US got pandas from China. Trump needs a lot more than that
Presidents Trump and Xi Jinping traded goodwill and extended a trade truce, but the rivalry hasn't softened. Soybeans, rare earths and Taiwan will show whether Beijing is playing ball.
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Johanna Yang
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Janatan Sayeh
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FDD analyzes China’s challenge to U.S. national security across military, economic, and technological domains, tracking Beijing’s coercive tactics and influence operations, while developing strategies to counter CCP ambitions.
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The Washington Times
Experts
Craig Singleton
China Program Senior Director and Senior Fellow
Matt Pottinger
China Program Chairman
Jack Burnham
Senior Research Analyst
Mark Dubowitz
Chief Executive
Jonathan Schanzer
Executive Director
LTG (Ret.) H.R. McMaster
CMPP Chairman
Juan C. Zarate
CEFP Chairman
Elaine K. Dezenski
CEFP Senior Director and Head
RADM (Ret.) Mark Montgomery
CCTI Senior Director and Senior Fellow
Bradley Bowman
CMPP Senior Director
Annie Fixler
CCTI Director and Senior Fellow
Leah Siskind
Director of Impact and AI Research Fellow
Samantha Ravich
Distinguished Fellow and Advisor
Richard Goldberg
Senior Advisor
Jennifer Richmond
Education and National Security Program Deputy Director
Eric B. Lorber
CEFP Senior Advisor
Lewis Libby
Distinguished Fellow
Ryan Brobst
CMPP Deputy Director
Emily de La Bruyère
Senior Fellow
Nathan Picarsic
Senior Fellow
Jacob Nagel
Senior Fellow
Johanna Yang
CCTI Policy Analyst
Susan Soh
CEFP Research Associate
Janatan Sayeh
Research Analyst
Samuel Ben-Ur
Research Analyst
Jon Pelson
Adjunct Fellow
Daniel Glaser
CEFP Senior Advisor
Logan Rolleigh
CMPP Research Assistant
Jacob Breach
Senior Advisor
In The News
Democrats’ midterm win threatens to disrupt Trump’s fragile truce with Xi
NBC News
Beijing launches diplomatic flurry amid threat of renewed U.S. war with Iran
The Washington Post
Trump's political humbling signals short-term gain, long-term pain for China
Reuters
Beijing escalates Philippines row as Hegseth proposes U.S.-ASEAN defense framework to deter China
Taiwan Talks
How Trump’s ‘Donroe Doctrine’ is taking back the Western Hemisphere
New York Post
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