China

  The American-British trade relationship, once framed primarily by economic liberalism, is emerging into a nexus of investment, trade and technology security amid strategic alignments in the face of rising global tensions. For the United Kingdom, whose economy is still adjusting to the post-Brexit and post-pandemic environment, the goals of the United States-UK Economic Prosperity Deal (EPD) […]

    As the North Atlantic political sphere spent the last few years focused on elections in Europe and the United States, as well as Russia’s war on Ukraine, China has made a remarkable resurgence. After displaying significant vulnerabilities during the Covid-19 pandemic and its immediate aftermath, the country rebounded. While it currently faces major economic […]

Some Western capitals appear to nourish hopes that it might be possible to drive a wedge between Russia and China – an inversion of what President Richard Nixon and Henry Kissinger achieved in the 1970s when aligning with China against the Soviet Union. Russia is both a European and an Asian country, stretching across 11 […]

  The world is witnessing a growing struggle for authority in Eurasia. China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) outlines Beijing’s vision for a new economic order, linking nations to China through infrastructure investments and lending via relatively new economic institutions that challenge the postwar Western framework. In contrast, India presents a rival vision with the […]

  In the wake of the extensive tariffs announced by United States President Donald Trump on April 2, 2025, a broader geopolitical standoff is taking place between the world’s two superpowers. This has become most evident with the Trump administration’s latest plans to pressure allies into scaling back ties with China. According to reports, America’s […]