Trump and Xi Can’t Stop the U.S.-China Spiral
The delusions of summitry and the limits of personalist diplomacy won’t make ties better. Read More Here
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Trump-Xi Agenda to Be Mapped Out as Negotiators Meet in Paris
Negotiators, who will meet in Paris, will discuss issues tariffs, fentanyl, and Taiwan among other issues before the US President Donald Trump’s summit with China’s Xi Jinping. Read More Here
While Trump Rattles the World, China Basks in the Limelight
Xi Jinping to meet Russian and Indian leaders as U.S. President Donald Trump courts Vladimir Putin and alienates Narendra Modi. Read More Here
Putin Heads to Trump Summit Confident He Is Winning in Ukraine
Russian President Vladimir Putin is heading to a summit with his U.S. counterpart Donald Trump confident that Russia is in a dominant position on the battlefield as his military advances in Ukraine. Read More Here
Amid heated rhetoric, China proposes Ukraine summit
Proposal follows screed arguing Japan & West should keep distance from ‘hegemonic, domineering and bullying’ US. Read More Here China’s Global Security Initiative Concept Paper
Biden’s Democracy Summit Could Backfire
Looking for a silver lining from COVID-19? Here’s one: Due to the pandemic, the Biden administration’s Summit for Democracy will be online only. Why is that a good thing? Because it will minimise the amount of scarce presidential and staff time devoted to what is at best a secondary activity. Read More Here
How China’s ‘Two Sessions’ Will Influence The First U.S.-China Summit
In 2021, China will continue to highlight these red lines and do it with an increasingly powerful military. The Biden Administration should carefully consider Beijing’s resolve and capabilities when crafting and implementing its China strategy. Failure to do so would certainly set back American interests. Read Here | The National Interest
Forget The G-7 — The Real Summits Are On The Sidelines
When leaders of the United States, Japan, Germany, France, Great Britain, Italy and Canada meet in the picturesque French seaside town of Biarritz, the official reason for their gathering will be the G-7 summit. But for many of them, the focus will be on bilateral meetings with a bombastic politician boasting a peculiar mop of […]
Helsinki Summit: Trump Says No Reason For Russia To Meddle
US President Donald Trump has defended Russia over claims of interference in the 2016 presidential election. After a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin, Trump contradicted US intelligence agencies and said there had been no reason for Russia to meddle in the vote. Putin reiterated that Russia had never interfered in US affairs. Read Here […]
Why Trump Won’t Cancel The Putin Summit
President Donald Trump’s meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin has all the makings of a political disaster. Millions of Americans believe Putin has some sinister influence over Trump. The Justice Department just indicted a dozen Russian military hackers for meddling in the 2016 election. Commentators and congressmen are demanding that Trump cancel Monday’s sit-down. And yet […]
