Welcome back to another edition of My Take 5. This week we are covering the just concluded Trump-Xi summit, the renewed focus on Taiwan, Russia’s large-scale attack on Kyiv and Ukraine’s response, the collapse of the Latvian government due to a drone incident, and the elimination of Islamic State terror group’s No.2 in Nigeria. So, let’s get to it:
Trump-Xi meet: Trump’s summit with Xi in China this week was underwhelming to say the least. While the world waited for some kind of a breakthrough, particularly on the situation with the Strait of Hormuz, what it got was two major powers sizing each other up and sticking to their guns on their respective strategic interests.
