Bare minimum? Biden meets Xi in bid to reassure world leaders

François PICARD | Alessandro XENOS | Imen MELLAZ | Sony KAPOOR | Jean-Baptiste MONNIER | Caroline ATKINSON | Aravind YELERY

Edité par France 24

But are fellow Asia-Pacific leaders reassured by what they have heard from Biden and Xi Jinping, ideological rivals but also trade partners who lead the world’s two most powerful economies? Why the persistent volatility? Why do global tensions feel like they are at their highest in recent memory?  

Produced by François Picard, Alessandro Xenos, Imen Mellaz, Meiqi AN 

Note
  • To paraphrase Joe Biden, one is a communist, the other is not. Can these rivals together get a handle on a world of growing conflicts? Amid fears that at any moment, superpowers could find themselves dragged into major wars in Ukraine and now the Middle East with Cold War-like standoffs in the Pacific over Taiwan and the South China Sea, the US and Chinese leaders met for the first time in over a year. 

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The Debate
Contributeurs
Sony KAPOOR Professor of Climate, Geoeconomics, and Finance at the European University Institute in Florence
Jean-Baptiste MONNIER Vice-President, Asia Center
Caroline ATKINSON Former US Deputy National Security Adviser
Aravind YELERY Associate Professor, Centre for East Asian Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University

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