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Xi–Trump Summit: The Limits of Transactional Diplomacy

The Trump–Xi summit will test whether transactional diplomacy can contain an increasingly structural and competitive US–China rivalry. The more...

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The China–Tajikistan Treaty: Formalisation of Chinese Influence in Central Asia

Unlike the 2025 China–Central Asia Treaty, the 2026 China–Tajikistan Treaty places explicit constraints on Tajikistan’s external alignments,...

29.07.2026 70

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From American Primacy to Negotiated Bipolarity: The Strategic Meaning of the Trump–Xi Summit

The Trump–Xi summit in Beijing reflected China’s attempt to move the international system from American primacy towards a form of negotiated...

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