Diplomacy & Crisis News

55 years ago, Bhutan joined the United Nations – with a rare show of support from bitter rivals. 

Tribal people in South Asia prefer being called adivasi or original inhabitants, but nationalist forces in India and Bangladesh oppose it for different reasons.

India already has the design talent; what it needs is to turn this talent into Indian-owned companies, and to build the supplier base its fabs lack.

South Koreans have long discussed changing the way the presidency is set up. Should it – and can it – happen now?

Prime Minister Takaichi made Tokyo’s concerns clear to Trump before Xi Jinping arrived in Washington. Will that actually impact the summit?

The F-35 is a supremely advanced fighter aircraft with many proprietary components that would be of immense value to several foreign intelligence services. It is also a consumer product.

The German chancellor’s power is ebbing at home—and the consequences will be global.

Recently, a district judge awarded 23 death sentences in ten cases over a span of four months.

A recently-passed law increases the risk that people fleeing repression will be deported and forcibly recruited into the military’s units of "one-way troops."

The quick pace of reconciliation between Tokyo and Hanoi since the end of the Cold War has reflected the compatibility of their respective grand strategies.

The Greenland deal proves self-reliance is not an option.

A new stage in Russia's confrontation with Ukraine—and the West.

The unresolved border dispute between Cambodia and Thailand has given rise to a rash of online disputes over cultural "ownership."

The organizations expressed “grave concern” about the repatriation of refugees to Myanmar, citing the risks of violent persecution and forced conscription.

Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian called the U.S. government “terrorists.”

New Delhi’s top diplomat aims to push back against new U.S. tariffs on countries buying Russian oil.

Trump claims to have brought peace to the territory. Now, he is trying to deliver it.

The widening Houthi campaign along the Red Sea is further destabilizing the region.

World Bank President Ajay Banga explains how he’s navigating a generational challenge.

Global reporting standards are a key step toward safety.