Within days of each other, two very different meetings of world significance were held. These meetings sharply frame the choices. Is the way forward cooperation, sustainable development and trade? Or is the only option confrontation and military escalation? What kind of future do these two meetings represent? It...More

Amid high global attention and expectations, Chinese President Xi Jinping left Beijing for Johannesburg on Monday for a state visit to South Africa and to attend the BRICS Summit to be held from Tuesday to Thursday. The visit is being widely welcomed by local scholars, who see it...More

Amid the rapprochement momentum in the Middle East and the US' strategic dilemma in the region, Washington is trying to avoid the total collapse of its influence in the region, experts said on Monday, as US Secretary of State Antony Blinken is set to start his three-day Saudi...More