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Why the World of Alliances Is Changing

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Why the World of Alliances Is Changing
Chinese leader Xi Jinping meets U.S. President on the sidelines of the G20 summit in Nusa Dua on the Indonesian resort island of Bali on Nov. 14, 2022. Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty Images
Gregory Copley
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The Bali summit of the G20 nations in mid-November showed just how fragile and constantly changing the world’s nerve systems of alliances, treaties, and diplomatic balances. U.S. President Joe Biden wanted to calm the rising tensions in U.S.-China relations but ended up looking as though he was going to Chinese leader Xi Jinping rather than having Xi come to him.

Gregory Copley
Gregory Copley
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Gregory Copley is president of the Washington-based International Strategic Studies Association and editor-in-chief of the “Defense & Foreign Affairs” series of publications. Born in Australia, Copley is an entrepreneur, writer, government adviser, defense publication editor, and Member of the Order of Australia. His latest and 37th book is “The Noble State: Governance Options in an Ignoble Era.”
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