Diplomacy & Crisis News

As U.N. sanctions enforcement fragments, Pyongyang is waging a second contest – over status – that is visible only in the original Korean.

Pakistan’s aspirations in Africa are growing, but its ability to realize them remains constrained by economic weakness, dependence on external financing, and the shifting priorities of its most important allies.

The Davidson Window measures China’s military capability to invade Taiwan. Arguably more important is Xi Jinping’s confidence in his military.

South Korea’s ruling party failed to secure key races, underlining the need to steer the country’s nuclear future with more than just political momentum.

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The CCP has decided some fundamental tenets of Christianity mark out the world’s largest faith as a cult, and one that needs vigorous suppression.

A victory that leaves governance deficits intact, rehabilitation frameworks underperforming, extractive interests empowered, and surveillance tools normalized is not a full resolution. 

The Arctic – where polar, deep sea, and space intersect – offers a particularly revealing case for China’s ambitions in the “strategic new frontiers.”

There are increasing questions over the reliability of the United States as a strategic partner.

The global energy crisis has given a new momentum to relations between Moscow and the 11-nation Southeast Asian bloc.

How to counter an insidious global threat.

Equilibrium with Iran is the best America can do.

Cambodia’s Interior Minister appears to have found an adversary in Washington: a sanctions list that no longer exists.

The global index provider has threatened to downgrade the country to "frontier market" status due to the lack of transparency in its stock market.

Grievances over political representation will remain a powerful means of mobilizing opposition against the Pakistani state.

The fact that the two nations managed to reconcile after their painful history is a true feat of diplomacy – one that holds lessons for the world today.

In the South Asian strategic environment, even defensive measures can generate negative outcomes.

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Très dépendante de l'aide occidentale, alliée de Washington et de Tel-Aviv, la monarchie jordanienne a décidé d'interdire les Frères musulmans et pourrait faire de même avec sa branche politique, le Front d'action islamique (FAI). Un pari risqué en raison de l'influence de cette formation et de (…) / Islam, Israël, Palestine, Jordanie, Répression

The Modi-Trump meeting revealed the limits of India’s willingness to speak with moral clarity when confronted with American power.