years, looking to deepen cooperation with the rogue regime and, chiefly, to get more ammunition for his war on Ukraine. Putin and Kim Jong Un inked what the North Korean leader called “the most powerful treaty” ever between the two countries.
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May 30, 2024 | 
usip.org | Bates Gill |Carla P. Freeman
KEY TAKEAWAYS Regional security topped the agenda at Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) foreign ministers meeting. China’s top diplomat Wang Yi signaled Beijing’s continued interest in Central Asia with trips to Kazakhstan and Tajikistan. SCO expansion has caused notable friction between member states. Last week, foreign ministers from member-states of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) gathered in Astana, Kazakhstan.
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May 23, 2024 | 
usip.org | Mary Glantz |Carla P. Freeman
KEY TAKEAWAYS The Russia-China relationship is based on shared interests, centered on an anti-U.S. posture. Stronger bilateral relations allow them to coordinate their diplomacy at the global level. Russian and Chinese strategies and goals do not always coincide — it’s not a ‘partnership without limits.’ Russian President Vladimir Putin visited China last week for the second time in just over six months.
