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What does China and Nicaragua resuming diplomatic ties tell us?

China reopens its embassy in Managua, Nicaragua, December 31, 2021. /Xinhua Editor's note:Hamzah Rifaat Hussain, former visiting fellow at the Stimson Center in Washington and former assistant

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Cautious optimism surrounds restoration of Iran nuclear deal

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U.S. Xinjiang Act an addition to its anti-China smear campaign

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The U.S. has chosen hawkish neorealism in international relations

U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris attends a roundtable at Gardens by the Bay in Singapore, August 24, 2021. Editor's note:Hamzah Rifaat Hussain is a former visiting fellow at the Stimson Cente

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SIGARs admissions and America's negligence of realities in Afghanistan

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Chinese vaccine cooperation with Latin America not political maneuver

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Jerusalem unrest a test for Biden's foreign policy

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Pentagon must realize Afghanistan cannot afford complacency

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Crying foul over China's MTSL is distortion of facts

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Latest U.S. views on China alarmist and based on preconceived notions

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Will U.S.' Afghan troop withdrawal ensure sustainable peace?

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Heroic Hubei: FM Wang Yi's message of solidarity

Editor's note: Hamzah Rifaat Hussain is a former visiting fellow at the Stimson Center in Washington and serves as assistant researcher at the Islamabad Policy Research Institute (IPRI) in Pakista

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China is not dragging its feet on debt relief

Workers unload China's Sinopharm COVID-19 vaccines, donated by the Chinese government to Ethiopia, at the Addis Ababa Bole International Airport in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, March 30, 2021. /Xinhua

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ODNI's admissions vindicate China's stance in U.S. affairs

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The need for Australian introspection

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The demerits of reviving U.S. legislation on Chinese 'censorship'

Editor's note: Hamzah Rifaat Hussain is a former visiting fellow at the Stimson Center in Washington and serves as assistant researcher at the Islamabad Policy Research Institute (IPRI) in Pakista

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Sino-U.S. relations need to break the ice for a blossoming spring

Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi delivers a speech at the opening of the Lanting Forum with the theme of "Promoting Dialogue and Cooperation and Managing Differences: Bringing