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Putin Attends Beijing Military Parade While Russian Bombs Hit Ukraine
NEWS BRIEF
Russia launched a sweeping overnight air attack across Ukraine, injuring at least four railway workers and damaging infrastructure in nine regions. The assault...
QRIS Goes Global: Between Pride and Geopolitical Peril
When the Indonesian government announced its plan to expand QRIS (Quick Response Code Indonesian Standard, a unified national QR code payment system) in cooperation...
Shiyan‑28B and China’s Space “Dogfights”
Authors: Dr. Rizwan Naseer and Wadan Ahmad Jan Khan*
On July 3, 2025, the People’s Republic of China launched a satellite called “Shiyan-28B” aboard a...
China is holding up its end of the bargain. Will the United States do the same?
China and the United States have once again reached a crossroads in their relationship over bilateral trade issues. On April 2025, the US increased...
Trump torches India ties, China warms up to India
Jeffrey Sachs of Columbia University says that “the US currently doesn’t have a functioning constitutional system.” It is not just a “soft dictatorship” but...
Non-West Strengthening Cooperation
Cooperation among leading non-Western countries is increasing. Russia and India will increase the scale of economic cooperation, including in the energy sector. This news...
Russia signs up to vast new China pipeline but price unclear
BackgroundRussia and China have deepened their energy partnership since Western sanctions hit Moscow over the Ukraine war. The Power of Siberia 2 pipeline has...
Trump Slams India’s ‘One-Sided’ Trade as Modi Embraces Xi and Putin
NEWS BRIEF: U.S. President Donald Trump called the U.S.-India trade relationship “one sided,” even as he claimed New Delhi had offered to slash tariffs...
Xi Rolls Out Red Carpet for Putin and Kim, Signaling Shift in Global Power
NEWS BRIEF: China is hosting Vladimir Putin and Kim Jong Un for their first joint public appearance—a highly symbolic summit that showcases Beijing’s role...
Why religious differences could reduce BRICS cooperation
With its expansion to BRICS+ from 2024, the organization that was once conceived as a pan-regional economic cooperation group is increasingly expected to become...