In international politics, terms and jargon are often used to describe a situation or relationship. By doing so, complex issues seem to be simplified and much room is left for further interpretation, either in a good way or a bad one. At a time when snack culture prevails,...More

This year's Group of Seven (G7), under Japan's presidency, has advocated a stronger relationship with the "Global South" and invited leaders from India and other developing countries to attend the G7 Hiroshima Summit. However, ultimately, most of the summit's focus was put on opposing Russia and China. In...More

Multipolar organizations such as BRICS and the SCO have begun to play a greater role in the global systemic transition over the past decade, which has challenged the dominance of Western-centric ones like the G7 and NATO over international relations. Some observers have naturally taken to comparing each...More

With eyes fixated on China, the just concluded G7 summit in the UK announced an infrastructure plan, aiming to rival the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) adopted and implemented by China. Though it was entitled as a "Build Back Better World" (B3W) initiative, experts pointed out that it...More

Responding to a media question over whether the US was seizing the opportunity of the G7 summit to safeguard the so-called rules-based international system, the spokesperson of the Chinese embassy in the UK said on Saturday, "We [China] always believe that countries, big or small, strong or weak,...More

Fine words will accompany the G7 summit this week. Much will be promised. And little will be delivered. It has long been like this. The G7 is no longer fit for purpose. Comprising the US, UK, Germany, France, Italy, Canada and Japan, in the 1970s the G7 was...More

US President Joe Biden is scheduled to attend a meeting of the Group of Seven (G7) in the UK in June, and the US will urge its G7 allies to step up pressure on China over the use of so-called forced labor in Xinjiang, a top White House...More