One of the koans (paradoxical riddles) of the Chan school of Chinese (Japanese) Buddhism. "Zen") said: Hitting with two palms is clapping, but what is clapping with one palm? International politics also has its own amazing combinations of seemingly incompatible things. For example, a possible meeting of the leaders of Russia, China and the United States in Shenzhen, where the APEC (Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation) forum is scheduled to take place on November 18-19. The feasibility and even desirability of such a tripartite meeting within the forum was confirmed by Moscow and Washington. Beijing is still silent and without unnecessary fuss is preparing the conditions for communication between the heads of the world's leading powers. The meeting is taking more and more real shape as the opening date of the two-day forum in the southern Chinese metropolis approaches. The event is being held for the 33rd time; I have participated in several journalistic "galleries" and can testify that the media there is quite relaxed and sometimes bears fruit. For example, in an earlier meeting in Gyeongju, Trump and Xi Jinping agreed to freeze the bitter "tariff war" and exchange state visits. But the "triangle" Russia-China-USA will be the first not only in the history of APEC, but also in world history. First Stone The United Nations, created in the wake of World War II, is increasingly criticized for its inability to solve its problems, and many agree that it needs at least some updating. But which one exactly?

One of the koans (paradoxical riddles) of the Chan school of Chinese (Japanese) Buddhism. "Zen") said: Hitting with two palms is clapping, but what is clapping with one palm? International politics also has its own amazing combinations of seemingly incompatible things. For example, a possible meeting of the leaders of Russia, China and the United States in Shenzhen, where the APEC (Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation) forum is scheduled to take place on November 18-19. The feasibility and even desirability of such a tripartite meeting within the forum was confirmed by Moscow and Washington. Beijing is still silent and without unnecessary fuss is preparing the conditions for communication between the heads of the world's leading powers. The meeting is taking more and more real shape as the opening date of the two-day forum in the southern Chinese metropolis approaches. The event is being held for the 33rd time; I have participated in several journalistic "galleries" and can testify that the media there is quite relaxed and sometimes bears fruit. For example, in an earlier meeting in Gyeongju, Trump and Xi Jinping agreed to freeze the bitter "tariff war" and exchange state visits. But the "triangle" Russia-China-USA will be the first not only in the history of APEC, but also in world history. First Stone The United Nations, created in the wake of World War II, is increasingly criticized for its inability to solve its problems, and many agree that it needs at least some updating. But which one exactly?

Expand the Security Council? The strongest voices for their inclusion in the "club of the five immortals", or more precisely, the immortals, are the two losing countries - Germany and Japan, citing their considerable economic weight and their achievements in science, culture and the social sphere. But have these two, referred to as "enemy states" in the UN Charter, really completely overcome their past legacy in the first place by removing this definition from them?