Diplomacy & Crisis News

Beijing is a pioneer in softer tools of transnational repression.

A rare visit to the Horonobe Underground Research Laboratory, where Japanese researchers are testing options for storing radioactive waste.

A hacker claims to have stolen the data from Kazakhstan eGov service. The authorities are investigating the claim.

Le 17 février 1976, alors que Beyrouth est plongée dans la guerre civile, le journaliste français Bernard Violet rencontre Mahmoud Darwich, qui vit au Liban depuis trois ans après avoir quitté les territoires palestiniens occupés. Au cours d'un long entretien, le poète revient sur les événements (…) / Palestine, Liban, Autobiographie, Personnalités, Littérature

“Heart Full of Light,” Kalbinur Sidik’s memoir, provides a first-hand account of the atrocities against the Uyghur people in Xinjiang.

For Japan, the most immediate question is not whether to pursue nuclear weapons itself, but whether to allow its ally’s nuclear-capable assets on Japanese soil.

Insights from Wayne Tan.

Mounting resistance and ethnic tension are testing Taliban rule in Afghanistan’s north.

The agreement is not directed against India, but it alters the strategic environment in which India-Pakistan relations play out.

Whether or not Japan’s nuclear policy is actually revised, the very fact that such a revision is being openly debated is a striking development.

Moscow will soon have to redirect a growing share of its exports to Asia.

A Bangkok visit by junta leader Min Aung Hlaing reinforced the two countries’ ties.

Tehran’s proxy risks pushing a newly consolidated Saudi Arabia into an all-out ground war.

Why high productivity could still lead to a crash.

The perverse incentives for presidents to use military force.

What’s behind the defense pact between Turkey, Saudi Arabia, and Pakistan.

The technology is far less divisive than in the United States.

President Abelardo de la Espriella took office mere days before a major earthquake struck the country.

Adopting a new mindset for peacebuilding on the peninsula requires preserving what works while targeting individual issues that remain unresolved. 

The latest gathering of Central Asian leaders, plus Azerbaijan’s president, saw the signing of a declaration, but the “C5” have not quite become a “C6.”