World Order

G7 and SCO summits: Retrenching US amid China's expanding hegemony in trade points to new world order

That the US hegemony is now facing stiff competition from China was stark at the G7 and SCO summits.

Historic Iran deal has potential to create a new world order

It would indeed be a supreme irony if Israel were to launch surgical strikes, conventional or nuclear, on Iran’s nuclear sites.

Syrian crisis: Is Russia a pivotal Middle East player again?

The U.S. deal with Russia to eliminate Syria's chemical weapons has pulled the Obama administration into deep waters: the Kremlin's long-standing drive to put the brakes on American power and to restore Moscow to its place as a pivotal Mideast player.