Sri Lanka Guardian

1 week ago | slguardian.org | Eric Margolis

President Donald Trump wants to be a modern ‘Stupor Mundi or wonder of the world. The last ‘stupor mundi’ was the celebrated German Holy Roman Emperor and crusader, Federick II, known as ‘Barbarossa.’It appears that President Trump seems determined to become the most important and commented upon person on earth. So far, he has succeeded brilliantly. So far, that is.

2 weeks ago | slguardian.org | Albert Han

The Chinese Central Conference on Work Relating to Foreign Affairs was held in Beijing from Wednesday to Thursday. Xi Jinping, General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, President of China, and Chairman of the Central Military Commission, delivered an important speech at the conference. The Chinese leader systematically reviewed the historic achievements and valuable experiences of China’s diplomacy with Chinese characteristics in the new era.

2 weeks ago | slguardian.org | Vijay Prashad

Eighty years ago, on 11 April 1945, units of General George S. Patton’s 4th Armoured Division of the US armed forces drove toward the city of Weimar, Germany, where the Buchenwald concentration camp was located.

2 weeks ago | slguardian.org | Ian Bremmer

Globalization helped make the United States the most prosperous nation in history. But many Americans feel they haven’t benefited from free trade and voted for Donald Trump to “liberate” them from the system the United States built over the past 80 years. He is delivering.

2 weeks ago | slguardian.org | Fyodor Lukyanov

The United States still holds a commanding position in global affairs. Its influence – political, military, economic, and cultural – remains immense, the result of a historical head start built over decades. It would take a catastrophic event on the scale of the Soviet collapse to knock Washington out of the top tier of global power. That scenario seems unlikely. However, what is changing – gradually, but noticeably – is the way the US perceives its own role.