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Is the Washington-initiated Climate Summit a Biden Politrick?

Earlier on, climate skeptics had wondered if President Biden’s January 27 Executive Order on “climate crisis” was “climate politrick?” Now, scholars in China have...

Russia Or China: Is Biden Right To Target Russia?

No one can disagree with President Joe Biden when he wants to overhaul infrastructure -- although a single-minded concentration on one aspect is likely...

Playing Politics in Times of Covid: AMLO’s Whimsical Inoculation Programme

Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) has capriciously modified Mexico’s inoculation programme as he sees fit. He has followed an improvised strategy along the way...

United States must rebalance its relationship with Russia

Hours after signing an executive order, on April 15, 2021, which imposed sanctions on Russia, US President Joe Biden stated that the door for...

Kerry’s China Visit: ‘A Weasel Paying a New Year Call to a Chicken’

A section in the international press claims the US climate envoy John Kerry’s mid-week Shanghai visit was aimed at the White House “wooing Beijing”...

Biden’s Dilemma: Caught Between Israel and Iran

By all indication, the latest sabotage at Iran's uranium enrichment facility in Natanz aimed at more than just disabling thousands of Iran's centrifuges and...

Roads and Rails for the U.S.

For those who expect the newly announced $2 trillion Biden infrastructure program to be a goodbye to potholes and hello to smooth-as-glass expressways, a...

Competition and cooperation between China and the United States and the eighth priority

In mid-March U.S. President Biden held his first press conference since taking office. Speaking about Sino-U.S. relations, Biden said: "I will prevent China from...

Doomed to escalation? Biden follows Trump’s Foreign and Trade Policy Shift toward China

The high-official U.S.-China meeting in Alaska gives a foretaste of how the new Biden administration will address the challenges with China. In the opening...

Biden’s Summit Diplomacy: Who will he choose first, Xi or Putin?

“No-show” in Alaska and naked hostility with Moscow at feverish pitch both are raising a big doubt to what President Biden said in his State...

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