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Summits, peace talks, UN speeches and the quiet deals between them: how states bargain, posture and occasionally agree.
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Sergey Lavrov spent Wednesday putting an argument to the Security Council. Here it is, stated as Russia states it — including the parts that are stronger than you have been told — and then the four things it does not…
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A decade ago, Donald Trump built much of his political message around a simple argument: China was taking advantage of the United States.
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The payment does not protect the veto. It buys back a vote in the one chamber where America counts for exactly one. On 17 September 2026, UN spokesperson Farhan Haq told the daily briefing in New York that the United…
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18th BRICS Summit Achieves Unanimous Consensus in New Delhi NEW DELHI — The 18th BRICS Summit, hosted by India at the sprawling Bharat Mandapam in New Delhi on 12 and 13 September 2026, opened with a major geopolitical…
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On Tuesday, September 8, 2026, Chinese President Xi Jinping and UK Prime Minister Andy Burnham held their first publicly acknowledged telephone conversation since Burnham assumed office in July.
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The lakeside resort town of Évian-les-Bains, France — best known for its bottled water — became the unlikely epicenter of global geopolitics this week as leaders of the world's seven largest economies convened for the…
Read analysisThe Week Xi Jinping Held All the Cards In the span of six days in May 2026, Beijing hosted two of the world's most powerful leaders — first the President of the United States, then the President of Russia.
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As global headlines fixate on drone warfare over Ukraine, naval blockades in the Strait of Hormuz, and the Trump-Xi summit in Beijing, a quieter but consequential story is unfolding in the vast steppes between the…
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U.S. President Donald Trump is set to arrive in Beijing on Wednesday, May 13, for a highly anticipated, two-day state visit with Chinese President Xi Jinping.
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WASHINGTON, D.C. — King Charles III championed the indispensable US-UK bond during a pivotal day of statesmanship in Washington, marking the 250th anniversary of American independence.
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Washington, D.C. — In a move that underscores deepening transatlantic fractures, the White House has reportedly developed a tiered "naughty and nice" list to categorize NATO allies.
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BEIJING — In a major diplomatic maneuver aimed at halting the escalating US-Israel war on Iran, China and Pakistan have jointly unveiled a five-point peace initiative designed to restore stability across the Gulf and…
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U.S. President Donald Trump is scheduled to travel to Beijing from March 31 to April 2, 2026, marking a highly anticipated diplomatic milestone as the first visit to China by a sitting American president in eight years.
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In a striking acknowledgement of shifting global power dynamics, Finnish President Alexander Stubb has boldly declared that the “era of a Western-dominated world is over.” Speaking in New Delhi during a four-day state…
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What to Expect from Canada PM Mark Carney’s First India Visit Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney arrived in Mumbai on Friday, February 27, 2026, marking the beginning of a highly anticipated four-day official visit to…
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U.S. President Donald Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy engaged in a pivotal phone conversation on Wednesday, February 25, 2026, setting the stage for a critical new round of diplomatic negotiations.
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The UK government has forcefully denied that its controversial agreement to transfer sovereignty of the Chagos Islands to Mauritius has been paused, scrambling to clarify its position after a Foreign Office minister…
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The geopolitical and economic landscape of North America experienced a seismic shift on February 20, 2026, when the US Supreme Court struck down President Donald Trump's sweeping global tariffs.
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U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio has confirmed that the United States does not dispute a groundbreaking intelligence report released by five European allies, which concludes that Russian opposition leader Alexei…
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MUNICH — The 2026 Munich Security Conference (MSC) has opened under a cloud of unprecedented trans-Atlantic tension, as a new report reveals that key US allies—including Canada and Germany—increasingly view the United…
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BRUSSELS — NATO officially launched its new "Arctic Sentry" mission on Wednesday, a sweeping initiative designed to unify allied military activities in the High North.
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BERLIN/PARIS — A deepening rift between the European Union’s two largest economies has burst into the open just days before a high-stakes leaders’ summit, with Germany firmly rejecting French President Emmanuel…
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Today marks the expiration of the New START treaty (Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty), the last remaining pillar of nuclear arms control between the world’s two largest nuclear powers.
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I'm not sure what's longer: the list of trade demands or that red tie. One side is shouting for a "better deal," the other is literally speaking in bricks.
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