How U.S. Concessions Are Quietly Becoming Chinese Influence; The Region Must Build Its Own Security, Not Buy It; This Is Not the World Russia Wants
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Chinese leader Xi Jinping and U.S. President Donald Trump in Beijing, May 2026

Spheres by Default

How U.S. Concessions Are Quietly Becoming Chinese Influence

By Rebecca Lissner and Mira Rapp-Hooper

 

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Bahrainian King Sheikh Hamad bin Isa al-Khalifa and Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, April 2026

A New Order for the Gulf

The Region Must Build Its Own Security, Not Buy It

By David B. Roberts

 
U.S. President Donald Trump and Chinese leader Xi Jinping in Beijing, May 2026 

What the Trump-Xi Summit Won’t Solve

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Russian President Vladimir Putin at a military ceremony in Moscow, February 2026 

This Is Not the World Russia Wants

A Belligerent America Is Foiling Putin’s Strategy

By Hanna Notte

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