Trump and Putin summit in China could reshape global power dynamics
Beijing weighs the risks of hosting Trump, Putin and Xi, fearing a repeat of 1945 Yalta.
The Kremlin has proposed a meeting between President Donald Trump, President Vladimir Putin of Russia and Xi Jinping, China's leader, possibly during the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit in Shenzhen this month.
China is in talks with both countries but has not confirmed it will happen. Beijing worries the talks echo the 1945 Yalta Conference.
There, the US and Soviet Union negotiated over China's head. Trump wants to discuss nuclear weapons, but China opposes limits on its own arsenal and views such talks as unfair.
For Xi, hosting three nuclear powers risks appearing to lead a great-power club that ignores smaller nations, contradicting China's public stance.
- 1945 Yalta Conference
- Original agreement
- Shenzhen, later this month
- Proposed venue
- Trump, Putin, Xi Jinping
- Leaders involved
Why it mattersSuch a summit could reshape nuclear policy, Ukraine's future and the balance of power in the Indo-Pacific. But it also exposes tensions between the three leaders on war, weapons and whose interests matter.
AustraliaAustralia has close ties to Ukraine and the US, and a Trump-Putin summit without Ukrainian input could shift regional security dynamics and Australia's own geopolitical position in the Pacific.
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