How America’s 250-year China dream became its greatest strategic challenge
Historians trace how US hopes of trade, reform and friendship gave way to rivalry with the power it once sought to transform. Read More Here
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India’s Neighbourhood Policy Needs a Strategic Upgrade—Now
As China deepens its regional footprint and political transitions reshape South Asia, what would a genuinely transformative Neighbourhood First Policy for India look like? Read More Here
Worse Than an Axis
Why the informal alignment of U.S. adversaries is so dangerous. Read More Here
A World Distracted by Middle East Turmoil Should Focus on Africa
The world is distracted. The war in the Middle East has fractured supply chains, unsettled oil markets, and redirected the gaze of policymakers and investors toward the Gulf and beyond. Yet while global attention fixates on conflict, a quieter, more consequential story is unfolding across 54 nations and 1.4 billion people. Africa — long mischaracterized […]
The Trump-Xi Summit: An Analysis
When the Air Force One lifted off from Beijing Capital International Airport on the morning of May 15, 2026, the question hanging over the departure was the same one that has followed every US-China summit in the post-engagement era: what, concretely, was achieved? The answers, delivered since, have turned out to be familiar — a […]
‘Transactional’ but pivotal: how Xi-Trump talks could redefine US-China fault lines
Chinese and US leaders are likely to focus on stability and achievable outcomes rather than breakthroughs when they meet in Beijing. Read More Here
America Has Lost Its Leverage Over China
How Trump and Xi could cement Beijing’s advantage for years to come. Read More Here
When Chinese and US leaders meet
When the leaders of China and the United States speak or meet, the world pays attention. Read More Here
It’s Xi Jinping’s World, and Trump Is Just Living in It
As Donald Trump blows up the rules-based order, China is pulling ahead in the global battle for ideas. Read More Here
Hormuz blockade may herald end of American globalisation
Iran’s blockade testing limits of US maritime supremacy while opening the way for China’s rival vision of global connectivity. Read More Here
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