Diplomacy & Crisis News

With a pro-military government in power and nationalism on the rise, locals fear further escalation.

Singapore has spent decades making itself indispensable to a global economy in which it has little control over the behavior of the major powers. Germany might be seeking to learn from that example.

Questions have been raised over the strength of Pakistan’s security commitment to Saudi Arabia ever since the SMDA’s inception in September 2025.

The EU – which is the top exporter of apples to Kyrgyzstan – urged Bishkek against the ban, noting that WTO rules require “exceptional circumstances” to justify such measures.

China has decades of experience in “patriotic education.” What it can learn from Russia is how to use education to support a war effort.

Taken together, bilateral deals risk fueling regional rivalries that undermine U.S. interests.

Beijing also wants tailored control over what technology leaves, who acquires it, and what remains in the hands of the Chinese government.

Since the Cold War, Japan and the U.S. have both been seeking normalcy, but they define the term very differently.

Even when you’re wrong about the Iran war (or anything else).

What 2 percent milk reveals about our system of rules and norms.

A global boom is underway. Are countries ready?

Why Iran and the Houthis keep winning the waterways.

How military partnerships make Washington vulnerable to its adversaries.

Social media is a potent feeder of frustrations.

Are law enforcement agencies responding swiftly when someone is beaten on the street, or when a mob vandalizes an institution?

Entrenching more group rights would permanently institutionalize the division of Indian society — already an issue — into a large number of groups with different privileges.

The Chinese leader is deeply reliant on formal mechanisms of power.

Exit polls show no clear winner, with Eisenkot’s opposition bloc slightly ahead of Netanyahu’s.

The administration has lost five trade cases in a row, and it’s set to potentially notch another loss.

Early results indicate deadlock in parliamentary elections.