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Delusions of Détente

Why America and China Will Be Enduring Rivals With U.S.-Chinese relations worse than they have been in over 50 years, an old fairy tale has resurfaced: if only the United States would talk more to China and accommodate its rise, the two countries could live in peace. The story goes …

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Primary Concern: Trump, Ukraine, And The Republicans’ Foreign Policy Divisions – Analysis

The first Republican 2025 presidential nomination debate is imminent. While domestic argument is dominated by former president Donald Trump’s criminal indictments and culture wars, Europeans are eager to see what the debate reveals about the foreign policy profiles of GOP presidential contenders. The most pressing question for Europeans is how …

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Toward BRICS Currencies In The Post-Dollar Era – Analysis

In the BRICS Summit, a key item in the agenda was the further development of new and complementary reserve currencies and settlement mechanisms. The global economy is slowly moving toward a post-US dollar era. At the end of March, deputy chairman of Russia’s State Duma Alexander Babakov mentioned that the …

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