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Future prospects for China-U.S. relations
China and the U.S., the world's two most consequential powers, are moving in very different directions. China is doubling down on self-reliance, whil…
1 month, 4 weeks ago
48th ASEAN Summit
The 48th ASEAN summit has focused heavily on three urgent issues, oil, food and migrant workers. Regional anxieties have deepened following the U.S.-…
2 months ago
Iran war: China-Iran diplomacy in Beijing
Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi has held talks with visiting Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi in Beijing. The meeting came one day after the …
2 months ago
China and the world: is the West starting to rethink approach to China?
As China continues to develop, a growing number of Western scholars and policy makers are calling for a reassessment of how the country is understood…
2 months ago
Japan's military expansion: what's behind the revision of security documents?
The Japanese government has convened the first meeting of an expert panel to begin revising three of its most important security documents - the Nati…
2 months, 1 week ago
Europe's strategic dilemma
Europe is finding itself in a growing strategic bind: still reliant on the US for security, yet struggling to manage its economic relationship with C…
2 months, 1 week ago
China-Saudi rejection of "law of the jungle" world
In recent talks with leaders from Saudi Arabia and the UAE, Chinese President Xi Jinping warned against a return to a "law of the jungle," where the …
2 months, 2 weeks ago
Cuba in crisis
For the first time in nearly a decade, a senior U.S. delegation has visited Havana—reviving direct contact between two long-time adversaries at a mom…
2 months, 2 weeks ago
Japan's military expansion
Japan has approved a sweeping legal overhaul, lifting a decades-old ban on exporting lethal weapons. The move comes as Tokyo accelerates its military…
2 months, 2 weeks ago
War on Iran: uneasy truce
With the two-week ceasefire about to expire, all eyes are on whether the U.S. and Iran will return to the negotiating table—or drift further apart. W…
2 months, 2 weeks ago