The US and China both face serious domestic strains. As Trump and Xi meet this week to discuss trade, AI and Taiwan, neither side should mistake the other’s weaknesses for strategic decline.

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Eight candidates are vying to succeed António Guterres, but if the next United Nations’ chief can’t reassert its role in ...

Iran and its allies can now exert pressure on two strategic maritime chokepoints, with global implications. A more coherent ...

The administration’s efforts to undermine confidence in the US electoral system could spark a political crisis in November – ...

Anthropic’s warning should be taken seriously – but not as cover for entrenching US labs or escalating rivalry with Beijing.

China absorbed the shock by drawing on stockpiles and a decade of electrification. Europe needs electrification for security, ...

When the fighting ends, America’s predominance in the region is likely to be eroded as Iran reasserts itself, the Arab ...

Daily power cuts, fuel shortages and empty shop shelves are part of everyday life for Cubans as they struggle with the worst ...

On 13 July President Donald Trump appointed the United States the ‘Guardian’ of the Strait of Hormuz. The US would ensure passage through the Strait, he announced, but would ‘as a matter of FAIRNESS’ ...