Welcome to a new world, a world shared between the rising superpower of China and the established superpower of the United States, as the coronavirus crisis accelerates competition and intensifies tension in a battle that has been simmering for some time.
Let’s look at the “small” picture. US President Donald Trump and his allies in Congress are scrambling for an alibi to justify the administration’s disastrous response to the pandemic.
From singing the praises of the Chinese leadership, Trump is now pressuring American intelligence services to “verify” his theories concerning the origins of the virus and has ordered that sanctions be brought against China.
According to leading American newspapers, even the partial write-off of American debt to China is under consideration, even though this is unlikely as it would topple the dollar from its dominant position.
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The decades-old dispute over Western Sahara took a significant turn on July 30th when French President Emmanuel Macron declared Morocco’s autonomy plan as the “only basis” for resolving the conflict.
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Beneath the ambitious and multi-dimensional reforms it has undertaken in recent years, Uzbekistan is rapidly becoming an important Central Asian middle power
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Antić for the South China Morning Post: "Western concerns about SCO must be allayed. Kazakhstan can help"
The Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) held its annual summit on July 4 in Astana, the capital of this year’s chair Kazakhstan.
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