Conceptual Evolution, Practical Advancement, and Global Impact of a Community with a Shared Future for Humanity

Yang Jiemian

Building a community with a shared future for humanity is the core tenet of Xi Jinping Thought on Diplomacy and China’s key proposal for answering the questions of the world, the people and the times. Over more than a decade, it has evolved from a visionary proposition into a systematic framework linking theoretical innovation, practical advancement and global governance reform. Going forward, its wider international influence will depend on deeper theoretical refinement, more tangible cooperation and stronger global communication.

Innovating Dialogue Mechanisms Between China and Southeast Asian Countries: Core Features and Strategic Implications

Du Lan

China’s intensive promotion of “2+2” mechanisms in Southeast Asia, where great-power competition and regional cooperation intersect, represents a shift from issue-driven cooperation to mechanism-driven governance in bilateral relations, a transition in China’s neighborhood diplomacy from managing relations to shaping order, and an institutional exploration of the concept of a community with a shared future for humanity and the Asian security model in practice. To further develop the “2+2” mechanisms and translate institutional innovations into genuine regional public goods, a steady and pragmatic approach is required that respects regional countries’ concerns and maintains transparency and inclusiveness.

China–ASEAN Industrial and Supply Chain Cooperation: Current Development and the Way Forward

Yang Chao & Bai Guangyu

As China’s largest trading partner and a major destination of Chinese outward investment, ASEAN is a recipient of large-scale transfers of labor-intensive processing and manufacturing capacities from China. Shaped by both internal and external factors, the two sides have begun to build an integrated, interconnected, and mutually beneficial industrial and supply chain partnership. However, several challenges arise in deepening cooperation, and to move forward, both sides need to strengthen policy communication, improve strategic coordination, and enhance trade and investment collaboration.

Trump’s Return to Power and a New Stage in China-US Competition

Wu Xinbo

Since the start of Donald Trump’s second term, China-US relations have gone through three stages: “no discord, no concord,” a phase of alternating confrontation and dialogue, and a period of fragile stability. China-US strategic competition in 2025 has not only profoundly shaped the trajectory of bilateral relations during Trump’s second term, but also carried landmark significance throughout the transitional phase of China-US relations. In 2026, China-US relations face an important window of opportunity. Advancing steady progress in bilateral ties through head-of-state diplomacy represents a constructive and attainable objective.

The Role of the United States in Rebuilding the European Security Order and Its Impact

Diao Daming

Amid the ongoing Ukraine crisis, Donald Trump’s return to power has profoundly reshaped the European security order through “America First” policy and transactional defense concepts. Acting as a self-serving mediator, tariff manipulator, and civilizational interventionist, the US administration exerts a profound negative impact. Consequently, this undermines European strategic autonomy, escalates regional geopolitical risks, and damages the continent’s economic and civilizational security.

Relational Resilience and the US-EU-Russia Dynamics in Trump’s Second Term

Gu Wei

Since the start of his new term, Donald Trump has upheld transactional principles in handling relations with allies, reducing security commitments to the EU while attempting to promote a rapprochement in US-Russia relations. This shift has propelled US-EU-Russia relations into a phase of trilateral dynamics characterized by autonomous competition. Amid escalating global crises that urgently demand reforms of the global governance architecture, the more equal and autonomous multi-party dynamics among major powers are poised to evolve toward coordination and cooperation.