But the scale and shock of the president’s policymaking threatens to undermine his primary foreign policy objective: maintaining an advantage over China.

Following the worst terror attack in Kashmir since 2019, military escalation is likely. On 22 April, a terror attack in the ...

The International Monetary Fund needs finances and governance that reflect the underlying balance in the world economy if it is to remain universal and effective.

The China–US relationship is widely regarded as the defining geopolitical issue of the 21st century. But relations between China and India arguably hold greater long-term significance for the future ...

The Trump administration’s use of tariffs to escalate the trade war with China has captured global attention and pressured Beijing into tit-for-tat measures. But alongside tariffs, Beijing has ...

Alongside the market turmoil caused by the Trump administration’s shifting tariff policy, a parallel set of impacts are emerging in global security. The full effects may only be seen over time, but US ...

Attempts to explain the dollar’s declining value in recent weeks will naturally focus on the growing likelihood of a US recession: the prospect of a sharp fall in growth tends to repel rather than ...

2025 is the year the Iran nuclear agreement known as the JCPOA, signed in 2015, is set to formally expire. The deal has been on life support since the US withdrew in 2018 under the first Trump ...

As the opening-up of China’s markets continue, focus grows on its relationships with its neighbours and with the rest of the world. Following 40 years of rapid economic growth, Beijing’s approach to ...