Diplomacy & Crisis News

The recent film “Pig Feast: Colonialism in Our Times” has unsurprisingly elicited a strong negative reaction from the Indonesian government.

A pall of cynicism hangs over proceedings against Vice President Sara Duterte.

It’s not the drones—It’s everything around them.

Why the Communist Party wants business to boom.

France remains committed to bolstering cooperation with Syria.

The United States has recast a small industry as a national security threat.

Alliance members tout defense investments to try to head off Trump’s complaints.

The language of the “new era” leaves real reform behind.

Opinion polling shows that trust in Tokyo is surprisingly deep.

A host is supposed to harvest the world’s goodwill, not burn it.

In the ongoing battle of narratives, Kyiv’s supporters have every reason to hold the course.

Iranians in Europe say governments aren’t taking threats from Tehran seriously.

China’s dominance in the entire fluorine value chain is an overlooked source of geopolitical leverage.

The conventional tools previously used to penalize China for its rights abuses – sanctions, public pressure, condemnation, institutional mechanisms, and more – have all been blunted.

The list of countries notified in advance, as well as the timing, suggests that China’s purpose was not merely a straightforward display of military power.

With the revered Tibetan leader over 90 years old the rivalry between New Delhi and Beijing over who speaks for the Buddhist world is entering its most consequential phase.

With the Vuvale Union and the Veitacini Treaty, Canberra and Suva chart a new course for regional security. 

The test, likely involving the JL-3 and coming just after the United States’ 250th Independence Day, underscored China's increasingly credible sea-based nuclear deterrent. 

At the NATO Summit Defence Industry Forum in Ankara, NATO Flight Training Europe (NFTE) marked a significant milestone, as Defence Ministers from Finland, France and Sweden formally signed the Note of Joining to the NFTE Memorandum of Understanding, alongside the 17 existing member Nations.

Germany and France are at the center of a clash over the alliance’s future.