During the just-concluded G20 Summit and APEC Economic Leaders' Meeting, the Global Development Initiative previously proposed by Chinese President Xi Jinping offered a beacon of light to a world darkened by the COVID-19 pandemic, regional conflicts and geopolitical tensions.

On November 14, 2022, Chinese President Xi Jinping met with US President Joe Biden at the G20 Summit in Bali, Indonesia. Against the backdrop that the China-US ties are subject to a severe impact in recent years, the meeting between the leaders of the two countries has sent a positive signal to the world, which widely eased the anxiety of the international arena. Certainly, it is not likely for China-US relations to make substantial progress in the short term. However, it becomes promising to see the halt of deterioration and the reduction of confrontations.

Biden’s presidency is nearly half-way over, and the first National Security Strategy by his administration was finally published. In this belated report, the Biden administration answered such key questions as how the US should view the current international landscapes, how to deal with severe challenges, and how to advance its foreign strategy and safeguard its own interests. To a certain extent, this report marks the finalized design with a focus on “great power competition” in the US national security strategy. However, it also shows that the US failed to think outside the box in response to the new international landscapes and challenges, revealing three unresolved contradictions the Biden administration made when planning its national security and foreign strategies.

Mme. Fu Ying, former Chinese ambassador to the UK, delivered a video message on the international situation at the Global Town Hall 2022 at the invitation of the Foreign Policy Community of Indonesia.

The U.S. National Security Strategy report represents the top-level design and future vision of the United States government on national security and foreign strategy. It is also an important guide for government agencies as they do their work.

As the whole international economy is facing the common problem of high debt, if the US blindly adopts irresponsible policies and triggers the collapse of the debts of other countries.

Beijing still has strategic patience and that is a chance for Washington to avoid sleepwalking into a costly and damaging conflict. It can start by encouraging Taiwan to accept the 1992 consensus, and discouraging US officials from visiting Taiwan.

Since taking office, Biden has announced many policies and projects. But like the other policies, his China policy too is in accordance with international relations principles, but cannot be delivered in the way it is planned.

But the central idea is that China and the U.S. need to reach new understandings in a new environment, which is sensible thinking.

If India truly believes in “Neighbourhood First”, perhaps it should consider how to live in amity with its more powerful neighbour first. Pressuring its smaller neighbours on their relations with China will only drive them closer to Beijing.

Although there is no answer about how to promote AI global governance, outstanding political wisdom and the vision of a community with a shared future for mankind are indispensable.

It has given Beijing a chance to show off its military capabilities, while providing an incentive to ramp up reunification efforts and show that the Taiwan issue matters above all else

If small nations get together for self-defence, it is understandable. But if the largest alliance on earth wishes to expand, it is not about defence but enforcing its own values on others with a big stick. No alliance will last forever.

The concept of “security demands” or a “security concern” may sound as if it is somehow related to spheres of influence, but security concerns are not exclusive---their most fundamental difference from spheres of influence.

Which side is really changing the status quo of the Taiwan Straits? Senior Colonel Zhou Bo (ret), who is now serving as a senior fellow of the Centre for International Security and Strategy at Tsinghua University and China Forum expert and Douglas H. Paal, a non-resident scholar at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, shared with Global Times different perspective.

Will the United States come to defend Taiwan militarily in a war across the Taiwan Strait? China Forum Expert Zhou Bo argues that Biden’s Taiwan defence ‘gaffes’ are no laughing matter.

The crisis between Russia and Ukraine has increased Europeans’ awareness that Russia is a neighbor that they cannot ignore, and that any effective European security framework must include Russia.

Since the establishment of relations in 1975, China - EU cooperation has grown extensively, expanding from trade and economics to include technology, global governance, education, and so on. That fact has been reflected accordingly by the levelling of the relations status between the two over the years. In 1998, China and the EU established a long-term, stable and constructive partnership oriented towards the 21st century, which was followed by a comprehensive partnership in 2001 and then a comprehensive strategic partnership in 2003.

U.S. President Joe Biden took his overdue Asia tour in late May. He visited South Korea and Japan and met with South Korea’s President Yoon Suk-yeol, Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, Japanese Emperor Naruhito, India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Australia’s newly minted Prime Minister Anthony Albanese. This tour was only one of many American moves in the region in the last couple of years to beef up the presence and visibility of the U.S., including but not limited to the Quad, AUKUS and the Indo-Pacific Economic Framework.

Russia is repeatedly dropping escalatory hints about possibly using nuclear weapons. It might be bluffing, but what if it is not? Unlike the atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki that sealed the surrender of Japan in World War II, if Russia opens another nuclear Pandora’s box, everyone can imagine the rest.

The international monetary system refers to the institutional arrangements and practices for pricing, currencies exchange, payments adjustment, etc. The world monetary system is not eternal but will evolve with environmental changes.