The Shanghai Cooperation Organization Summit held in the Chinese city of Tianjin this week placed the Arab region, particularly the Gulf, at the heart of the processes reshaping the balance of power in Eurasia. Presided over by Chinese President Xi Jinping and attended by Russian President Vladimir Putin, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and other leaders, the summit further consolidated the new geopolitical realities in the Middle East, strengthening the diversification of alliances that allows states to avoid reliance on the US alone.

Receiving around 20 world leaders, including Russia's Vladimir Putin and India's Narendra Modi, the Chinese president criticized the 'Cold War mentality' shared by the US, a…

China's President Jinping Xi told Eurasian nations to unite against a global order led by the United States during the Shanghai Cooperation Organization summit.