Chinese students flock to Russia amid uncertain US visa policIes asiatimes.com/2025/09/chines…

🎥#WATCH | The Shanghai Cooperation Organization summit in Tianjin turned into a power show as Modi, Putin, and Xi shared warm camaraderie, sending a clear signal to Washington. Hours later, Donald Trump lashed out at India, calling U.S.-India trade a “one-sided disaster,”

Why Pakistan is rushing to mend fences with Bangladesh aljazeera.com/news/2025/9/2/…

Government warns students to leave UK after visas end bbc.in/3I3kYwS

In June, #Trump introduced new measures to restrict the entry of #InternationalStudents to the #US. These policies raise questions about academic mobility, international collaboration and whether US #HigherEd can sustain its global reputation LSE USAPP blog. blogs.lse.ac.uk/usappblog/2025…

New analysis from Samriddhi Vij shows a clear link between high-visibility events like #Expo2020 & #COP28 and a rise in soft power rankings. For trailing GCC states, quiet diplomacy is no longer enough, strategic branding is key: or-f.org/35388

Bermuda’s referendum mirrors similar failures ... where constitutional reform proposals were rejected in ‘no’ votes. #referendum #independence #Caribbean #democracy ow.ly/Y8rJ50WPmol

The latest Round Table newsletter is now available. Highlights from the The Round Table Journal, website and other #Commonwealth updates. ow.ly/NAZA50WPamI

60% of Africans don’t believe democracy is working in their interests – how parliaments can fix the problem theconversation.com/60-of-africans… By Temitayo Isaac Odeyemi Temitayo Odeyemi, PhD Uni of Birmingham

UK home secretary launches mass messaging campaign warning 132,000 overseas students not to overstay visas or lodge weak asylum bids timeshighereducation.com/news/home-secr…

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As China’s president hosts one of the largest gatherings of autocrats in living memory, we explain why his claim of leading a coalition of America-sceptic powers is less fantastical than you might think economist.com/leaders/2025/0…

China regards Modi’s return after seven years as a critical window for “restarting and relaunching” Sino-Indian relations. buff.ly/21fkpDV

For India, the SCO summit was useful to send out signals to the U.S. and the world. buff.ly/hZH3Kwm

World in ‘flux’ makes it very difficult to predict what’s coming but Canada’s research-intensive university grouping ‘prepared for anything’, according to U15’s Daniel Jutras timeshighereducation.com/news/canadian-…

Only Seychelles has escaped Africa's notorious #MiddleIncomeTrap. More inward financial flows, especially #FDI, are vital for countries to climb the economic development ladder. ISS Today by Jakkie Cilliers issafrica.org/iss-today/the-…

At today's #victorydayparade in China, Beijing is sending a clear message: it wants to reshape the world order. And it has the power to do it, writes Yu Jie for Chatham House. chathamhouse.org/2025/09/china-…

In response to his falling out with Donald Trump, Narendra Modi has been drawing closer to other foreign friends. Relations with China and Russia appear to be thawing economist.com/asia/2025/08/2…

Newly available from the archives - 100 years ago, this former Southern Irish Unionist expresses cautious optimism about the #Irish Free State. Another free-to-access 🔓dip into the archives of the The Round Table journal. ow.ly/ureF50WPs1j

Bermuda’s referendum mirrors similar failures ... where constitutional reform proposals were rejected in ‘no’ votes. #referendum #independence #Caribbean #democracy ow.ly/Y8rJ50WPmol