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US Secretary of State Antony Blinken joins government officials from the U.S. and China during a meeting with China’s President Xi Jinping at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on June 19, 2023. Leah Millis/Pool/AFP via Getty Images

China and the US are locked in struggle – and the visit by Secretary of State Blinken is only a start to improving relations

Krista Wiegand, University of Tennessee

The US and China are engaged in a classic power struggle. The question is, who will come out on top?
Since becoming China’s top leader in late 2012, President Xi Jinping has centralized power to the point that it’s unclear when he’ll step down, or who might succeed him. Kevin Frayer/Getty Images AsiaPac via Getty Images

China has no plan for who will succeed Xi Jinping – leaving the nation and the world in uncertainty

Amitrajeet A. Batabyal, Rochester Institute of Technology

In the past, the lack of a succession plan for China has led to political unrest in the country. If it happens again, it will also affect the world.
Russian defense minister during the Victory Day military parade in Moscow. REUTERS/Yuri Kochetkov

Why Russia thinks it’s exceptional

Gregory Carleton, Tufts University

In the 19th century, Russian intellectuals launched a search for historical evidence of their moral and military superiority. What they found drives what today some call “Russian aggression.”

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