America Has Lost Its Leverage Over China
How Trump and Xi Could Cement Beijing’s Advantage for Years to Come Henrietta Levin- May 13, 2026 The past year of U.S.-Chinese relations has been extraordinary and head-spinning. In the…
China’s Grand Military Parade: Power, Strategy, and the Message to the World
Ahmed Kamel | Aljazeera (4/9/2025) Translated and Edited by Sohail Media On September 3, 2025, Beijing’s Tiananmen Square became the stage for the largest military parade in modern Chinese history.…
Military parades and memory wars: China and Russia commemorate history to reimagine international order
Kainan Gao and Margaret M. Pearson- Brookings August 27, 2025 The People’s Republic of China (PRC) and Russia share an obsession with history, an obsession played out in military parades.…
Step back and take it in: the US is entering full authoritarian mode
Jonathan Freedland- Guardian Trump’s dictator-like behaviour is so brazen, so blatant, that paradoxically, we discount it. But now it’s time to call it what it is Fri 29 Aug 2025…
Humiliation, vindication—and a giant test for India
Trump has triggered a trade and defence crisis: how should Modi respond? IT IS UNUSUAL to experience humiliation, vindication, and a defining test all at the same time. But that…