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When Trump and Xi meet next week, they plan to discuss AI, specifically areas of mutual cooperation on “security and threats from nonstate actors.” @ryanl_hass and @kyleichan explain how the US and China are thinking about AI: brook.gs/42kiNMb

How can the United States sharpen its strategic advantages over China? 🇺🇸 🇨🇳 Don't miss Monday's event featuring @SenatorShaheen and @SenThomTillis in conversation with @ryanl_hass from 4 p.m. - 4:45 p.m. Register to watch in-person or online👉 brook.gs/4wfwpG0

It’s always fun to be quoted, but I’m taking special pleasure in seeing my prose appear as an exemplar in the Merriam-Webster Dictionary!

"There is no real personal affinity between Iran's leadership and China's leadership. There's no ideological affinity between the two of them either... It's a very unsentimental relationship from China's perspective." @ryanl_hass on The Beijing Brief: brook.gs/4nk60Ty

After Cheng Li-wun, the party chair of Taiwan's Kuomintang (KMT), visited China and met with Chinese President Xi Jinping in April, @lnachman32 and @poscwty reviewed original survey data on how Taiwanese voters saw the Cheng-Xi meeting: brook.gs/4deyVE4

German historian Karl Schlögel delivered a lecture @BrookingsInst earlier this spring on Ukraine on the mental map of Europe. His address is now available to read in essay form: brookings.edu/articles/ukrai… @GoetheDC @BrookingsFP #USEurope #Ukraine

"For the Iranians, this relationship [with China] has been one they've been investing in for decades, and has been a lifeline for their economy." @MaloneySuzanne speaks to @jonczin on a new episode of The Beijing Brief: brook.gs/4nk60Ty

In an expansive new essay, German historian Professor Karl Schlögel argues that "the fate of Ukraine will define the fate of Europe and probably of the West, however we understand this term." Read more: brook.gs/4daQ3dw

Does foreign investment make local people like the investing country? Not necessarily. "Citizens living near US FDI projects are less likely to favor the US model and more likely to favor the China model. The mirror image holds near Chinese FDI projects." brook.gs/4tYDlWG

Listen to the latest episode of “The Foreign Affairs Interview,” featuring Fiona Hill on the wars in Ukraine and Iran—and what Trump’s second-term foreign policy will mean for the future of American power. foreignaffairs.com/podcasts/trump…

Congress plays an important role in US-China relations. Ahead of President Trump's arrival in Beijing next week, join us @BrookingsInst to hear from two leading voices in the Senate, @senatorShaheen (D-NH) and @ThomTillis (R-NC). brookings.edu/events/us-chin…

"[A]ny adversary thinking that depleted U.S. inventories of several key weapons create a major window of opportunity for aggression against American interests would be making a huge and quite probably foolish roll of the dice." @MichaelEOHanlon writes: brook.gs/4dalmp1

Has the conflict in Iran been helpful, harmful, or neutral for China? @ryanl_hass, @patricia_m_kim, @thomaswright08, @dennisw5 and Yun Sun give their takes: brook.gs/4nbJLzf

You won't want to miss this! On Monday, May 11, from 4:00 p.m. - 4:45 p.m. join us in person or online to hear what steps the United States can take to sharpen its strategic advantages over China, featuring @SenatorShaheen, @ThomTillis, & @ryanl_hass: brook.gs/4wfwpG0

Is the diplomatic impasse between Japan and China likely to deteriorate further? Two leading scholars—Professor Akio Takahara of Japan and Professor Ren Xiao of China—offer parallel analyses from their respective vantage points. brook.gs/4uRSBF1

"While investment from foreign powers certainly increases their perceived influence in local communities in the Global South, it does not always generate the favorability that Beijing or Washington assumes will follow. In fact, it can do the opposite." brook.gs/4ncbzDr

Trade will dominate the Trump-Xi summit—but it won’t tell the whole story. Sharing a few highlights from a longer analysis of 5 things to watch as Trump goes to Beijing 🧵 brookings.edu/articles/five-…

Ahead of the upcoming Trump-Xi summit in Beijing on May 14-15, @BrookingsInst scholars weigh in on what's at stake when the two presidents meet: brook.gs/4uyat7D

Thrilled that ⁦@TheEconomist cited our research on Chinese views of US decline.

"What will be important to watch is what this summit sets into motion: which working-level processes are launched, what issues are carried forward, and whether there are clearer signals of what lies ahead." Read @patricia_m_kim on the Trump-Xi meeting: brook.gs/4es0CLQ