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Shanghai Cooperation Organization 2025
QiOSK

Major Shanghai summit of US 'adversaries' sends clear message

Unipolarity is in decline, but Washington can and should find a non-militarized way to stay relevant

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QiOSK

BRICS takes aim at Israel as it wades into geopolitical conflicts

Trump threatens members with 10% additional tariffs as Rio summit kicks off with its biggest convocation yet

Wall Street Stock Exchange
Asia-Pacific

Pushing East Asia to hike defense could boomerang on Wall Street

Spending increases on the scale the admin is pressing for could push up US bond yields further, hurting American markets, and allies too

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Asia-Pacific

US-China trade war is on: Could it turn violent, and when?

The far bigger threat from Trump-China tariffs is a sharp escalation in ongoing security tensions that could easily turn into something else

CELAC Venezuela
Latin America

Forecast in the Americas: Uncertainty with a chance of Trump

The Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC) meets today amid a shower of problems, not the least of which is unity.

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Global Crises

How Trump tariffs are affecting allies, frenemies, adversaries

Every corner of the planet is feeling the shock, but some are facing more peril than others.