In these changing times, where every nation is trying to recalibrate its position according to its interests and the shifting power balances President Xi Jinping’s visit to France, Hungary, and Serbia has garnered observers of international politics their inquisitive seats of analysis. This comes when multiple conflictual clashes are building around the globe. The more than two-year war in Ukraine, the result of which seems to be elusive to the site, the Israeli siege of Gaza and its spillover effects in the region and the covert build-up of tensions between Israel and Iran distorting the current power status quo.
All this is happening in the background where the major powers like the US, China, Russia, and Europe are either trying to safeguard the current state of global order to maintain their hegemony or trying to use their comprehensive might to change the global order. With this, the attempt by Beijing to visit Paris, Budapest, and Belgrade may have decisive implications for the global order.
Europe at the Juncture
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Amey Velangi is currently a research intern at Observer Research Foundation (ORF). He is also a senior researcher at Geojuristoday and a research fellow at Chanakya University. His area of interests are strategic affairs, nuclear security, foreign policy and public policy.
