20 March Written by Jill Watson China and the US, the two biggest major powers in the world that have been at loggerheads, are set to kick off a high-level meeting in Alaska after a series of contests and frictions. The atmosphere before the talks…

19 March Written by Christian Stanley Top U.S. and Chinese officials offered sharply different views of each other and the world on Thursday as the two sides met face-to-face for the first time since President Joe Biden took office. In unusually pointed public remarks for…

18 March Written by Alex Ward Russian President Vladimir Putin is a “killer” who “will pay a price.” Leaving Afghanistan by a May 1 deadline will be “tough.” And America’s relationship with Saudi Arabia will “change” even though the US didn’t directly punish the crown…

17 March Written by Eloise Harding Climate change scepticism has been present in politics for as long as climate change itself. Part of a wider outlook of environmental scepticism, it encompasses a range of views from outright denial that the world is warming through to…

17 March Written by Tsukasa Hadano Ahead of the first face-to-face, or mask-to-mask, engagement between the Biden administration and China in Anchorage, Alaska, on Thursday, each side still seeks to impose its own framing. On Tuesday, as U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Defense…

17 March Written by Saheli Roy Choudhury The Indo-Pacific is set to play a much bigger role in U.S. foreign policy, with Asia being a top priority, according to political experts. U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin are…

16 March Written by Maria Swanson Today the Arctic is one of the world’s key regions both economically and in terms of military security. The melting of glaciers opens up not only previously inaccessible territories, but also prospects for global economic and geopolitical rivalry in…

16 March Written by Birgitta Ohlsson During the last decade it has been very tempting for political parties — even in established mature democracies — to blend this toxic political cocktail on authoritarian leadership and wide-ranging versions of political populism. In Shakespeare’s infamous play, Macbeth,…

15 March Written by Robert Callan China’s highest-profile political meeting of the year concluded on Thursday, with the government laying out economic plans to manage risks now that a recovery from the coronavirus pandemic is well under way. Here’s what we learned from the weeklong…

14 March Written by Sandy Parker The leaders of the four-nation Quad have reaffirmed that they are striving to ensure that the Indo-Pacific is accessible, dynamic and governed by international law and bedrock principles such as freedom of navigation and peaceful resolution of disputes, and…

13 March Written by Robert Rapier Over the past decade, no major energy source has grown faster than solar power. According to the 2020 BP Statistical Review of World Energy, installed solar photovoltaic (PV) capacity has grown at an average annual rate of over 42%…

12 March Written by Sam Lander A recent joint Chicago Council on Global Affairs-Levada Analytical Center survey finds that the Russian public sees little downside to the growing bilateral relationship with China. According to the survey, three out of four Russians polled express a favorable…