Vladimir Putin
Ukraine’s Zelensky proposes peace talks in letter to Putin
US President Donald Trump welcomes the Ukrainian initiative
Why Putin and Trump should both want quick peace deals
Despite the mounting costs of both wars, the Russian and US leaders are reluctant to admit failure
Putin and Trump don’t have the cards
The wars waged by Russia and the US in Ukraine and Iran are case studies in geopolitical self-harm
China’s diplomatic successes are broad but shallow
It asks little of its foreign ‘partners’, and gives little back
The real message behind Beijing’s back-to-back summits
Trump and Putin visits in a week show Xi positioning China at the center of a fractured world order
Putin leaves Beijing after Xi meeting with little progress on key China-Russia gas pipeline project
RUSSIAN President Vladimir Putin left Beijing on Wednesday night (May 20) with no sign of a breakthrough on a natural gas pipeline project with the potential to reshape global energy flows and geopoli...
Putin arrives in China for Xi talks with gas project on agenda
The two sides plan to sign approximately 40 documents, according to Kremlin foreign policy aide
Trump denies Xi told him that Putin would regret Ukraine war
US PRESIDENT Donald Trump denied reports that his Chinese counterpart, Xi Jinping, offered a bleak assessment of Russia’s war in Ukraine, including claiming that Vladimir Putin would regret invading h...
Xi to host ‘old friend’ Putin as China projects stable global role after Trump visit
Moscow expected to seek closer energy cooperation with Beijing
A choreographed detente: Reading the Trump-Xi summit
Xi’s move to host Russia so soon after Washington’s visit suggests Beijing plans to maintain its full portfolio of relationships
