Eleanor Atkins
Stanton Nuclear Security Fellow
China Strategy Initiative
Competition with China poses a challenge unlike any the United States has faced before. To meet the challenge, CFR’s new China Strategy Initiative will answer the questions that go to the heart of American China strategy through fresh analysis, granular policy recommendations, and convenings with experts from around the world.
Core Questions and Programs
The China Strategy Initiative will launch cross-cutting programs to address four foundational questions.
How Should We Manage Competition?
Global China Forum
Experts
Jim Baker
Senior Fellow for Strategic Competition
Thomas J. Bollyky
Bloomberg Chair in Global Health; Senior Fellow for International Economics, Law, and Development; and Director of the Global Health Program
Jessica Brandt
Senior Fellow for Technology and National Security
Heidi E. Crebo-Rediker
Senior Fellow
Rush Doshi
C.V. Starr Senior Fellow for Asia Studies and Director of the China Strategy Initiative
Erin D. Dumbacher
Stanton Nuclear Security Senior Fellow
Matthew Ferren
International Affairs Fellow in National Security, sponsored by Janine and J. Tomilson Hill
Liana Fix
Senior Fellow for Europe
Will Freeman
Fellow for Latin America Studies
William Henagan
Research Fellow
Jonathan E. Hillman
Senior Fellow for Geoeconomics
Michael C. Horowitz
Senior Fellow for Technology and Innovation
Yanzhong Huang
Senior Fellow for Global Health
Joshua Kurlantzick
Senior Fellow for Southeast Asia and South Asia
Zongyuan Zoe Liu
Maurice R. Greenberg Senior Fellow for China Studies
Chris McGuire
Senior Fellow for China and Emerging Technologies
Manjari Chatterjee Miller
Senior Fellow for India, Pakistan, and South Asia
Carl Minzner
Senior Fellow For China Studies
Kristina Obecny
International Affairs Fellow in National Security, sponsored by Janine and J. Tomilson Hill
David Sacks
Fellow for Asia Studies
Adam Segal
Ira A. Lipman Chair in Emerging Technologies and National Security and Director of the Digital and Cyberspace Policy Program
Brad W. Setser
Whitney Shepardson Senior Fellow
Joseph Torigian
Senior Fellow for Asia Studies
Michael Werz
Senior Fellow
Prashant Yadav
Senior Fellow for Global Health
Research Priorities
The United States cannot out-mine and out-process China. Instead, it should leapfrog China’s dominance by scaling disruptive innovation, recovery, and recycling.
The New U.S. Cyber Strategy Misreads China’s Threat
By Matthew Ferren
![<p>Cyberwarfare specialists serving with the 175th Cyberspace Operations Group of the Maryland Air National Guard engage in weekend training at Warfield Air National Guard Base, Middle River, Maryland, June 3, 2017.</p>]()
Protecting the Foundation: Strengthening Export Controls on Semiconductor Manufacturing Equipment
By Chris McGuire
![<p>Chris McGuire testifies to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs on November 20, 2025.</p>]()
A Smarter U.S. Response to China’s Electric Vehicle Revolution
By David M. Hart
![<p>Workers check vehicle frames on the production line for electric vehicle maker Zeekr at its factory in Ningbo, China, on May 29, 2025.</p>]()
![<p>Maritime operations group displays YJ-15 hypersonic anti-ship missiles during a military parade to mark the 80th anniversary of the end of World War Two, in Beijing, China, September 3, 2025.</p>]()
Reviewing Implementation of the Taiwan Enhanced Resilience Act and Future Opportunities for U.S.-Taiwan Cooperation
By Rush Doshi
![Rush Doshi testifies to the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on November 20, 2025.]()
In-Depth
Bringing readers up to speed on key issues in China strategy through explainers and interactives.
