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EU to offer US critical minerals partnership to check China
The European Union will pitch the US on a critical minerals partnership to curb China’s influence, looking to shape the Trump administration’s push to strike global agreements this week.
The EU is prepared to sign a memorandum of understanding with the…
Editorial | China well placed to take advantage of the shift away from the US dollar
Beijing is not looking to replace the US dollar. Instead, it wants to prepare the yuan as a hedge and counterweight to limit the leverage Washington has amassed over the global financial system.…
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Yuan expected to rise in 2026, but Beijing has its reasons for saying not so fast
SHANGHAI, Feb 4 (Reuters) – Booming exports are pushing up China’s currency and while analysts think authorities will resist further gains, risks are to the upside and could test the country’s fragile economy.…
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Trump’s Donroe Doctrine confronts China and Iran with hard-power approach
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For more than a generation, American presidents talked about leadership while quietly surrendering leverage, sovereignty and deterrence. President Donald Trump is doing something different — and the foreign-p…
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At Davos, Canadian prime minister Mark Carney warned that the “post–Cold War rules-based international order” is no longer holding, and that countries must “take on the world as it is, not the world we wish to see.”…
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Modi’s Foreign Policy Stress-Test: Ukraine To Gaza To Minerals Meet
The Pax Silica initiative, in Jaishankar’s formulation of India’s foreign policy, requires navigating the tension between “multi-alignment” and alliance discipline.
The past eighteen months have tested India’s diplomatic acuity …
Russia is ready for a new world with no nuclear limits, senior diplomat says
MOSCOW: Russia is ready for the new reality of a world with no United States-Russian nuclear arms control limits after the New START treaty expires this week, Moscow’s point man for arms control said on Tuesday (Feb 3).…
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S Korea, Japan defence ministers hold talks; agree to resume bilateral naval exercises stalled for 9 years
Seoul [South Korea], January 31 (ANI): South Korea and Japan have agreed to resume their bilateral naval search and rescue exercise for the first time in nine years as part of efforts to promote military exchange, Seoul’s defence ministry said as…
Starmer Bolsters China Relations Amid Trump Warning
In a bold diplomatic move, British Prime Minister Keir Starmer emphasized the significant offerings that Britain possesses for China. Despite US President Donald Trump’s cautionary remarks, Starmer embarked on his historic journey – the fir…
Is Starmer’s China visit a lose-lose trip?
Starmer was looking for win-win, Golden Era opportunities from his China visit, but the reality has yielded few tangible outcomes, writes Sam Goodman
Keir Starmer’s visit to Beijing this week has been a carefully stage-managed affair with both sides ke…