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A tussle is developing over who Grammy record-breaker will endorse as Biden and Trump vie to be the name in Swift's 'blank space'. Andy Edwards

Can Taylor Swift swing America's presidential vote?

A tussle is developing over who Grammy record-breaker will endorse as Biden and Trump vie to be the name in Swift's 'blank space'

Bryn Haworth 10 February 2024
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken (L) shakes hands with China's President Xi Jinping at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on June 19, 2023. President Xi Jinping hosted Antony Blinken for talks in Beijing on June 19. AFP

Blinken visits China in attempt repair to rock-bottom relationship

If any conclusion is to be drawn from US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken's high-stakes visit to China, it is that neither Washington nor Beijing can afford to let relations sink any lower

Con Coughlin 20 June 2023
As the self-imposed borrowing limit saga looms again, Washington is poised for political brinkmanship with global reach. The question is simple: how long can it borrow, run up debt and print dollars? Dave Murray

How a $31.45 trillion US fiscal earthquake could shake the world

As the self-imposed borrowing limit saga looms again, Washington is poised for political brinkmanship with global reach. The question is simple: how long can it borrow, run up debt and print dollars?

Toufic Chanbour 16 May 2023
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
Russian President Vladimir Putin with Patriarch Kirill of Moscow during an Easter service in 2019. Yuri Kochetkov/EPA

Religious Putin vs. Nationalist Putin

This is not the first time that the American media is personalizing US foreign animosities and interventions, as the personality of Russian President Vladimir Putin has become the core of the…

Mohammad Ali Salih 01 April 2022
Militants of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic take part in shooting drills at a range on the outskirts of Donetsk, Ukraine, December 14, 2021. REUTERS/Alexander Ermochenko/File Photo

Islamophobia, Russian Expansionism: Which is Posing Real Threat to Europe?

The Russian war machine has been roaring, raising several questions that will preoccupy Europe for years to come. The aggression against Ukraine is by no means less than a historical turning point…

Sama Mamdouh El Sheikh 11 March 2022
President Joe Biden listens during the Quad summit with Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, and Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga, in the East Room of the White House, Friday, Sept. 24, 2021, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

The Shift in China-US Competition

The past month saw a series of proactive U.S. engagements with allies and partners in the Indo-Pacific region, headlined by the announcement of a newly enhanced Australia-U.K.-U.S. trilateral…

Hoang Vu and Thuc D Pham 15 October 2021
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