In a high-stakes meeting at the APEC summit, US President Biden and Chinese President Xi Jinping aimed to ease tensions in a complex relationship shaped by economic interdependence. Resolving grievances requires ongoing dialogue and cooperation.

Global tensions are escalating, marked by ongoing regional disputes in Ukraine-Russia, Israel-Gaza, Sudan, Myanmar, and Ethiopia. The international community’s intermittent focus on these crises raises concerns about the efficacy of global peacemaking efforts.

Hezbollah’s full involvement in the latest Israeli-Palestinian conflict would likely open up a regional war.

Vladimir Putin’s first trip outside Russia in 20 months is to attend Xi Jinping’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) anniversary summit. Both leaders aim to challenge the Western-dominated order but their partnership leans towards China.

Hamas was founded in 1987 and, since seizing control of Gaza in 2007, has clashed with the Israeli government frequently. But never like this before.

Conflict in the Middle East may distract the West, which could be to Russia’s advantage in the Ukraine war.

The incursion into Israel was textbook terrorism and the response appears to be exactly as Hamas and its backers will have hoped.