Trump tariffs, Aug. 23 -- Despite the Trump-Putin meeting and the Trump-Zelensky meeting, uncertainty over the Russia-Ukraine war persists, and disputes over trade tariffs are still ongoing. A strategic convergence is reshaping the world's economic architecture in the corridors of power from Beijing to Moscow to New Delhi. What appears as diplomatic pleasantries masks one of our time's most consequential trade realignments.

Amid news of Russian President Vladimir Putin visiting India by the end of 2025, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi is poised to set foot in China for the SCO Summit, his first visit in seven long years. This isn't routine diplomacy. It's the stealthy forging of a strategic triad-Dragon, Bear, and Tiger-assembling be...