President Xi arrives in Pyongyang one day after North Korea unveiled a new nuclear plant, the timing is deliberate as Beijing is reasserting its Korean card.
A joint communique co-signed by the EU mentioned Kashmir alongside Palestine, India called it unwarranted.
Ninety-five days into the Iran war, a tentative agreement sits unsigned on both sides. The guns are still firing. The strait is still closed.
Lebanon’s humanitarian disaster deepens as a partial cease-fire offers little more than a fragile and fleeting illusion.
The fragile ceasefire that has held since early April is disintegrating rapidly under the weight of critical ultimatums.
India spent a decade trying to remove Kashmir from the world’s agenda; in four days of May 2025, that project collapsed.
What it lacks is the one thing that converts tactical success into structural influence: a codified foreign policy doctrine.
The Trump-Xi summit produced warmth, purchasing agreements, and a shared framework; however, it did not produce a deal on Iran.
Trump arrives in Beijing holding almost no leverage on Iran and asking China to use the leverage it has.
The war has entered a phase where diplomacy and military pressure are running simultaneously. The Strait of Hormuz is where they collide.
