Analysts say Beijing is 'preoccupied' with the economy this year and will keep up its carrot and stick approach to Taiwan reunification As China's political elite gather for the country's annual legislative sessions this week,

"China is very careful. They're very cautious," Oleksandr Merezhko, head of Ukraine's Foreign Affairs Committee, told Newsweek.

The naval drills, which include "striking maritime targets," will "strengthen military mutual trust" between Beijing, Moscow and Tehran, China said.

Instead of putting America First, President Donald Trump and Elon Musk are putting China First, gutting assets we need in order to stay ahead of them.

Trump’s approach to Ukraine is a test for Europe’s ability to adapt to a world of great power politics. To pass it, Europe should reach out to China.

The U.S. is Taiwan's ace in the hole as it faces China's threats, so does Trump's fickle foreign policy fuel concern, or does Taipei have "a better hand"?

Given this backdrop, the U.S. needs to return to its old grand strategy, which helped the West win the Cold War by driving a wedge between Moscow and Beijing. Ending the Ukraine war would also enable the U.S. to reallocate military resources from Europe to the Indo-Pacific, where its global primacy is truly at stake.

The organizing principle of Putin’s reign has been the restoration of Soviet power at the expense of people power.