U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken traveled to China last week as part of a series of recent high-level contacts between Washington and Beijing. Although no major breakthroughs came out of the trip, it demonstrates that both sides want to prevent bilateral ties from sinking any lower, even as U.S.-China competition continues to intensify.
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Introduction Emerging US – India relationship The US-India strategic partnership is founded on shared values including a commitment to democracy and upholding the rules-based international system. The two countries have shared interests in promoting global.
On February 24th Air Force One touched down in India, marking President Donald Trump’s first trip to one of the pillars of America’s Indo-Pacific Strategy. State visits offer a unique opportunity to take stock of a relationship and the India-U.S. strategic partnership proved to be in good health. However, the modest expectations surrounding the visit, and an outbreak of violence in the Indian capital during the president’s stay, ensured some of the symbolic and substantive progress made was lost in the headlines.
China's decision to suspend counter-narcotics cooperation with the United States to protest a high-profile congressional visit to Taiwan is fueling new fears of a sharp increase in overdose deaths from Chinese-supplied stocks of fentanyl.