Foreign trips by US presidents, Xi reveal true scale of changing world order – how India can take advantage

Diplomatic travel is more than ceremony, it shows where leaders choose to place scarce political attention. Presidents and premiers cannot be everywhere, so who they meet, where they go, and how often they host foreign leaders all signal priorities that speeches and strategy papers can obscure. The itineraries aren’t just about who flies where. They show where global power is being built — and where it’s going — over the next few decades. Because where leaders go predicts where money, security deals, and alliances will flow. A study by Asia Society Policy Institute examined in detail the travel patterns of…