Patricia M. Kim

Jun 21, 2024 | brookings.edu | Patricia M. Kim

The newly inked Russia-North Korea security pact has spiked anxiety around the world about Russian President Vladimir Putin and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un’s growing partnership and its implications for the Korean Peninsula, Ukraine, and beyond. While some have pointed to the past week’s developments as more evidence of a hardening “alignment of evil” that includes Russia, North Korea, China, and Iran, the reality is that the pact might do more to fracture than solidify any burgeoning axis.

Jan 17, 2024 | brookings.edu | Richard Bush |Ryan Hass |Patricia M. Kim |Adam P. Liff

Home The impact of Taiwan’s election in 2024 and beyond In a closely watched election, Taiwan’s voters elected Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) presidential candidate and current Vice President Lai Ching-te over Hou Yu-ih of the Kuomintang (KMT) and Ko Wen-je of Taiwan People’s Party (TPP) on January 13, 2024.

Jan 12, 2024 | brookings.edu | Patricia M. Kim

As the people of Taiwan prepare to select their next president this weekend, all eyes are on Beijing’s reaction to the election results and what this means for U.S.-China relations. Washington and Beijing are acutely aware of the sensitive year ahead, which is why both sides carefully choreographed a smooth summit between Presidents Joe Biden and Xi Jinping in San Francisco last November after relations hit rock bottom following the Chinese spy balloon crisis in early 2023.

Nov 16, 2023 | brookings.edu | Patricia M. Kim |Adrianna Pita

President Biden and President Xi met on Wednesday in San Francisco during the APEC summit at a time of highly strained relations between China and the U.S. Patricia Kim discussed some of the outcomes of their meeting and stressed the need for Beijing and Washington “to depoliticize diplomacy and functional channels of communication and make them a regular feature of the U.S.-China relationship.” TRANSCRIPT PITA: President Biden and President Xi met on Wednesday in San Francisco during the...

Nov 2, 2023 | brookings.edu | Patricia M. Kim |Mallie Prytherch

Editor's note: Editor’s note: This is the first essay of Global China’s “Lost in translation: Decoding Chinese strategic narratives” series. The full collection of essays can be found here. As Beijing faces intensifying geostrategic headwinds and scrutiny of its great power ambitions, the concept of 斗争, or douzheng — which translates to both “struggle” and “fight” in English — has resurfaced in Chinese strategic discourse.