Chinese President Xi Jinping sets the table for his Russia visit declaring that “no single country should dictate the international order”. China’s president has previewed his visit to Moscow by declaring that “no single country should dictate the international order”. Chinese President Xi Jinping has set the tone for his visit this week to Moscow […]
While claiming to defend democracy, Ukraine’s Volodymyr Zelensky has outlawed his opposition, ordered his rivals’ arrest, and presided over the disappearance and assassination of dissidents across the country. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has framed his country’s war against Russia as a battle for democracy itself. In a carefully choreographed address to US Congress on March […]
US officials keep expressing enthusiasm for expanding trade in critical minerals with Central Asian states. But while Washington talks, China is taking substantive action to expand its hold over Central Asia’s abundant resources. During her recent Senate confirmation hearing, Julie Stufft, the Trump administration’s nominee to be US envoy to Kazakhstan, reaffirmed US interest in […]