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3 weeks ago | 
foreignaffairs.com | Michael A. McFaul |Evan Medeiros
Many American foreign policymakers dream of being the next Henry Kissinger. Whether they admit it or not, they look to him as the model of shrewd calculation of national interests, geopolitical acumen, and devotion to diplomacy. He was a leader who struck grand bargains with global effects. And no diplomatic maneuver is more quintessentially Kissinger than the U.S. opening to China in 1972.
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Jan 21, 2025 | 
gmfus.org | Evan Medeiros
IntroductionWhen this episode goes live four days from now, Donald Trump will have been sworn in as the 47th president of the United States, after having served as the 45th president from 2017 to 2021. Many countries around the world are closely watching to identify changes in US policy and assess their impact. China is one of those countries. As presidential candidate Donald Trump threatened to impose 60% tariffs on Chinese goods imported into the United States.
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Jan 4, 2025 | 
ft.com | Evan Medeiros
The writer is a professor at Georgetown University and a senior adviser with The Asia Group.
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Nov 13, 2024 | 
ft.com | Evan Medeiros
The writer is a professor at Georgetown University and a senior adviser with The Asia Group.
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Oct 25, 2024 | 
ip-quarterly.com | Evan Medeiros
It has become commonplace—almost trite—to argue that Asia is emerging as a new power center in the world. Policymakers and analysts point to China’s and India’s economic rise, Asia’s centrality to global supply chains, and, of course, US-China strategic competition and the risk of conflict. All of that is true, but it is also inaccurate. It misses the fundamental changes occurring in both the region and in the very nature of geopolitics today.
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Apr 24, 2024 | 
almendron.com | Evan Medeiros
Ever since Chinese President Xi Jinping secured his third term in power in the fall of 2022, he has had a rough time. Shortly after his reappointment, street protests pushed him to abruptly abandon his signature “zero COVID” policy. After a quick reopening bump in early 2023, the economy has progressively slowed, revealing both cyclical and structural challenges. Investors are leaving in droves, with foreign direct investment and portfolio flows reaching record lows.
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Apr 23, 2024 | 
foreignaffairs.com | Evan Medeiros
Ever since Chinese President Xi Jinping secured his third term in power in the fall of 2022, he has had a rough time. Shortly after his reappointment, street protests pushed him to abruptly abandon his signature “zero COVID” policy. After a quick reopening bump in early 2023, the economy has progressively slowed, revealing both cyclical and structural challenges. Investors are leaving in droves, with foreign direct investment and portfolio flows reaching record lows.
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Jan 9, 2024 | 
gmfus.org | Evan Medeiros
This episode covers the role of US and Chinese domestic politics in the US-China relationship. There are many drivers of US-China strategic competition, and domestic politics is among them, and has become increasingly important, though it has not been well researched and analyzed in recent years. One reason for the lack of analysis on Chinese politics is that since Xi Jinping became China’s top leader in 2012, domestic politics in China has become even more of black box than previously.
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Oct 5, 2023 | 
warontherocks.com | Evan Medeiros |Thomas Shugart |Emily Weinstein |Nicholas Danforth
Nick sat down with Evan Medeiros, Thomas Shugart and Emily Weinstein to take stock of where U.S.-Chinese relations stand today and where they might be going. Can President Biden’s diplomatic push pay off? How will Taiwan’s elections and Beijing’s internal shakeup change the equation? What lessons is President Xi Jinping actually learning from the invasion of Ukraine? And can the U.S. and China ultimately find a stable floor for their bilateral relationship or are they headed toward conflict?
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Jul 3, 2023 | 
gmfus.org | Evan Medeiros
Relations between the United States and China have slid to their lowest point since the 1970s. After President Biden and Xi Jinping met in November 2022, they instructed their senior officials to initiate a process to stabilize the relationship. Before much headway could be made, however, China sent a surveillance balloon to the west coast of the United States that ended up loitering over sensitive military sites and then flew across the entire country before being shot down by the US.
