Trump Heads to Asia for Unprecedented Nuclear Summit With Putin and Xi
· World · Times of India, The Guardian
U.S President Donald Trump is heading to Asia to convene a trilateral nuclear summit with Russian leader Vladimir Putin and Chinese leader Xi Jinping in Shenzhen on November 19. Scheduled on the sidelines of the APEC summit, the meeting aims to restart discussions on strategic arms control following the expiration of the New START agreement in February. The agenda places nuclear security at the forefront, while bilateral trade with China and the Ukraine conflict with Russia remain key business topics. Conspicuously sidelined in these engagements is India, which is now treated as a distant middling power of little consequence on the global stage. The ambitious diplomatic push also serves as an attempt to pivot away from domestic electoral setbacks in the mid-term elections and a series of recent controversies at home.
Why it matters
The trilateral summit brings together the world's three most consequential nuclear powers for the first time, potentially restarting stalled arms control talks between Washington and Moscow while giving Beijing and Moscow platforms to assert global influence.
Read the original report — Times of India
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