Diplomacy & Crisis News

Decades of hard-won mediation experience point the way.

How overcapacity ends.

The mutual defense agreement gives Islamabad a boost in the Middle East, with mixed results closer to home.

The country’s natural resources have put the vote under intense international scrutiny.

Kyiv and Moscow are trading heavier and heavier blows.

Beijing is a pioneer in softer tools of transnational repression.

A hacker claims to have stolen the data from Kazakhstan eGov service. The authorities are investigating the claim.

Le 17 février 1976, alors que Beyrouth est plongée dans la guerre civile, le journaliste français Bernard Violet rencontre Mahmoud Darwich, qui vit au Liban depuis trois ans après avoir quitté les territoires palestiniens occupés. Au cours d'un long entretien, le poète revient sur les événements (…) / Palestine, Liban, Autobiographie, Personnalités, Littérature

“Heart Full of Light,” Kalbinur Sidik’s memoir, provides a first-hand account of the atrocities against the Uyghur people in Xinjiang.

For Japan, the most immediate question is not whether to pursue nuclear weapons itself, but whether to allow its ally’s nuclear-capable assets on Japanese soil.

Insights from Wayne Tan.

Mounting resistance and ethnic tension are testing Taliban rule in Afghanistan’s north.

The agreement is not directed against India, but it alters the strategic environment in which India-Pakistan relations play out.

Whether or not Japan’s nuclear policy is actually revised, the very fact that such a revision is being openly debated is a striking development.

Moscow will soon have to redirect a growing share of its exports to Asia.

A Bangkok visit by junta leader Min Aung Hlaing reinforced the two countries’ ties.

Tehran’s proxy risks pushing a newly consolidated Saudi Arabia into an all-out ground war.

Why high productivity could still lead to a crash.

The perverse incentives for presidents to use military force.

What’s behind the defense pact between Turkey, Saudi Arabia, and Pakistan.