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Trump Eyes Summit With Xi-Putin, Shaking up World Order
By Danny Kemp Donald Trump unveiled an extraordinary vision of a shake-up to the world order Thursday, eyeing a three-way summit with the Russian and Chinese leaders just a day after saying he had agreed with Vladimir Putin to start Ukraine ...
Putin and Xi Praise Ties, Hours After Trump Sworn In
Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping praised their deepening cooperation in a video call on Tuesday, hours after Donald Trump's inauguration as United States president. The Republican has promised to take a hard line on Washington's adversaries since ...
Rubio Vows To Confront ‘Dangerous’ China, Deter Taiwan Invasion
By Shaun Tandon Marco Rubio, Donald Trump's nominee for secretary of state, said Wednesday that a "dangerous" China cheated its way to superpower status as he vowed to ramp up support to deter an invasion of Taiwan.
Is this China’s Great Power Opportunity to Change Global Order?
By Chris Alden & Lukas Fiala Reading through the headlines surrounding the recent G20 summit in Brazil last week, it was hard to overlook reports of outgoing US President Biden seemingly sidelined at the photo-op. While it’s important not to overinterpret the ...
Russia’s Shoigu to Visit China Next Week
The secretary of Russia's Security Council, Sergei Shoigu, will visit China next week for talks with top Chinese officials, Russian state news agencies reported. Moscow and Beijing have deepened military and defense ties since Russia ordered troops into Ukraine nearly three ...
WEEK IN REVIEW: Putin Urges BRICS to Develop SWIFT-Like Payment System
The Indonesian Coast Guard said it “drove out” a Chinese Coast Guard vessel from a contested area of the South China Sea. The Indonesian side was busy with a gas survey conducted by the country’s oil and gas company, PT Pertamina, off the Natuna Islands. In radio communication, ...
Putin Touts ‘Multipolar World Order’ at Flagship BRICS Summit
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday touted the creation of a new "multipolar world order" at the BRICS summit, a gathering of world leaders he hopes will show that Western attempts to isolate Moscow over its Ukraine offensive have failed. The ...
China Insists on ‘No Escalation of Fighting’ in Ukraine, Xi Tells BRICS
China's President Xi Jinping said Wednesday there must be "no escalation of fighting" in Ukraine as he addressed leaders of the BRICS group of emerging economies, including his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin. Around 20 world leaders are gathering in the central ...
Clashes on South China Sea, Ukraine Dominate Asia Summit
By Shaun Tandon and Thanaporn Promyamyai The United States and its allies clashed on Friday with Russia and China at a summit in Laos dominated by disputes on maritime claims and Ukraine. World leaders descended ...
Japan PM Warns ‘Today’s Ukraine Could Be Tomorrow’s East Asia’
Japan's new Prime Minister, Shigeru Ishiba, warned in his first policy speech Friday that "today's Ukraine could be tomorrow's East Asia" and dubbed the country's low birth rate a "quiet emergency." "Many fear that today's Ukraine could be tomorrow's East Asia. ...
Wang Yi Lays Out Expansive Chinese Foreign Policy Vision in UN Address
Foreign Minister Wang Yi made the case for a much more expansive, more assertive Chinese foreign policy during an address at the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) in New York on Saturday. Wang spoke forcefully against Israel's military initiatives in the Middle East, ...
China, Brazil Urge Against Nuclear Threats Over Ukraine
China and Brazil led a joint call Friday against any use or threat of nuclear weapons over Ukraine in a thinly veiled criticism of Russian President Vladimir Putin's saber-rattling. "We call on refraining from the use or the threat of weapons ...