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Professor Zhao Minghao says the recent bilateral meeting between the U.S. and China suggests a cautious effort to stabilize relations. https://t.co/Jyxbqqqurz

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Sun Chenghao and Zhang Xueyu argue that the recent U.S.-China summit signals an attempt to put guardrails on bilateral tensions while expanding practical cooperation. https://t.co/oszTiCtoot

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David Shambaugh says the recent leaders' summit helped stabilize U.S.-China relations, even though it produced few concrete agreements.
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David Shambaugh says the recent leaders' summit helped stabilize U.S.-China relations, even though it produced few concrete agreements. https://t.co/MT6dVqAZc2

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Israel’s tech-driven success is increasingly colliding with a deeper drive to expand territorial control, says Zhu Zhaoyi, Executive Director of the Institute of Middle East Studies at Peking University HSBC Business School.
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Sanctions are driving China to accelerate alternatives to the dollar-based financial system as U.S.–China rivalry moves into the core of global finance, writes Sujit Kumar Datta. https://t.co/Cx6PzvMILI

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‘Epic Fury’—the Trump administration’s strikes on Iran—have pulled the U.S. deeper into a costly Middle East conflict. China’s restraint and refusal to act as a crisis enforcer reflects true great-power composure in a volatile moment, says Shou Huisheng.
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The Arctic’s new power struggle may hinge less on territory and more on who can actually operate there, writes Nong Hong, as military drills, shipping routes, and infrastructure reshape competition in the High North. https://t.co/x5yIsrtnfw

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Dan Steinbock argues the U.S.-Iran energy crisis is evolving from a commodity shock into a broader geopolitical realignment, with Asia facing the greatest economic strain. https://t.co/ZONiTm1HPC

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Sajjad Ashraf argues that years of U.S. intervention, strategic overreach, and close alignment with Israeli priorities have steadily eroded American credibility in the Middle East and beyond. https://t.co/niC9SyhR9W

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The Iran and Ukraine wars are shifting great-power competition beyond the battlefield. Xiao Bin highlights how control over energy routes, infrastructure, and supply chains is now the real front line. https://t.co/BkjcrEeczj

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Under pressure from Trump, NATO is entering a period of quiet transformation rather than collapse. Jade Wong examines how Europe is preparing for a more fragmented alliance — and even a possible “European NATO.” https://t.co/Ey3QqwK6qH

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Eka Khorbaladze looks at China’s expanding ties abroad and its growing role in a shifting multipolar global landscape.

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Professor Zhao Minghao says the recent meeting between U.S. and Chinese leaders reflects a cautious move toward “constructive strategic stability” in bilateral relations. https://t.co/Jyxbqqqurz

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AI competition dominates U.S.-China relations, but Xiao Qian argues that AI safety remains a rare area where cooperation is still both possible and urgently needed. https://t.co/917dLTKVfD

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The Xi–Trump summit reflected both leaders’ need for pragmatic engagement amid deep strategic rivalry. Brian Wong frames the talks as focused on narrow, tactical areas rather than major breakthroughs. https://t.co/aeO6uhoiFt

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America’s era of “forward dominance” in Asia may be fading. Warwick Powell traces how vulnerabilities exposed in the Middle East are reshaping military strategy, energy politics, and the future balance of power in the Pacific. @baoshaoshan
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Professor Stephen Roach calls the recent summit between China and the U.S. a “placeholder summit” with few concrete breakthroughs, while warning that cross-strait tensions remain the most dangerous flashpoint in the bilateral relationship.
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Calling China part of an “Axis of Chaos” misses the bigger picture. Aaron Glasserman argues Beijing’s global influence stems less from instability and more from its central role in the world economy. https://t.co/T2KJ2zHOfN