By Zongyuan Zoe Liu
By Zongyuan Zoe Liu
Events, Videos, and Podcasts
Productions from the China Strategy Initiative
Archive
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![A police van sits parked in front of the giant portrait of Chairman Mao Zedong as a paramilitary policeman patrols Beijing's Tiananmen Square]()
Featuring Joseph Torigian![Employees work at the solar cells production line of the Blue Carbon Technology Inc. in Rizhao, Shandong province December 3, 2010. China is considering investments of up to $1.5 trillion over five years in seven strategic industries, sources said, a plan aimed at accelerating the country's transition from the world's supplier of cheap goods to a leading purveyor of high-value technologies. The targeted sectors include alternative energy, biotechnology, new-generation information technology, high-end equipment manufacturing, advanced materials, alternative-fuel cars and energy-saving and environmentally friendly technologies. REUTERS/Stringer (CHINA - Tags: ENERGY ENVIRONMENT BUSINESS) CHINA OUT. NO COMMERCIAL OR EDITORIAL SALES IN CHINA]()
By Mia Beams and Angus Soderberg![China's NPC opening session at the Great Hall of the People, in Beijing]()
Featuring Joseph Torigian![Britain's Prime Minister Keir Starmer shakes hands with Chinese President Xi Jinping, ahead of a bilateral meeting in Beijing, China, January 29, 2026. Carl Court/Pool via REUTERS REFILE]()
By Steven Honig![German Chancellor Friedrich Merz attends a performance of a humanoid robot boxing at the Unitree Robotics headquarters during the last day of his official visit to China, in Hangzhou, China, 26 February, 2026. ANDRES MARTINEZ CASARES/Pool via REUTERS]()
By Turner Ruggi![China's NPC opening session at the Great Hall of the People, in Beijing]()
Featuring Joseph Torigian![Britain's PM Keir Starmer visits China]()
Featuring Joseph Torigian![U.S. President Trump holds a joint press conference with Indian Prime Minister Modi]()
By Manjari Chatterjee Miller![A worker cleans photovoltaic solar panels inside a solar power plant at Raisan village near Gandhinagar, in the western Indian state of Gujarat]()
By Clara Gillispie![U.N.'s COP28 Climate Summit in Dubai]()
By Karthik Nachiappan![A plane flies over the Indian Oil Corporation Building in New Delhi]()
By Ashwini K Swain![FILE PHOTO: Military parade to mark the 80th anniversary of the end of World War Two, in Beijing]()
Featuring Joseph Torigian![Chinese President Xi Jinping meets with Canada's Prime Minister Mark Carney, at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China, Friday, Jan. 16, 2026. Vincent Thian/Pool via REUTERS]()
By Mia Beams and Angus Soderberg![<p>A wafer can be seen as taiwanese chip giant TSMC holds a ceremony to start mass production of its most advanced 3-nanometer chips in the southern city of Tainan, Taiwan December 29, 2022.</p>]()
By David Sacks and Steven Honig![French President Emmanuel Macron, his wife Brigitte Macron, Chinese President Xi Jinping and his wife Peng Liyuan visit the Dujiangyan site, designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site, in Dujiangyan, Sichuan province, as part of a three-day visit to China, December 5, 2025. REUTERS/Sarah Meyssonnier/Pool]()
By Mia Beams and Angus Soderberg![Brine pools used to extract lithium are seen next to a lithium mining camp at the Salar del Rincon salt flat, in Salta, Argentina. Picture taken August 12, 2021. REUTERS/Agustin Marcarian]()
By Katya Bandouil![<p>The logo of Chinese-owned semiconductor company Nexperia is displayed at the chipmaker’s German facility, after the Dutch government seized control and auto industry bodies sounded the alarm over the possible impact on car production, in Hamburg, Germany.</p>]()
By Turner Ruggi![<p>A fleet of ships sail out at sea as China and Russia’s naval joint drill concludes in Zhanjiang, Guangdong Province, China.</p>]()
By Khaled Robert Maalouf![<p>Attendees gather near China’s pavilion at COP30 in Belém, Brazil.</p>]()
By Felipe de Bolle![<p>Maritime operations group displays YJ-15 hypersonic anti-ship missiles during a military parade to mark the 80th anniversary of the end of World War Two, in Beijing, China, September 3, 2025.</p>]()
By David Sacks and Paul B. Stares
