Research and analysis on China’s foreign policy and role in the world.

President Obama’s informal summit with Chinese president Xi should remind New Delhi of the need for deep diplomacy with both powers.

A weekend summit between Presidents Obama and Xi worked to manage friction between the two countries as China’s power grows and extends into America’s traditional spheres of influence.

As a result of hastened climate change, shipping lanes in the Arctic region have opened and interest in its considerable natural resources has been piqued.

The informal surroundings at Sunnylands enable Xi and Obama to have private and meaningful discussion about critical bilateral and global issues.

The U.S. military capacity to deter China and assure countries in the Western Pacific could diminish, if China successfully deployed new missiles, submarines and other weapons in those waters.

The United States can help China with its North Korea problem.

Genuine personal diplomacy can lay the groundwork for the new type of great-power relationship that Xi wants, but success depends on Obama and Xi moving beyond scripted talking points.

Presidents Barack Obama and Xi Jinping have a unique opportunity to reach a broad framework for U.S.-China relations that could strengthen cooperation and manage competition.

If Obama and Xi can rise to the conceptual challenge and articulate a path forward, they have a chance to contribute a richer chapter to history than the previous leaders have made in decades.

Both the United States and China need to recognize the nature and seriousness of the tensions and suspicions that have accumulated between the two powers over the past few years.

Mutual trust between China and the United States is not necessary for the two countries to cooperate.

In California, Xi and Obama should give priority to the Middle East. The dramatic war-and-peace immediacy of Iran and Syria is clear, but cooperation could help deepen the trust, understanding, and diplomatic interoperability needed to tackle East Asian security issues.

As national security adviser, Donilon has played a low-key but thoughtful, strategic, and activist role.

China and India have long-standing unresolved border issues but the Indian media too often acts to further inflame tensions by over-hyping the situation.

Presidents Barack Obama and Xi Jinping have the chance to make history when they meet for an informal meeting near Palm Springs, California. The meeting offers a rare chance to make progress on issues ranging from the economy to cybersecurity.

A playbook for how Presidents Obama and Xi can make more history than leaders have in decades.

An examination of various Chinese sources suggests that virtually all statements constitute clear and consistent expressions of China’s sovereign claims to the islands as well as a complete repudiation of Japan’s claims.

Regional stability is vital to sustaining the vibrancy of the Chinese and regional economies. It is in China’s interest to take steps to prevent further militarization of these disputes.

Western critics tend to exaggerate the size and threat of China’s military expenditure and to misunderstand the reasons for China’s increased spending.

Both Europe and China are overdependent on the United States as a guarantor of the liberal world order. Both need to wake up and accept their global responsibility.