Diplomacy & Crisis News

With China’s latest launch of frontier model Kimi K3, the U.S. must also focus on open source AI.

This year’s conference could have been held in 2003, 2008, or 2011.

Insights from Mathieu Boulègue. 

Kashmir's mountains are going to keep getting hotter whether anyone notices or not.

To build a real “drone shield,” Taiwan cannot merely export hardware or components.

A reluctant opposition needs a radically new pathway on Palestine.

In western Uganda, a project funded by the Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA) serves as a test case for what South Korea can offer the continent. 

The exercise highlights growing China-Russia naval interoperability while exposing competing interpretations of maritime law.

Cultural decolonization advances alongside unprecedented Western partnerships.

There is a long history of foreigners idealizing Russia and exaggerating its power.

A conversation with Phil Robertson, a Bangkok-based human rights advocate.

Much of the world still views Myanmar through a narrow diplomatic lens that cannot encompass the full political complexity of its conflict.

The bloc's foreign ministers are set to call for "the restoration of the safe, unimpeded, and continuous transit passage of vessels and aircraft in the Strait of Hormuz.”

U.S. presidents are virtually never able to end the stalemated wars they start.

A predatory opposition, fueled by external support, is gaining influence within the state.

Despots hate cities and the mayors who run them.

Beijing wants trade but not responsibility.

The two sides traded accusations over the confrontation at Second Thomas Shoal, a long-standing focus of maritime tensions between Manila and Beijing.

The report comes amid growing U.S. efforts to overturn Cuba’s government.

The move could increase pressure on already-strained global energy markets.