Diplomacy & Crisis News

The era of easy growth is over, but rich and poor countries can still join forces.

How Europe can disrupt Moscow’s oil windfall.

Terrorists sometimes defeat themselves.

Not every People’s Liberation Army general commands troops.

Are European countries finally ready to publicly call out Russian sabotage?

Houthi strikes risk adding a new front to the Iran conflict.

The destruction of the Trishuli-Bhotekoshi corridor is a local tragedy with national economic consequences.

Sur les deux rives de l'océan Pacifique, deux jeunes cinéastes, le Chinois Jun Li et le Chilien Diego Céspedes, dynamitent en beauté le cinéma doloriste homosexuel si pesant à Hollywood et en Europe, qui consiste à revenir sempiternellement sur la souffrance liée à des désirs supposés (…) / Cinéma, Sexualité, Identité culturelle, Politique

The United States lacks the people to power its critical mineral ambitions.

One clue as to how the U.S. plans to proceed might be glimpsed in how Uzbekistan progresses in following Kazakhstan into dual membership.

The migrants who build, clean, drive, guard, and operate the Gulf’s economies have become the forgotten civilian casualties in its wars.

As U.S. opinion shifts, Europe has an opportunity to be a player, not just a payer.

Paru en 1888, Le Champ de Wotan plonge le lecteur dans une journée de 1761, alors que se déroule un conflit majeur en Europe, la guerre de Sept Ans (1756-1763). La principauté de Brunswick, alliée de l'Angleterre, est en guerre notamment contre les Français : le prince Ferdinand s'apprête à (…) / Littérature, Allemagne, Conflit

As SCO chair, Pakistan can be expected to highlight new connectivity routes via Iran and Central Asia that link the Belt and Road Initiative to the Arabian Sea.

Seoul can prove itself a genuine partner to Europe, not just an opportunist.

The countries can cooperate—even without trust or consensus.

Xi’s visit from September 1-2 was significant for both sides, though for different reasons.

The SCO may serve legitimate Central Asian interests, but it should not become the vehicle through which Beijing’s definitions of security, political loyalty, and ethnic identity become normalized across the Turkic world. 

South Korea has an industrial head start, but is Japan’s upgraded Mogami class merely a stalking horse for the Chungnam class?

Most people assume that China’s cyber capabilities define the totality of its threat to Taiwan, but this simply does not capture the full picture.