ASEAN significance as major powers recalibrate
Amid U.S.-China rivalry and Russian aggression, Southeast Asian countries are strengthening European partnerships to preserve strategic autonomy.
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How White House blunders ended Modi-Trump bromance – and nudged India closer to China
Analysis of deteriorating US-India relations under Trump’s second term and India’s strategic recalibration toward BRICS nations.
Middle East at the center of a new global order
The Shanghai Cooperation Organization Summit in Tianjin highlights the Middle East’s growing role in reshaping Eurasian power dynamics and multipolar governance.
‘It may be… possible to live to 150 years old’: Open mic captures Xi, Putin’s candid chat; moment caught on cam
During a visit to Beijing, Presidents Xi Jinping and Vladimir Putin discussed biotechnology, organ transplants, and the potential for extended lifespans.
What Xi Jinping hosting Modi and Putin reveals about China’s plans for a new world order
Despite the smiles, the unity underpinning a new China-led global order looks a lot more fragile than its president would have you believe.
Xi Jinping’s ‘anti-American party’: How bullies lose friends
China positions itself as global stability anchor amid Trump’s confrontational policies
‘Economic Giant’: Putin’s Big Praise For India After Trump’s ‘Dead Economy’ Dig
Putin calls India an economic giant at SCO summit, stressing BRICS equality and discussing global trade tensions with Xi Jinping and Modi.
What was the SCO summit about?
The Shanghai Cooperation Organisation’s summit in Beijing unfolded in a climate of heightened regional expectations. What has long been viewed as a largely rhetorical platform for Eurasian cooperation is being steadily reshaped by Beijing and Moscow into something more developmentally oriented.
Modi and Putin affirm special relationship as India faces steep US tariffs over Russian oil imports
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Russian President Vladimir Putin reinforced bilateral ties amid U.S. pressure over energy trade, during talks on the sidelines of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization summit in Tianjin.