Washington’s Embrace of Putin Aims to Drive Wedge Between Moscow and Beijing
President Trump’s abrupt and enthusiastic embrace of Russia and its authoritarian leader, Vladimir Putin, is propelled in ...
Trump shakes transatlantic alliance with sudden Russia pivot
France’s Macron and UK’s Starmer will meet Trump separately at White House this week to try to convince him to stick by ...
The Diplomat2d
The Myth of a ‘Reverse Kissinger’: Why Aligning With Russia to Counter China Is a Strategic Illusion
Any U.S. attempt to align with Russia to counterbalance China lacks the geopolitical, economic, and strategic foundation ...
As Trump loses patience with Ukraine, Russia’s biggest backer sees a ‘window for peace’
A “window for peace is opening” in Ukraine, China’s top diplomat told a meeting of G20 foreign ministers on Thursday, as the ...
Can China still play a role as peacemaker in Ukraine after US-Russia talks?
Beijing has reportedly offered to provide peacekeepers, but analysts are divided about how far it is willing to go to secure ...
Integrating Russia into the Western security framework is key to long-term stability
The West must make a difficult but necessary choice: to work towards a security order that includes, rather than isolates, ...
Foreign Affairs6d
China Doesn’t Want to Lead an Axis
China and Russia’s 2022 proclamation of a “no limits” partnership with “no ‘forbidden’ areas” has had a far-reaching effect. The agreement implied that Beijing and Moscow were about to resurrect ...
Russian economy could no longer survive without China, India and Turkey
The OEC's recently published figures for 2023 show China and India out in front as Russia's two main export markets, ...