How the 2026 Beijing summit reshapes risks and opportunities for regional middle powers By Rohit KA and Dr. Adityanjee Image Courtesy: Asia Times A summit shaped by Iran, trade, and Taiwan The US President Donald Trump met Chinese President Xi Jinping in Beijing on May 14 - 15, 2026, in the first visit by a US president to China in nearly a decade. This was Trump’s first state visit to China in his second term. The US agenda focused on stabilizing a strained relationship amid

By Mr M R Sivaraman IAS (Retd), Former Revenue Secretary For six decades, New Delhi has sought peace with Beijing. What it received instead is a doctrine of deception. As a retired civil servant who has seen India’s China policy up close, I write with anguish, not anger. The pattern is unmistakable. The betrayal began in 1962. Panchsheel was still warm on paper when China invaded, occupied Aksai Chin, and scarred our northern frontier. That wound never healed. Beijing still c

By Harsh Sinha & Dr. Adityanjee, Council for Strategic Affairs Image Courtesy: Universal Record Introduction: Cyber warfare has emerged as a defining domain of strategic competition in the 21st century, blurring the boundaries between war and peace, civilian and military, and physical and cognitive spaces. China has developed a deeply integrated cyber warfare architecture combining state, military, and civilian capabilities into a unified strategic instrument. India, while ad

By Sneha S.S Image Courtesy: Vox Abstract China’s growing influence in South Asia has sparked a significant debate about what kind of reflections it has on international relations. Beijing likes to showcase its moves as soft power, that is cultural festivals, scholarships and exchange programmes. But researchers and policymakers see something sharper, the strategies that twist and change information slowly change into local institutions. This paper aims to understand how Chi