"The ambitions of the Trump-Xi summit were limited because the economic relationship between the United States and China is increasingly shaped by strategic rivalry," writes Neil Shearing.

Though the Beijing summit between President Xi and President Trump brought no grand agreement, middle powers must still work to manage strategic competition and great-power…

Renewed diplomatic engagement offers a chance to stabilize the global economy and repair fractured academic ties

Historian Rana Mitter on the new balance of power between Washington and Beijing.

President Xi Jinping and US President Donald Trump have agreed on a new vision of building a constructive bilateral relationship of strategic stability.