Region: East Asia and the Asia-Pacific

The Washington-Moscow-Beijing “triangle” could become a key factor in shaping a new, balanced world order

The Second Moon Race has entered the second and crucial phase

Dmitriy Trenin: It is useful to demonstrate to Europe through our actions that we mean business

China’s comprehensive mobilization policies undertaken since the early 2020s

Dmitriy Trenin: The world is already multipolar; the key question now concerns the order within this world

China is a power with an economy that remains intimately dependent on foreign markets

On April 21, 2026, the Russian International Affairs Council (RIAC) and the Horizon Insights Center (China) held a closed roundtable titled “Trump 2.0 and the China-Russia-U.S. Triangle”

Dmitriy Trenin: Russia and China could form the core of a new type of coalition, better equipped to counter hegemonic powers and to bring closer a more balanced and equitable world order

The global consensus on artificial intelligence is fragmenting into competing regulatory philosophies

International politics and the cultures of peoples interact on three principal planes

The outcomes of Friedrich Merz’s visit to China provide for several key conclusions

China’s main strategic objective regarding the South Caucasus is the establishment of a Eurasian land and sea transport corridor