Diplomacy & Crisis News

Bangkok has been evolving toward measures that target the financial infrastructure used by region-spanning criminal networks.

Cambodia's Prince Holding Group and the Democratic Karen Benevolent Army, a Myanmar-based rebel group, were among the targeted groups.

How Trump’s lack of clarity leads to escalation.

Putin sees little need to negotiate.

The port call, the fourth by a U.S. carrier group since 2018, is a sign that relations between Washington and Hanoi remain healthy, despite ongoing trade tensions.

South Korea is now becoming a key guarantor of stability for Mongolian gas stations and aviation.

Canicules, sécheresses, tempêtes, inondations : les événements climatiques extrêmes voient leur fréquence et leur intensité redoubler faute de mesures ambitieuses pour limiter le réchauffement global. La vulnérabilité de nos sociétés face aux risques naturels fait fuir les assureurs privés. (…) / France, Climat, Service public, État

Some practical cooperation is being restored between the two neighbors, despite the serious differences that remain.

This is the age of hyper-multipolarity, where every plausible steering group is missing something essential.

Pyongyang’s strict ideological controls apply to perceptions of its allies as well as to “hostile states” like the United States.

La « révolution des flamants roses » agite l'Albanie. Chaque jour, des manifestants défilent contre un projet d'hôtellerie haut de gamme néfaste pour l'environnement. À la manœuvre, des investisseurs syro-qataris qui conduisent d'autres opérations semblables, notamment dans l'océan Indien. Car (…) / Qatar, Tourisme, Golfe, Environnement, Géopolitique

July 6 was the first time that China has launched a submarine-launched ballistic missile into international waters.

EU leaders have an opportunity to stop treating repression as a side issue and instead make human rights more central to their engagement with China.

At the 15th Singapore-Australia Joint Ministerial Committee this week, the two sides emphasized resilience across sectors, from defense to trade.

Southeast Asian nations won’t overcome the middle-income trap unless predatory elites stop undermining education and R&D.

The gap between legalistic and "relationalist" approaches is the region’s primary fault line when it comes to the South China Sea disputes.

President Prabowo Subianto’s hyper-hedging may preserve his country’s diplomatic flexibility, but it risks military fragmentation and regional uncertainty.

China can help Dhaka dredge the riverbed, but it cannot fill the Teesta river if upstream flows into Bangladesh remain low.

As Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine starts to take a financial toll on Kazakhstan, Tokayev puts forward a rare call for negotiations.

Youth protests across India transformed digital dissent into accountability, compelling unprecedented political concessions and democratic institutional reflection.