Trump in Beijing: Xi Sets Red Lines, the World Holds Its Breath

Germany

STATE MEDIA

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Northwestern Europe: pragmatic criticism · 4 of 23 countries

Berlin watches the summit with alarm: a G2 deal threatens European strategic autonomy

Argentina

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Global South emerging powers · 5 of 23 countries

Buenos Aires watches from afar but feels the economic effects directly

Australia

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Anxious Washington allies · 4 of 23 countries

Canberra fears the Trump-Xi G2 will marginalize Pacific allies

Brazil

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Global South emerging powers · 5 of 23 countries

Brasília watches Beijing from the Global South margins: between pragmatism and wariness

Canada

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Regional pivots · 2 of 23 countries

Ottawa watches a summit that redefines North America in the world order

China

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Beijing receives Trump from a position of strength, sets firm Taiwan red lines

South Korea

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Anxious Washington allies · 4 of 23 countries

Seoul plays an unexpected pivot role between Washington and Beijing

Egypt

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Global South emerging powers · 5 of 23 countries

Cairo watches the Sino-American summit as a test of regional stability its economy depends on

Spain

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Northwestern Europe: pragmatic criticism · 4 of 23 countries

Madrid analyzes the eagle-dragon duel through the lens of global stability

United States

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Washington bets on Beijing to escape the Iranian quagmire

France

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Northwestern Europe: pragmatic criticism · 4 of 23 countries

Paris watches the Beijing summit between de-escalation hopes and fears of a bipolar world

India

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Global South emerging powers · 5 of 23 countries

New Delhi calculates its margins in a world where the two great powers redeal the cards

Iran

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Eurasian alternative arc · 2 of 23 countries

Tehran looks to Beijing as a diplomatic shield without fully trusting it

Israel

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Anxious Washington allies · 4 of 23 countries

Jerusalem fears a Trump-Xi deal will yield a bad bargain on Iranian nukes

Japan

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Anxious Washington allies · 4 of 23 countries

Tokyo fears Washington may sacrifice Taiwan on the altar of Iran

Nigeria

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Global South emerging powers · 5 of 23 countries

Abuja tracks the Beijing summit through the African lens: China as indispensable partner

Pakistan

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Competing mediators · 3 of 23 countries

Islamabad caught between two fires: contested mediator between Tehran and Washington

Qatar

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Competing mediators · 3 of 23 countries

Doha caught between two fires: Iran mediator, anxious observer of the Sino-American summit

United Kingdom

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Northwestern Europe: pragmatic criticism · 4 of 23 countries

London sees the Beijing summit as an admission of American military failure in Iran

Russia

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Eurasian alternative arc · 2 of 23 countries

Moscow reads the summit as confirmation of a shift in American hegemony

Serbia

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Balkan periphery · 1 of 23 countries

Belgrade watches the Sino-American duopoly confirm the Balkans' marginalization

Singapore

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Regional pivots · 2 of 23 countries

Singapore watches a summit that will redefine Southeast Asian trade architecture

Turkey

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Competing mediators · 3 of 23 countries

Ankara watches the Beijing summit as a competing mediator on Iran