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Xi’s Iowa Letter Signals Grassroots Reset in U.S.–China Ties

In a message to longtime friends in Iowa, Chinese President Xi Jinping stressed that people-to-people exchanges between China and the United States would endure...

Tracing Peace Agreements Through Travel

Travel is often associated with leisure, discovery, and escape. Yet some of the world’s most meaningful journeys lead not to beaches or skylines, but...

How Cultural Diplomacy Shapes a Country’s Global Image

In international relations, a country’s reputation often matters as much as its power. Long before official statements are read or treaties signed, opinions are...

Russia Sees No “Bright Future” for U.S. Economic Ties, Eyes BRICS Alternatives

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Monday that while Moscow remains open to cooperation with the United States, he sees little prospect for...

Beyond Government Channels: How Beijing’s Think Tanks Wage Diplomacy by Other Means

Think tanks with Chinese characteristics are strategic instruments that integrate academic research with the guidance of the ruling Communist Party of China. They play...

Prabowo Among the Tough Guys of the Board of Peace

A thousand friends are still too few, one enemy is too many. This is the diplomatic rhetoric often used by Prabowo Subianto for international geopolitical...

Xi, Finland PM Discuss Multipolar Order and China-EU Cooperation

China’s President Xi Jinping met with Finnish Prime Minister Petteri Orpo on Tuesday, pledging that Beijing is ready to work with Helsinki to uphold...

Japan Warns US Alliance at Risk Over Taiwan

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi has warned that Japan’s security alliance with the United States would effectively collapse if Tokyo failed to respond to...

UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer Visits China Amid Strained US Relations

UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer is undertaking a three-day official visit to China, the first by a British leader in eight years. The visit...

The Board of Peace and Central Asia

President Donald Trump's alternative to the United Nations is a very ambitious and global idea, the future of which is unclear. Will the body...

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Riyadh Asked for Direct Protection and Washington Said No — That Answer Is the Story

By offering Saudi Arabia intelligence and targeting help but...

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The detention of newly trained Somali soldiers in Ethiopia's...

China Tightens Capital Controls the Same Week It Calls the Yuan’s Rise “Irreversible”

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