Open Dialogue Research Journal
The meeting between Chinese President Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin in Beijing this week carried symbolism far beyond diplomacy. Coming only days after US President Donald Trump’s high-profile visit to China, the summit highlighted the increasingly complex balance of global power and demonstrated how Beijing is positioning itself […]
As U.S. President Donald Trump prepared for his high-stakes visit to Beijing, one issue was expected to dominate talks with Chinese President Xi Jinping: Taiwan. For the 23 million people living on the self-governed island, the summit could have become one of the most consequential diplomatic events of 2026 – […]
Trump is traveling to Beijing in the hope of extinguishing fires that he himself has lit. At the negotiating table, Xi Jinping holds the better cards. From 13 to 15 May, Donald Trump will pay a state visit to President Xi Jinping in Beijing. Originally, the intention was to discuss the trade conflict between the […]
A US deal with China without one with Russia would be to Russia’s disadvantage and vice versa, but no US deal with either of them might disadvantage Russia in the short term but could harm the US in the long run if it leads to a de facto Sino-Russo alliance. […]
China is still extremely vulnerable to the US Navy’s blackmail 13 years after BRI was announced due to the US’ Hybrid Warfare masterfully subverting these alternative trade corridors, but it took Iran’s petroyuan tollbooth to prompt the US to push forward its preplanned power play. Iran’s enforcement of sovereignty over the Strait […]
The Kremlin publicly said on Feb 4th, 2026 that President Xi Jinping invited President Vladimir Putin for an official China visit in the first half of 2026, and President Putin accepted. The visit would certainly be less about one dramatic announcement and more about locking in a broad package — […]
On October 26th, Reuters headlined “US, China talks sketch out rare earths, tariff pause for Trump and Xi to consider” and reported that the advisors to both Trump and Xi have tentatively agreed to suspend their nation’s main recent retaliatory measures against each other’s country until the two leaders will meet in […]
The world has been captivated by footage from the SCO summit in Tianjin: Narendra Modi laughing alongside Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping. For some, it’s a “sinister specter” with horns; for others, a symbol of a multipolar future. Western media is in a frenzy: “This photo should send a chill […]
What the foreign media wrote about the SCO summit A week after the Shanghai Cooperation Organization summit in Tianjin, China, the world media, which closely followed the event, continue to discuss it. The general message of the publications is that the era of US global leadership has come to an […]
A Russian loss would be catastrophic for China’s security, while a Russian victory could end the discounted energy bonanza that’s helping it maintain its economic growth amidst the slowdown, not to mention accelerate the US’ “Pivot (back) to (East) Asia” for more muscularly containing it. The South China Morning Post (SCMP) cited […]
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