Secretary Blinken Visits Mexico, Sweden’s Election, Big Power Summitry in Uzbekistan, and More The World Next Week

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken visits Mexico with an economics-focused agenda; Swedes head to the polls for a general election that’s expected to be a close race between the ruling left-wing bloc and right-wing opposition; and Chinese President Xi Jinping, Russian President Vladimir Putin, and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi join leaders from across Asia in Samarkand, Uzbekistan, to discuss regional stability, food security, and trade at the Shanghai Cooperation Organization Summit.
 
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Shannon K. O’Neil, Two Nations Indivisible, Oxford University Press