Trump's Ukraine peace drive is a warning shot at Beijing

The US increasingly views China, not Russia, as this century's defining challenge

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Russian President Vladimir Putin, left, welcomes U.S. President Donald Trump's envoy Steve Witkoff during a meeting in Moscow on Aug. 6. © Reuters

Brahma Chellaney, a professor of strategic studies at the independent New Delhi-based Centre for Policy Research and fellow at the Robert Bosch Academy in Berlin, is the author of nine books, including "Water: Asia's New Battleground," which won the Bernard Schwartz Book Award.

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