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Israel Has a Hezbollah Drone Problem

Foreign Policy - Tue, 30/06/2026 - 16:26
“We don’t have a solution,” an Israeli military official said.

China’s $295 Billion Ambitions for AI Will Drive up Domestic High-Tech Stocks 

TheDiplomat - Tue, 30/06/2026 - 15:42
Beijing’s AI data center strategy will purposefully exclude foreign firms – providing a shot in the arm for domestic companies.

China’s ‘Ethnic Unity’ Cup: Football and Assimilation in the Uyghur Region

TheDiplomat - Tue, 30/06/2026 - 15:21
A football tournament is China’s latest propaganda campaign to whitewash its abuses of Uyghur people – and deconstruct Uyghur identity in favor of Chinese “unity.”

The Industrial Gap in India-Japan Economic Security

TheDiplomat - Tue, 30/06/2026 - 15:09
India and Japan keep talking about diversifying supply chains, but there's a gap between diplomatic rhetoric and industrial reality.

Xi Jinping Just Made It a Crime to Be Taiwanese

TheDiplomat - Tue, 30/06/2026 - 14:51
China’s attack on Taiwan has already started – with the Ethnic Unity Law as a weapon.

Britain’s New ‘King’ Will Decide Its Fate

Foreign Policy - Tue, 30/06/2026 - 14:21
Andy Burnham is on the verge of taking power—and of being confronted with his own limitations.

For Israel, the Oct. 7 War Is Effectively Over

Foreign Policy - Tue, 30/06/2026 - 14:03
In 984 days of fighting, “total victory” eluded Netanyahu on all fronts.

Iranian Elites Are Not in Agreement About What to Do Next

Foreign Policy - Tue, 30/06/2026 - 13:37
If the United States wants the cease-fire to last, it needs to take Tehran’s politics seriously.

Trump Isn’t Actually Abandoning the U.N. System

Foreign Policy - Tue, 30/06/2026 - 13:30
Even this U.S. administration is confronting limits to the politics of exit.

Is Washington Endorsing Family Rule in Libya?

Foreign Policy - Tue, 30/06/2026 - 13:21
The United States should heed its own track record of backing individuals in conflict-affected states.

Australia, Vanuatu Sign Security Pact

TheDiplomat - Tue, 30/06/2026 - 13:06
The Nakamal Agreement between Australia and Vanuatu may be weaker than Canberra’s other regional pacts, but it remains significant in checking China’s influence.

Japan-Philippines Comprehensive Strategic Partnership

TheDiplomat - Tue, 30/06/2026 - 10:22
Will the rules-based order be a beacon in troubled waters?

Sri Lanka’s Easter Blasts Probe Enters the Intelligence Architecture

TheDiplomat - Tue, 30/06/2026 - 06:10
While not every arrest will lead to a conviction, the old assumption that power could delay accountability indefinitely has begun to shake.

Extreme Weather Will Upend U.S.-China Competition

Foreign Affairs - Tue, 30/06/2026 - 06:00
The cost of falling behind on climate adaptation.

In Photos: Northeast Thailand’s Rocket Festival

TheDiplomat - Tue, 30/06/2026 - 05:26
The annual bung bang fai festival calls on the god Phaya Thaen to bring rain at the start of the agricultural season.

Arrests Spike as Vietnam Sees New ‘Wave of Repression,’ Rights Group Says

TheDiplomat - Tue, 30/06/2026 - 04:56
The Bangkok-based advocacy group Project88 documented 56 political arrests last year, the most in any year since 2018.

How the Kem Ley Assassination Changed Cambodian Politics

TheDiplomat - Tue, 30/06/2026 - 02:40
A decade on from one of the country's highest-profile political killings, democracy remains a dream rather than reality.

Malaysia Extends Search for Missing Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370

TheDiplomat - Tue, 30/06/2026 - 02:32
The maritime exploration firm Ocean Infinity will have an additional year to locate the wreckage of the Boeing 777 airliner, which vanished without trace in 2014.

U.S., Iran Prepare for Talks on Strait of Hormuz

Foreign Policy - Mon, 29/06/2026 - 23:20
Tehran insists that it has sole authority over the waterway. Washington isn’t convinced.

The Supreme Court Pushes Back on Trump’s Fed Assault

Foreign Policy - Mon, 29/06/2026 - 21:53
Tampering with the Federal Reserve’s independence proved to be a bridge too far.

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