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U.S. Expert on India Accused of China Meetings Denies Charges

A prominent U.S. scholar of India who was arrested after allegations of retaining classified documents and meeting Chinese officials is denying the charges against him, his lawyers said Wednesday. Ashley Tellis, 64, who held senior positions under former president George W. ...

African Countries Should Stop Being Questioned About Their Diplomatic Engagements

No nation should have to defend its right to choose its own diplomatic partners. Yet, in recent years, African countries have increasingly been called to account whenever those partners happen to be China or Russia.  When President William Ruto of Kenya ...

U.S. Promises Philippine President to Ramp up Deterrence on China

Top U.S. officials promised President Ferdinand Marcos of the Philippines on Monday that Washington will defend its longtime ally and ramp up military resources aimed at deterring an assertive China. Marcos will meet Tuesday with President Donald Trump, who has rattled ...

U.S. Treasury Chief Says China Talks Could Cover Iran, Russia Oil Buys

The next round of U.S.-China talks could include Chinese purchases of Russian and Iranian oil, U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said Monday, a move that would shift the focus of trade negotiations into national security issues. U.S. President Donald Trump has ...

Eyes Turn to China as the West Steps Back From Development

By Tim Hirschel-Burns With the notable exception of the United States, all other 192 members of the United Nations agreed on an agenda for financing the United Nations' 2030 Sustainable Development Goals’ (SDGs). In important respects, the agreement on the

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2026: Africa-China Relations in a World Shaped by North-South Geopolitics

When talking about Africa–China relations, one is always moving along a sliding scale. There are myriad interactions with Chinese entities that concern only individual African countries, segueing into trends affecting the whole continent and sliding further into global dynamics shaping the developing world, of which Africa is the heart.

The Africa-China relationship is its own thing, but Africa’s fate can’t easily be separated from factors affecting the wider Global South, ...

China Says BRICS Not Seeking ‘Confrontation’ After Trump Tariff Threat

China said on Monday that BRICS, the grouping that also includes Brazil, Russia and India, was not seeking "confrontation" after U.S. President Donald Trump vowed to impose an extra 10 percent tariff on countries aligning with the bloc. "Regarding the imposition ...

Rubio to Welcome Asian ‘Quad’ Back to Washington

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio will welcome counterparts from the "Quad" -- Australia, India, and Japan -- to Washington on Tuesday, in an at least brief refocus on Asia, the State Department announced. Rubio had welcomed Quad foreign ministers on ...

Trump Says China Can Continue to Buy Iranian Oil

China can continue to buy Iranian oil, U.S. President Donald Trump said on Tuesday, in what appeared to be relief for Tehran from sanctions that Washington has previously imposed to punish the trade. "China can now continue to purchase Oil from ...

U.S. Urges China to Keep Iran From Shutting Key Trade Route

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio urged China Sunday to help deter Iran from shutting down the Strait of Hormuz, a crucial trade route, following American strikes on Iranian nuclear sites. "I encourage the Chinese government in Beijing to call them ...

Chinese Think Tank Says Trump’s Border Wall Now Reaches the Global South

At the start of this month, Donald Trump signed a sweeping travel ban blocking entry to citizens from 12 countries, reviving and expanding a controversial policy first rolled out during his earlier term. But what lies behind this relentless targeting of certain nations?

Trump’s New Africa Policy Focuses on Deals… and China

U.S. foreign policy towards Africa has been totally upended since Donald Trump returned to power earlier this year. Gone are the decades-old humanitarian programs that have been replaced by a new strategy that focuses on expanding U.S. commercial ties and countering ...

Trump’s Middle East Pivot Aims to Counter China’s Rising Influence

By Maria Papageorgiou The U.S. president, Donald Trump, claimed he was able to secure deals totalling more than $2 trillion for the U.S. on his tour of the Gulf states in May. Trump said “there has never been anything like” the amount ...