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Asia

The coronavirus and Xi Jinping’s worldview

No matter how bad the epidemic might become, this crisis will not change the way China is governed under Xi Jinping

By Kevin Rudd

Reuters

Foreign and security policy

Just a left-wing ‘America First’?

Trump's Democratic challengers aren’t offering any coherent and genuinely internationalist alternatives to his foreign policy

By Claus Leggewie

Reuters

Middle East/North Africa

Moscow's Syria gamble has worked

Now the most influential actor in the Middle East, Russia looks positively at its engagement in Syria

By Fyodor Lukyanov

Reuters

Middle East/North Africa

Europe's weak hand in Libya

The Berlin summit failed to put pressure on states intervening in Libya. Instead, it risks to further internationalise the conflict

By Emadeddin Badi

Reuters

Global

Why state capitalism isn’t primarily geopolitical

States like China rarely use foreign investment for geopolitical goals. They try to reap the benefits of a globalised economy

By Milan Babic

Reuters

Foreign and security policy

Burkina Faso's security disaster

Europe discusses a stronger military engagement in the Sahel. But the example of Burkina Faso shows the need for more

By Hans-Joachim Preuss

Reuters

North America

Trump gets his trade deal, China gets the win

China has suffered short-term pain from the trade war, but it stands to gain in the long term

By Eswar Prasad

Pexels

Foreign and security policy

From digital diplomacy to data diplomacy

The digital revolution arrived late at the heart of Western diplomacy. But greater data capacities hold a lot of promise

By Cathryn Clüver Ashbrook

Reuters

Global

Disarm the G20!

The nuclear arms race threatens our very existence. Where's the protest movement demanding the disarmament of the G20?

By Herbert Wulf

Reuters

Interviews

'No room for criticising Iran'

The protest movement is past, Iran's influence stronger than before. Tim Petschulat on the US military strike's effect in Iraq