Trump thinks that lifting sanctions and reintegrating Russia will weaken Moscow's alliance with Beijing. That is short-sighted. The world Henry Kissinger exploited in 1970 is no longer.
Presidents Biden, focussed on security, and Xi, focussed on the economy, may strike an item or two from their to-do lists in San Francisco, but the a-la-carte agreement will have limited success.
The TikTok war between the US and China is rooted not only in Washington's fear of potential threats to national security but also a wider clash of cultures and freedoms.
At a pivotal moment in world history and geopolitics, a series of military, strategic and geopolitical lessons can be learned as the globe heads for a multi-polar future via a new era of confrontation
In foreign policy circles, it has become conventional wisdom thatthe United StatesandChinaare running a “superpower marathon” that may last a century. But the sharpest phase of that competition will…
Storm clouds continue to gather over Beijing’s relationship with Washington. While popular discontent in the U.S. over Beijing’s handling of the coronavirus has been rising for months, China’s…
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…
A dramatic deterioration in US-China relations in recent weeks has further destabilised a critical relationship between Washington and Beijing that was already under serious strain before the novel…
A new era of great-power competition is upon us. That, at least, is the emerging conventional wisdom among foreign policy analysts inWashington. Both the 2017 National Security Strategy (NSS) and the…
In one of the first major economic forecasts since the US president waged his tariff war, the IMF has downgraded growth forecasts, much to the chagrin of countries still reeling from past crises
After the euphoria of liberation has worn off, Syrians are now confronted with the daunting task of rebuilding a country ripped apart by a decade-long war. It will be a long road, but there is hope.
Uncle Zezo, Uncle Mickey, and Dr Alloush perform in displacement shelters and hospitals, striving to restore fragments of a joy last felt in 2023. Al Majalla meets them.