The summit week in Asia ends and the confrontation between China and the USA falls off. Rising nations like India or Indonesia are bursting with self-confidence. And Russia is increasingly isolated.
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Stefan Kornelius, Munich
Anyone who writes the history of the early 21st century could see a trend reversal in the global political climate for the 45th and 46th calendar week of 2022. These are the days that began with the US midterm elections and end with the climate summit in Egypt. In between there are two weeks of travel diplomacy, the likes of which the countries of the world have not experienced since the outbreak of the pandemic. The message of this row of statesmen (and Ursula von der Leyen as the only woman at the table), which remarkably took place mainly in Asia: And they do talk.