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Russian President Vladimir Putin, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, and Chinese President Xi Jinping walking side by side in a marble corridor during the 2025 Shanghai Cooperation Organisation Summit in Tianjin, China

How China, India and Russia are rewriting global power rules

Xi Jinping, Vladimir Putin and Narendra Modi’s impromptu huddle at the SCO summit signals a new geopolitical alliance that challenges Western dominance while reshaping international relations through economic cooperation and strategic coordination

Donald Trump at the Oval Office desk, European leaders seated before him, illustrating U.S. dominance in transatlantic relations

The long leash of liberty

Behind talk of solidarity, Europe remains tethered. Washington compels the continent to finance a massive arms buildup, trading money for the promise of security

Dramatic view of Anchorage, Alaska, cityscape with snow-capped mountains in background, featuring semi-transparent American and Russian flag overlays in upper corners, processed with cold blue-grey tones to create a tense geopolitical atmosphere representing the upcoming Trump-Putin summit location

Alaska showdown: Putin’s gambit on thin ice

At the Alaska showdown between Trump and Putin, the spectacle masks a perilous Russian gambit—one so costly and brittle it risks cracking under the weight of its own ambitions

Türkiye Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan speaking at a podium with Turkish flags in the background, raising his index finger while addressing an audience during a formal diplomatic or political event

How Türkiye plays power while others fight

Türkiye positions itself as the indispensable regional power mediator while Israel and Iran exchange missiles, leveraging diplomatic capital from a conflict that conveniently sidesteps Turkish territory entirely

Officials from China and Pacific Island nations seated around a blue U-shaped table with national flags displayed behind them at the Third China-Pacific Islands Foreign Ministers’ Meeting in Xiamen

China’s Pacific strategy beyond the diplomatic veil

Recent diplomatic exchanges between China and Pacific Island nations expose a sophisticated dual-track approach where Beijing’s official statements conceal more ambitious regional designs than their carefully crafted diplomatic language suggests