Pakistan is navigating a geopolitical balancing act amid fresh shifts in South Asia’s power dynamics. The country is strengthening ties with the United States while preserving its “iron brotherhood” partnership with China, Pakistani researcher Zoon Ahmed Khan told Global Business Journalism students in a speech on Nov. 3. The rapidly shifting South Asian dynamics include India’s strained relations with the United States during Donald Trump’s second term as president.

Journalists too often oversimplify complex geopolitical situations, turning nuanced international disputes into simple binaries of right and wrong, China-based commentator Shamim Zakaria told Global Business Journalism students at Tsinghua University. Zakaria, a native of India, said media coverage of international relations is dominated by superficial reports and stereotypes that rarely explore the underlying causes of events and often simplify the perceptions of countries a

Europe is looking toward China both as a trading partner and as a source of stability in a world unsettled by US President Donald Trump.