01POLITICAL
Policy & institutions
Research on diplomacy, governance, strategic competition, and the institutions shaping relations between China and the United States.
↗CHINA · UNITED STATES · GLOBAL POLICY
Understanding the world’s most consequential relationship.
CUSP brings policy research into conversation with history, economics, technology, and global affairs—helping scholars and decision-makers see the bilateral relationship in its wider international context.
CUSP / POLICY LENS38.99° N · 76.94° W
US ↔ CNRELATIONSHIP IN GLOBAL CONTEXT
POLICYinstitutions
ECONOMYinterdependence
TECHcompetition
ABOUT CUSP
Research that places U.S.–China relations in a global context.
The Program on China and the United States seeks to understand and inform policy around a relationship whose choices affect security, prosperity, technological change, and public life across the world.
MISSION
Connect rigorous scholarship, policy debate, and the next generation of researchers.
OUR WORK / THREE DIMENSIONS
One relationship.
Multiple policy lenses.
Studying the bilateral relationship requires attention to the political, economic, and technological forces that connect both countries to the wider world.
02ECONOMIC
Trade & development
Analysis of economic statecraft, industrial policy, investment, supply chains, and the global consequences of bilateral choices.
↗03TECHNOLOGICAL
Technology & security
Work examining innovation, standards, emerging technologies, information flows, and their implications for public policy.
↗A POLICY AGENDA
Questions that travel beyond two capitals.
The program’s work emphasizes evidence, regional context, and the long-term consequences of decisions made within an interdependent system.
- 01
GLOBAL ORDER
How does the relationship reshape institutions, alliances, and policy choices beyond Washington and Beijing?
- 02
ECONOMIC CHANGE
Where do trade, development, and strategic resilience create cooperation—or deepen competition?
- 03
PEOPLE & IDEAS
How can research, education, and sustained dialogue improve the quality of public understanding?
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FELLOWS
FELLOWS
RESEARCH · EXCHANGE · POLICY
CARNEGIE CHINA FELLOWSHIP
Supporting scholars who connect research with public purpose.
The fellowship is a flagship element of the program, creating space for careful research, cross-disciplinary exchange, and policy-relevant work on China and the United States.
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