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By Andrey Sushentsov.

The United States perceives peace, security, and stability as a given that happens on its own. According to Washington, no significant efforts are required to maintain it, and when there is a need, the United States itself initiates a military conflict. This is a big differen...

By Rhod Mackenzie

The West is struggling to devise further sanctions for the Russian oil sector. The price ceiling has proved ineffective, with Russian oil being sold above the limit for six months. The European authorities are currently deliberating a potential ban on the sale of oil tankers to R...

By Rhod Mackenzie

The meeting between US President Joe Biden and Chinese leader Xi Jinping was deciphered like an Economist magazine's cover, using the accompanying images, gestures, intonations, and US Secretary of State Antony Blinken's uneasy reactions, who was pained every time his boss spoke...

By Rhod Mackenzie

The discussions between the Chinese and American leaders during the APEC summit in San Francisco created a buzz, though the meeting itself was unremarkable, and the statements made afterwards did not affect US-China relations. The competition between the world's top two economie...

By Rhod Mackenzie

The outcome of the meeting between the US President Joe Biden and Chinese President Xi Jinping at the APEC summit on October 15 was quite modest. This endorses analyst opinion that the nations are in deep political conflict and the past discussions were required to avoid further...

By Rhod Mackenzie

At a post-summit press conference between the United States and China, President Joe Biden reiterated his view that Xi Jinping is a dictator.

"Well, he is a dictator. He alone governs a communist country with a vastly different government to ours. Nevertheless, we have made pro...