World Affairs
“Stabilization” — Graham Allison Says the US-China Trade Truce Will Become a Formal Agreement
The big word will be stabilization. The truce that the two parties negotiated will, I suspect, become a formal agreement," Graham Allison, Harvard professor...
Trump and Xi Agree Hormuz “Must Remain Open” — Xi Wants to Buy American Oil Instead
The first substantive outcome from the Trump-Xi summit in Beijing has just been confirmed — and it directly addresses the most pressing economic consequence...
Beijing Provided “High-Level Assurances” It Won’t Arm Iran — The Pre-Summit Concession Nobody Reported
On April 16, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced that Beijing had provided high-level assurances to the White House that...
Analysts Say Trump Won’t Get China to Stop Buying Iranian Oil — So What Can He Get?
Washington is unlikely to persuade Beijing to yield to its demand of stopping Iranian oil purchases, an economic lifeline...
Trump Is In Beijing — With the Iran War Unresolved and Xi Holding All the Cards
President Donald Trump is set to leave Tuesday for Beijing to meet with President Xi Jinping after weeks of...
Trump Calls Iran’s Counter-Proposal “Garbage” — Ceasefire Is on “Massive Life Support”
After 73 days of war and 10 weeks of the Strait of Hormuz blocked, Iran finally submitted its formal...
China Invoked a “Blocking Rule” Against US Iran Sanctions — For the First Time in History
In an unprecedented act of defiance, China pushed back against Washington's sanctions on Chinese refiners buying Iranian crude, invoking...
Iran Still Reviewing the US Proposal — Despite Fire Exchanges, Both Sides Still Talking
Seventy-one days into the Iran war, the diplomatic situation has entered its most revealing phase: both sides are exchanging...