China’s bounded ambition as a multilateral architect
Beijing’s ambition to shape multilateral international organisations and frame treaty provisions in new issue areas seems unbounded.
China turns Trump’s ill-prepared summit towards Taiwan
The highly anticipated summit between Chinese President Xi Jinping and US President Donald Trump from 13–15 May 2026 produced few tangible accomplishments beyond China’s commitment to buy 200 Boeing aircraft and a sizeable amount of US agricultural goods.
The war on Iran has a Balochistan problem
The fallout from the US–Israel war on Iran is now colliding with one of the world’s most volatile environments — Balochistan, Pakistan’s southwestern province bordering both Afghanistan and Iran.