
BRICS leaders meet on the sidelines of G20 in China. Photo: Narendra Modi, CC BY-SA 2.0.
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In the climate of increasing polarization that characterizes the international system, the foreign strategies of China and the United States are becoming increasingly divergent. Coinciding with Donald Trump’s arrival at the White House, Washington has turned to defensive bilateralism in relation to other countries.