“The world expects, I believe, China and the United States to play key roles in addressing global challenges, from climate changes to food insecurity, and for us to be able to work together,” U.S. President Joe Biden said at his meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping in Bali where world leaders are meeting for the […]
The two leaders attend discussion in Phnom Penh ahead of expected Xi Jinping-Biden talks at G20. White House says US leader underlines need for access to East China and South China seas. Read More Here
There’s been much talk of a post-post-Kemalist era, with Turks moving away from AKP conservatism and strongman politics. Read More Here
After a slow start, New Delhi is finally realizing the islands’ crucial role in its Indo-Pacific strategy. Read More Here
The consistency and reliability of Asian buyers of Russian oil, LNG, and coal are the most important element allowing Moscow strategic space against Western mobilization. Read More Here
Singapore’s prime minister-in-waiting Lawrence Wong warned that the US and China may “sleepwalk into conflict” if they don’t engage with each other and deescalate rising tensions over Taiwan. Read More Here
Leading regional powers operate outside the traditional Middle East in much the same way as they operate inside it, and many of the rivalries most important to the region now play out beyond those assumed borders. Read More Here
A recent flurry of diplomatic activity has seen Beijing reach out to Southeast Asia and India as it opens to benefit from concerns over sanctions on Russia, but observers warn that although this presents an opportunity to counter Washington’s Indo-Pacific strategy, ongoing tensions remain. Read More Here
Japan and China tend to agree on very little when it comes to economic strategy, geopolitics or managing Western idiosyncrasies. Yet Joe Biden is bringing Tokyo and Beijing together on one issue: their combined US$2.4 trillion of US Treasury debt holdings that are now suddenly in doubt. Read More Here
It is now becoming evident that China has a much more subtle military approach to expanding its regional influence: submarine sales to Indo-Pacific countries which come replete with training of naval personnel. Read More Here
looking beyond borders 