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The US and China are locked in a smart Cold War

Washington wants to slow AI down, but only after securing its lead over Beijing

Shirley Ze Yu 17 September 2026
Some consider the AI rivalry between China and the United States to be not dissimilar to the technological rivalry between Washington and Moscow during the Cold War. Sara Padovan

Why the race to AI dominance has echoes of the Cold War

Global competition to lead the 21st century artificial intelligence revolution is currently a two-horse race between America and China. Is this today's arms race, or are we headed for multipolarity?

Christopher Phillips 28 July 2026
Pakistan's Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif Army Chief and Field Marshal Syed Asim Munir pose with US President Donald Trump (C) at the White House in Washington, DC on 26 September 2025. AFP

Pakistan proves its utility as a key US intermediary

Islamabad emerges as a key bridge in tricky conflicts from Iran to China

Kamal Alam 15 February 2026
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Trump’s bipolar vision misreads a multipolar world

Suggestions of a 'G2' risks overestimating America and China's ability to reorganise the world

Shirley Ze Yu 22 November 2025
President Nixon meets with Communist Party Chairman Mao Tse-Tung in Peking, during his 1972 visit to China. Getty Images

51 years after Nixon’s groundbreaking visit, China-US relations at an all-time low

The Chinese spy balloon incident, as well as Beijing's cosy relationship with Moscow, have soured already tense relations

Sami Moubayed 01 March 2023

A New Pacific Cold War Between Washington and Beijing

While social tension and unrest in the streets of the United States have garnered most of the headlines, in the diplomatic backgroundm the makings of an intensified rivalry between Washington and…

Joseph Braude 04 June 2020
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