The visit of US President Donald Trump to the People’s Republic of China on 13–15 May, together with his talks with Chinese leader Xi Jinping, constituted a single landmark event in contemporary world politics. Among its various accompanying aspects, the central one was determined by the Taiwan issue. It should once again be reiterated that […]

In the space of five days, Xi Jinping hosted both Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin in Beijing. Two summits, back to back, in the same capital, with the same host. The American president arrived with corporate executives and left with a strategic stability framework. The Russian president arrived days later, signed new cooperation agreements, expanded […]

Talks to end the war with Iran and reopen the Strait of Hormuz appear, for the first time in three months, to be moderately on track. At least that is the impression conveyed by public statements and leaks from both sides: water is beginning to fill the deep negotiating well, which until now had been practically dry.

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As Vladimir Putin arrived in Beijing, Xi Jinping sent a carefully calibrated message to Washington: China’s dialogue with the United States will not come at the expense of its strategic partnership with Moscow. Beyond the symbolism and grand ceremony, the Putin-Xi summit revealed a deepening Sino-Russian alignment centered on energy, trade, and the construction of […]

The visits of Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin to Beijing revealed not only contrasting diplomatic styles but also a shifting global balance in which China is increasingly building a long-term Eurasian framework alongside Russia. For more than a decade, Western media narratives surrounding Russia and Vladimir Putin have oscillated between strategic alarmism, moral absolutism, and […]

Both countries maintained or rebuilt substantial state capacity over their strategic economic sectors… the opposite of what structural adjustment programs prescribed for the Global South, which systematically dismantled state capacity under the banner of market reform. Part One of this series examined the structural gap between formal independence and real sovereignty, tracing the condition through […]

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The Xi-Putin summit, held shortly after US President Donald Trump visited China, underscores strong cooperation between the two new superpowers and signals a new front against Western aggression. Russian President Vladimir Putin visited China, just 48 hours after the Xi-Trump summit in Beijing. The significance of this visit was magnified because it coincided with the […]

Behind the ceremonial diplomacy and promises of trade deals, the Beijing summit exposed a deeper geopolitical reality: China now negotiates with the United States on equal terms, with confidence and strategic patience. Xi Jinping’s real objective was not economic but to make one point unmistakably clear to Donald Trump — Taiwan remains China’s ultimate red […]

The back-to-back summits in Beijing revealed not only China’s growing diplomatic confidence but also the emergence of a deeper Sino-Russian axis that increasingly challenges the foundations of the US-led global order. Donald Trump flew home from Beijing with Boeing orders and a framework label. Forty-eight hours later, Vladimir Putin touched down at the same airport, […]

Trump’s China pilgrimage revealed not American strength but the exhaustion of an empire that increasingly mistakes spectacle for strategy, beneath smiling children and waving flags, standing between two civilizations moving in opposite psychological directions: one obsessed with image, the other quietly consolidating power. The Ceremony of Decline Upon arrival, young men and women stood along […]

U.S. President Donald Trump’s two-day visit to China on May 14–15—the first in nearly a decade—turned out to be more of a spectacle than a diplomatic breakthrough and failed to yield any tangible results. When Chinese President Xi Jinping looked Donald Trump in the eye in Beijing’s Great Hall of the People and asked whether […]

The Trump-Xi summit, coming amidst fragile international markets, intensifying US-China competition, and escalating Middle East conflict, will critically analyze whether the two sides can manage competition without escalating risks. A Summit Amid Global Instability The summit between Chinese President Xi Jinping and his counterpart, US President Donald J. Trump, scheduled from May 13 to 15, comes […]

Serious setbacks have marked the latest attempts by Taiwan’s current leadership to position itself on the international stage as an “autonomous,” i.e., independent from the People’s Republic of China, participant of international relations. The formation of the “autonomy” component of the Taiwan issue The multi-layered and multifaceted Taiwan issue dates back to October 1971 when […]

New U.S. sanctions against Chinese companies just before Donald Trump’s visit to Beijing highlight the growing tendency to use economic pressure as a primary instrument of American diplomacy. Donald Trump plans to visit China from May 13 to 15. His baggage includes a load of sanctions instead of concessions. Days before his visit to China, […]

Amidst growing global disorder and a lack of central power, the Kazan Forum’s increasing significance reflects the rise of Russia’s diplomatic outreach. Kazan Forum as an Emerging Eurasian Interface The Kazan Forum has emerged as a reconfiguration of economic imagination, connectivity, and power across the Eurasian region. The XVII International Economic Forum “Russia-Islamic World: Kazan […]

The development of Afghanistan’s mineral resources has become the center of an information and geopolitical struggle where economic projects intersect with security issues, propaganda, and great-power rivalry. A recent article published by the US arms-industry, big-tech, banking, and other Western special interests-funded Lowy Institute’s “Interpreter,” boldly claims, “Afghanistan is surrendering its mineral wealth — and its […]

The European Union’s adoption of its 20th sanctions package against Russia on 23 April 2026 has triggered one of the sharpest responses from Beijing in recent years. A Reaction That Signals More Than Discontent China’s Ministry of Commerce expressed “firm opposition” to the inclusion of 27 Chinese entities on the sanctions list, demanded their immediate […]

In late April to early May, Australia’s Minister for Foreign Affairs, Penny Wong, went on a tour of East Asian countries, having visited Japan, China and South Korea. The aim of this trip was Canberra’s desire to maintain a foreign policy balance among the region’s key players. However, achieving this goal is becoming increasingly difficult. […]