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Trump’s Beijing summit sought to stabilise increasingly adversarial US-China ties. While both leaders projected cooperation, deep structural conflicts over technology, supply chains, Taiwan, and rare earths persist, marking a new era of managed strategic competition.
The Russia-Taliban security pact signals shifting security arrangements in the region. While the pact is not a mutual defense treaty, it will help the Taliban reduce its reliance on Pakistan while allowing Russia greater regional influence and counterterrorism visibility.
At the 35th WMCC meeting, India and China expressed satisfaction with maintained peace along the LAC. Tactical steps like resuming dialogues and flights show pragmatic stabilisation, deep-seated mistrust and border dispute prevent a full relationship reset.
President Prabowo Subianto balances Indonesia’s Islamic solidarity with Palestine and its global responsibilities by backing a two-state solution and peacekeeping. Backed by key Islamic organisations, this pragmatic approach frames humanitarian aid as both a moral and anti-colonial duty.
The disruption’s in the Strait of Hormuz has spiked global oil prices. India continues to balance ties with the US/Israel and Tehran, diversify imports in the emerging multipolar realignment.
Dr. Nyíri Pál is Professor at the Institute of Global Studies, Budapest University of Economics (Corvinus) and Professor of Global History from an Anthropological Perspective at the Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam. His research focuses on the international mobility of Chinese elites, offering useful insights into China’s changing role in an interconnected world. In an exclusive email interview with The Statecraft Institute (TSI), Professor Nyíri Pál discusses the dynamic changes happening in Chinese migration, transnational business, digital nationalism and statecraft in an interconnected but fragmented world.