BiographyMichael D. Swaine is a senior associate at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace and author of the new book America’s Challenge: Engaging a Rising China in the Twenty-First Century.
Averting a Deepening U.S.-China Rift Over the South China Sea The ongoing dispute threatens to drive U.S.-China relations permanently in a far more adversarial, zero-sum direction and destabilize the region.
Getting Past Mutual Suspicion On the eve of Obama's meeting with Xi, Washington needs a strategy that will push the security relationship with China in a better direction.
America's Asia Pivot Threatens Regional Stability How Washington's pivot toward Asia could end a decade of stability and usher in a darker era in relations with Beijing.
China, Taiwan, U.S.: Status Quo Challenged Washington's approach to Taiwan is more likely to end in a disaster than a détente.
Enough Tough Talk on China Contrary to popular punditry, China's military buildup does not spell doom for America.