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The escalating Sino-American great power competition is the single biggest issue today in the realm of geopolitics. No country or big business could chart its course without taking into account the confrontation between the US and China. And, of course, Donald Trump is on everybody’s lips, as governments and businesses alike are struggling to decipher […]

Navigating between the two global powers increasingly looks like walking a tightrope for Europe

Narendra Modi’s trip to Ukraine, after a two-day visit to Poland, will be the first by an Indian prime minister since diplomatic relations between the two countries were established over 30 years ago. It comes at a crucial juncture of the war, with Russian troops making advances in Donbas and Ukrainian forces venturing a surprise […]

China’s leader Xi Jinping kicks off a six-day trip to Europe on Sunday, his first visit to the continent over the past five years. But he will land in a very different Europe compared to 2019, when he travelled to Italy, Monaco, and France. The highlight of his visit back then was the endorsement of […]

The presidential and parliamentary elections held in Taiwan on 13 January 2024 were closely watched globally, as their potential implications could reverberate far beyond the island’s shores. Two oft-quoted arguments relate to the fact that Taiwan is home to a huge chunk of the world’s cutting-edge semiconductors, and the volume of maritime traffic through the […]

The complexity of this relationship will be on full display on 7-8 December, when Chinese and EU leaders meet in Beijing, the first summit held in four years under this format