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Trump and Xi may meet in Beijing in April, but India’s worries remain

There is a temporary thaw in US-China relations, but India will have to balance its ties deftly with both powers.

A rivalry too entangled to decouple

Unlike the Cold War standoff with the erstwhile Soviet Union, today’s US-China competition is constrained by shared production networks, mutual dependence, and the high costs of economic separation.

Beyond resumption of China-India dialogue, unresolved issues persist

Beyond resumption of China-India dialogue, unresolved issues persist

Rational alignment in multipolar competition: India and Russia’s strategic pull toward China

In a world of shifting alliances, a game-theory model known as the “Truel” helps explain how weaker states band together when the strongest power loses credibility-and why that could spell danger for the United States

SCO’s power play: Can China rewrite the rules of global governance?

The SCO summit at Tianjin in China, followed by a spectacular military display in Beijing, signal a resolve to contest the vagaries of the Trump Administration and tweak the global and regional orders.

The Authoritarian International: The “Disruption Summit”

Xi and Putin: The Impossible Alliance Europe Made Possible

BRICS+ meets in Rio amid global shifts and internal fractures

As leaders of the group gather for a summit, the absence of China’s Xi and Russia’s Putin shifts the spotlight to India’s Modi and Brazil’s Lula

China can live with Pakistan’s slow progress on Belt and Road Initiative

China will not spurn Pakistan despite Donald Trump’s luncheon meeting with Field Marshal Asim Munir

Why US-China trade talks may not lead to a comprehensive deal

If the US pressures China to free-float the yuan, increase market access for its companies and go for full capital account convertibility, a trade deal is unlikely

Trump’s tariff war: US bull may get gored in China shop

China is sending critical geoeconomic signals that it will resist US bullying and economic hegemonism