Diplomacy & Crisis News

Nepal’s devastating Himalayan floods have exposed the human and economic cost of a warming region, reviving demand for climate justice.

As the U.S.-China rivalry hollows out the WTO, Japan and ASEAN have a chance to build something new.

The U.S. president offers a guide on how to be a very bad prince.

Reformers who had pinned hope on Anwar to clean things up are enraged.

A diplomatic strategy to end the war.

The real barriers to competitiveness and innovation are still in place.

Will Washington translate its interest in Gwadar and the region around it into a policy to establish its presence there?

U.S. President Donald Trump made threats, while outgoing U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres called for peace and multilateralism.

Such warnings—on the U.N. stage, no less—could be considered war crimes.

Trump still doesn’t have an answer to China’s leverage.

Europe’s fear of escalation is encouraging Putin.

Trade, minerals, and AI are on the agenda, but breakthroughs are unlikely.

Like nuclear weapons, AI was born of human ingenuity. But its challenges are unique.

The ego-driven fragility of a world run by Xi Jinping and Donald Trump.

A conversation with Foreign Minister Anita Anand.

A conversation with the multilateral institution’s top tech envoy.

Expect little movement on trade, less on Taiwan, and who knows on tech.

Rising youth unemployment, the advent of AI translation, and growing anger against everything foreign are fueling public anger against English education in China. 

Space is already becoming militarized. The U.S. shouldn’t let adversaries take the lead.

Washington will not slow its own AI labs. Slowing China’s instead would look like safety policy, but it could cost the United States the one AI deal within reach this week.