Category: Belt and Road Initiative

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Donald Trump’s inauguration as the forty-seventh president of the United States marks the beginning of a new era of superpower competition. Last week, Washington experienced a fleeting sense of normalcy with Senate confirmation hearings and President Joe Biden’s farewell address. Even the theatrics of Secretary of Defense nominee Pete Hegseth’s hearing and Biden’s warnings of…

President Trump Holds the Cards to Reshape the World

Jan 20, 2025

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President Donald Trump is a fortunate man with the resolve to create his own luck. As he reenters the Oval Office, he finds a world in flux, with American adversaries more weakened than during his first term. He faces a defanged Iran, a beleaguered Russia hemorrhaging resources in an unwinnable war, and a China grappling…

How Israel should tackle ‘transactional Trump’ – opinion

Jan 17, 2025

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Trump’s second term is both a challenge and an opportunity for Israeli-American relations. By DAVID M. WEINBERG JANUARY 18, 2025 02:12 Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu stands with US President Donald Trump after signing the Abraham Accords, normalizing relations between Israel and some of its Middle East neighbors, in a strategic realignment of Middle Eastern…

Italy’s Meloni to leverage strong ties with Trump – but as president whisperer or Trojan horse?

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After forging unexpectedly fond ties with U.S. President Joe Biden, Italy‘s right-wing Premier Giorgia Meloni is poised to leverage a more natural alliance with President-elect Donald Trump that positions her as a key interlocutor between the U.S. and Europe. Weeks before Trump’s inauguration, Meloni met him at his Mar-a-Lago retreat, a visit that she said…

Daleep Singh outlines five principles to guide—and constrain—the use of economic statecraft tools

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Watch the full event Speaker Daleep SinghWhite House Deputy National Security Advisor for International Economics Moderator Kimberly DonovanDirector, Economic Statecraft Initiative, Atlantic Council Introductory remarks and presentation Josh LipskySenior Director, GeoEconomics Center, Atlantic Council Alisha ChhanganiAssistant Director, GeoEconomics Center, Atlantic Council Mrugank BhusariAssociate Director, GeoEconomics Center, Atlantic Council Event transcript Uncorrected transcript: Check against delivery…

Italy’s Meloni to leverage strong ties with Trump — but as president whisperer or Trojan horse?

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ROME — After forging unexpectedly fond ties with U.S. President Joe Biden, Italy’s right-wing Premier Giorgia Meloni is poised to leverage a more natural alliance with U.S. President-elect Donald Trump that positions her as a key interlocutor between the U.S. and Europe. Weeks before his inauguration, Meloni met Trump at his Mar-a-Lago retreat, a visit…

Securing a free and open world: A US-EU blueprint to counter China and Russia

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Report January 15, 2025 • 5:17 pm ET Kaush Arha, Peter Harrell, and Jörn Fleck Introduction The Indo-Pacific region is now the fulcrum for economic and security concerns. However, American interests span the globe, and its adversaries China and Russia are seeking to thwart them across the Indo-Pacific and the Atlantic and in between. President…

China Expands Operations Across Iraq’s Huge West Qurna 1 Oil Field

Jan 13, 2025

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Simon Watkins Simon Watkins is a former senior FX trader and salesman, financial journalist, and best-selling author. He was Head of Forex Institutional Sales and Trading for… More Info Premium Content By Simon Watkins – Jan 13, 2025, 6:00 PM CST As a part of the ‘Iraq-China Framework Agreement’, China is rolling out the next…

Trump Will End Decades of U.S. Passivity in the Western Hemisphere

Jan 13, 2025

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