Diplomacy & Crisis News

Steve Swerdlow, a well-known Central Asia researcher and a USC professor, was leading a group of 16 students to Kyrgyzstan when he was denied entry and deported.

For a movie set 20 years ago, it has a surprising amount to say about today’s wars in the Middle East.

The latest Ebola outbreak underscores a central flaw with the global preparedness model.

Asia is already home to two full-fledged arms export powerhouses – but many more countries have high hopes of joining the ranks of the world’s top defense exporters.

The Chinese president may be preparing for a rare and momentous trip to Pyongyang.

The fundamental difference between Kazakhstan’s fintech landscape and Western financial systems lies not in the "right to block," but in what happens after a service is suspended.

Peace is not given – it is forged, reclaimed, and built from the very fragments meant to destroy us.

Can Seoul strengthen deterrence while remaining non-nuclear?

Despite certain institutional similarities between China in the 1970s and North Korea today, head-to-head comparisons are deceptive.

The accelerating movement toward multi-domain non-contact warfare capabilities without any strategic restraint erodes crisis stability in South Asia.

In overlearning the lessons of China, Washington risks squandering the most important relationship it needs to counter China: India.

Le 20 mai, le président bolivien Rodrigo Paz Pereira — élu en novembre 2025 —, annonçait un remaniement ministériel sous la pression d'un mouvement de contestation qui réclame désormais sa démission. Depuis plusieurs semaines, les mobilisations contre la hausse des prix et les pénuries de (…) / Économie, Amérique latine, Bolivie, États-Unis, Chine, Matières premières

Chinese President Xi Jinping is raising the floor for punishing purge targets.

The first airtight Chinese closure forecloses gradual reform – and American policy must be calibrated accordingly.

The same networks involved in illegal fishing are becoming logistical arteries for transnational drug trafficking. It’s a growing challenge for Indo-Pacific security.

Taiwan's stateless and undocumented population, numbering in the tens of thousands, has no access to basic rights, including healthcare, legal residency, and in some cases, education.

In the face of the Chinese irredentist claims over Arunachal, New Delhi has attempted to transform a geopolitically sensitive frontier into a living, breathing part of the Indian nation.

Over 90,000 ethnic Koreans were enticed to leave Japan by North Korean propaganda in the early 1960s. Most remain trapped in North Korea.

Several strategic aerospace and defense projects were initiated recently in this southern Indian state.

Depending indefinitely on remittances to conceal structural weaknesses is neither viable nor an appropriate approach from a long-term resilience perspective.