Americans tend to focus more on China’s size and strength than its vulnerabilities. In doing so, they play right into Beijing’s hands.

Beijing’s systematic acquisition of European ports is not a precursor to Chinese militarism in Europe. But it is an important component of an ambitious and insidious strategy.

The answer, in short, is democracy. The U.S. should do more to defend it.

American diplomats and politicians should avoid the temptation to referee East Asia’s historical grievances. We are far more likely to be used than to be useful.

The stakeholder model of China’s full integration into the current liberal global order fails to reckon with the worldview and political interests of the Chinese Communist Party.

Beijing’s elite can’t stop reading about America.