Lili Pike

Lili Pike was a staff writer at Foreign Policy from 2024-2025.

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Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi, center, meets with Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Ryabkov, left, and Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Kazeem Gharibabadi before a meeting regarding the Iranian nuclear issue at the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse in Beijing.
Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi, center, meets with Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Ryabkov, left, and Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Kazeem Gharibabadi before a meeting regarding the Iranian nuclear issue at the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse in Beijing.

What China Wants From Iran Nuclear Talks

Analysis
Lili Pike
A bright red screen large enough to take up an entire wall shows large images of Xi Jinping. People are seen in shadowed silhouette, backlit by the screen, as they mill about a museum exhibit.
A bright red screen large enough to take up an entire wall shows large images of Xi Jinping. People are seen in shadowed silhouette, backlit by the screen, as they mill about a museum exhibit.

Why Isn’t China Playing Trump’s Game?

Analysis
Lili Pike
U.S. Vice President J.D. Vance greets President Donald Trump's nominee to be under secretary of defense for policy, Elbridge Colby during Colby's confirmation hearing on March 4 in Washington.
U.S. Vice President J.D. Vance greets President Donald Trump's nominee to be under secretary of defense for policy, Elbridge Colby during Colby's confirmation hearing on March 4 in Washington.

Trump’s Pick for Key Pentagon Role Faces Off With GOP Hawks

Report
Lili Pike
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau speaks during a news conference.
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau speaks during a news conference.

The Trade War Is Here

World Brief
Alexandra Sharp, Lili Pike
Smoke rises from a factory of China Baowu Steel Group in Taiyuan, China.
Smoke rises from a factory of China Baowu Steel Group in Taiyuan, China.

Could Trump’s Favorite Word Double as Climate Policy?

Report
Lili Pike
Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz shake hands as they pose for a photo.
Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz shake hands as they pose for a photo.

Trump’s Europe Shock Creates an Opening for China

Report
Lili Pike
About 20 people of a crowd are seen holding signs under a gray sky and the large white dome of the U.S. Capitol building in the background. Many of the signs; a boy about 12 at the front of the crowd holds a hand-lettered sign that says "Both my parents lost their jobs due to President Musk. How does this make America great again?"
About 20 people of a crowd are seen holding signs under a gray sky and the large white dome of the U.S. Capitol building in the background. Many of the signs; a boy about 12 at the front of the crowd holds a hand-lettered sign that says "Both my parents lost their jobs due to President Musk. How does this make America great again?"

Foreign Autocrats Are Exploiting Trump’s Chaos

Report
Christina Lu, Lili Pike
An illustration shows a scribbled tangled line connecting the flags of the U.S. and China on either side. Behind the line is the out-of-focus face of Joe Biden.
An illustration shows a scribbled tangled line connecting the flags of the U.S. and China on either side. Behind the line is the out-of-focus face of Joe Biden.

Did Biden Get China Right?

Deep Dive
Lili Pike
A view of Marathon Petroleum's refinery in Carson, California, on April 25, 2020.
A view of Marathon Petroleum's refinery in Carson, California, on April 25, 2020.

What America’s New Climate Targets Mean for the World

Analysis
Lili Pike, Christina Lu
A close-up photo of George Glass's face.
A close-up photo of George Glass's face.

Trump Nominates Tough-on-China Businessman As Japan Ambassador

Report
Lili Pike
U.S. President Joe Biden meets employees of the Lobito Atlantic Railway at the Port of Lobito in Lobito, Angola, on Dec. 4.
U.S. President Joe Biden meets employees of the Lobito Atlantic Railway at the Port of Lobito in Lobito, Angola, on Dec. 4.

Is the U.S. Answer to China’s Belt and Road Working?

Analysis
Lili Pike, Christina Lu
A close photo of David Perdue with his hand up holding a pen.
A close photo of David Perdue with his hand up holding a pen.

Trump Picks Perdue to Be Next Ambassador to China

Report
Lili Pike
An employee works on an aluminum piston ring production line at a factory that produces car parts in the city of Binzhou, in eastern China’s Shandong province, on Oct. 14.
An employee works on an aluminum piston ring production line at a factory that produces car parts in the city of Binzhou, in eastern China’s Shandong province, on Oct. 14.

Trump’s Threat to Revoke China’s Trade Status, Explained

Explainer
Lili Pike
Elon Musk and Li Keqiang, both wearing suits and seated with a side table holding flowers between them. Behind them is a red Chinsese painting in a paneled room.
Elon Musk and Li Keqiang, both wearing suits and seated with a side table holding flowers between them. Behind them is a red Chinsese painting in a paneled room.

Where Trump’s Cabinet Stands on China

Analysis
Lili Pike
Activists demonstrate in support of climate finance grants for poor countries at the U.N. Climate Change Conference.
Activists demonstrate in support of climate finance grants for poor countries at the U.N. Climate Change Conference.

What the COP29 Climate Finance Deal Means for the World

Report
Christina Lu, Lili Pike
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