The US president wants separate spheres of influence dominated by the US, China and Russia. For small states, this new world order poses both risks and opportunities.

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Xi Zhongxun, the father of Xi Jinping, was a high-ranking Communist official under Mao. He fell from grace but later returned ...

Despite a government ban, the mayor of the Hungarian capital has vowed that the annual event will take place as normal.View ...

Tehran expected a bulwark from Beijing. Instead it got a bystander.