Mordechai Chaziza offers an in-depth analysis of the meeting between Donald Trump and Xi Jinping, suggesting that it may go far beyond trade, tariffs, or diplomatic theater.
At stake, he argues, could be something far more consequential: the emergence of a new great-power equation.
A Senior Lecturer at Ashkelon Academic College and a Research Fellow at the University of Haifa, Mordechai Chaziza has spent years examining how Beijing methodically expands its influence across the Middle East and Africa.
Taiwan, Iran and the New Great-Power Bargain
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