Francesco Mancini

THE WRITER IS VICE DEAN (EXECUTIVE EDUCATION) AND ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR IN PRACTICE AT THE LEE KUAN YEW SCHOOL OF PUBLIC POLICY, NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE

Sometimes, diplomacy asks us to be content with very little. The meeting between Chinese President Xi Jinping (left) and US President Donald Trump in Washington on Sep 24 was one of those occasions.
NEW GLOBAL ORDER

Trump-Xi summit buys 100 days of calm that South-east Asia could use

2026-09-26T07:53:03.000Z