Jefferey Sachs: The US should compromise on Nato to save Ukraine

If US President Joe Biden and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin do manage to hold a summit on Ukraine, what should Biden’s approach be?

Gideon Rachman: Putin’s war will shake the world

The phoney war is over. The real war has begun. For several weeks, the US and British governments have believed that Vladimir Putin was intent on a full-scale invasion of Ukraine. That is now happening.

Straits Times: Subtle shift in China's Covid-19 approach but full reopening unlikely soon

With sporadic Covid-19 clusters popping up across China, local governments have turned to a tried-and-tested playbook of lockdowns and movement controls.

Ding Gang: Can US’ balancing strategy last after Ukraine crisis?

On February 21, 1972, US President Richard Nixon came to Beijing to begin a "world-changing" visit. He became the first sitting US president to visit China.

Zamir Ahmed Awan: Winter Olympics 2022: A Victory for Chinese Diplomacy

Global leaders got a chance to get together and exchange views. On one hand, it was an opportunity for China to show its strengths and power, on other hand, it was a unique opportunity for the rest of the world to understand China too. Several global leaders meet the Chinese leadership as well as visiting leaders from the rest of the world.

Liu Zhiqin: Views on No.1 Central Document

Liu Zhiqin: Views on No.1 Central Document

Zhou Rong: Western sanctions won’t help solve Ukraine crisis

In the wake of the US and Europe unveiling what is believed to be just the first round of sanctions on Russian individuals and institutions in response to Moscow's recognition of two regions in Ukraine as "sovereign states," China said that unilateral sanctions have never been effective in solving global crises, and warned the US not to harm China and other countries' legitimate interests when handling issues related to Ukraine and Russia.

Zhou Rong: Western sanctions won’t help solve Ukraine crisis

In the wake of the US and Europe unveiling what is believed to be just the first round of sanctions on Russian individuals and institutions in response to Moscow's recognition of two regions in Ukraine as "sovereign states," China said that unilateral sanctions have never been effective in solving global crises, and warned the US not to harm China and other countries' legitimate interests when handling issues related to Ukraine and Russia.

Zamir Ahmed Awan: Winter Olympics 2022: A Victory for Chinese Diplomacy

Global leaders got a chance to get together and exchange views. On one hand, it was an opportunity for China to show its strengths and power, on other hand, it was a unique opportunity for the rest of the world to understand China too. Several global leaders meet the Chinese leadership as well as visiting leaders from the rest of the world.

Ding Gang: Can US’ balancing strategy last after Ukraine crisis?

On February 21, 1972, US President Richard Nixon came to Beijing to begin a "world-changing" visit. He became the first sitting US president to visit China.

Francis Fukuyama: Sanction Russia Now!

So it’s finally happened—after a slow, weeks-long build-up of forces, Russian troops on February 21 invaded Ukraine after Moscow recognized the independence of the Donetsk and Luhansk regions. Moscow is using words that normal countries use, like “genocide” and “fascist” and “peacekeepers,” in an Orwellian fashion to signify the opposite of what they really mean. The pretext Putin is using—that Ukraine, surrounded by 190,000 Russian troops, was planning to launch a major attack on the Donbas and invade Russia—is so transparent and ridiculous as to defy belief.

Wang Yiwei: Ukraine crisis 'could escalate' but all-out war unlikely

The Ukraine crisis remains tense and is becoming more complicated as the US and NATO keep hyping the war concerns over the continent of Europe and Russia took further actions including nuclear deterrence drills since the West made no response to its security concerns. As the Winter Olympics concluded on Sunday and the UN Olympic Truce for Beijing 2022 will finish, analysts said the crisis is likely to escalate although an all-out war is unlikely.

Gideon Rachman: How Putin took Europe to the brink of war

Angela Merkel once described Vladimir Putin as a leader using 19th-century methods in the 21st century. What the former German chancellor meant was that Russia’s leader is a man of war and nationalism in an era supposedly defined by laws and globalisation.

Francis Fukuyama: Sanction Russia Now!

So it’s finally happened—after a slow, weeks-long build-up of forces, Russian troops on February 21 invaded Ukraine after Moscow recognized the independence of the Donetsk and Luhansk regions. Moscow is using words that normal countries use, like “genocide” and “fascist” and “peacekeepers,” in an Orwellian fashion to signify the opposite of what they really mean. The pretext Putin is using—that Ukraine, surrounded by 190,000 Russian troops, was planning to launch a major attack on the Donbas and invade Russia—is so transparent and ridiculous as to defy belief.

Wang Yiwei: Ukraine crisis 'could escalate' but all-out war unlikely

The Ukraine crisis remains tense and is becoming more complicated as the US and NATO keep hyping the war concerns over the continent of Europe and Russia took further actions including nuclear deterrence drills since the West made no response to its security concerns. As the Winter Olympics concluded on Sunday and the UN Olympic Truce for Beijing 2022 will finish, analysts said the crisis is likely to escalate although an all-out war is unlikely.

Gideon Rachman: How Putin took Europe to the brink of war

Angela Merkel once described Vladimir Putin as a leader using 19th-century methods in the 21st century. What the former German chancellor meant was that Russia’s leader is a man of war and nationalism in an era supposedly defined by laws and globalisation.

Vijay Prashad: Washington Bullets

Vijay Prashad: Washington Bullets

Liu Zhiqin: Nixon's ice-breaking visit to China, 50 years on

When U.S. President Richard Nixon began his ice-breaking visit to China in 1972, it changed the world.