It was no Nixon visit but neither was it Trump 1.0. The apparent stability, predictability & mutual respect evident in the Trump-Xi summit may - if it can be sustained - serve as the basis for a new, sustainable international order. That’s progress, after the escalating confrontation of the last decade.

The only way to reinvigorate the UN for the next 80 years will be to adapt to a greater diversity of voices and to ensure the new big powers are stakeholders and not outsiders. A place where each is respected and heard, no matter how different our views may be.

A new, sustainable internationalism is needed to grapple with diversity and multipolarity. We need to build trust, not undermine it.