Diplomacy & Crisis News

The Mecca Joint Defense Agreement faces all the classic challenges of an alliance with none of the unifying elements.

China wants more influence in Indonesia’s defense sector. Jakarta should make sure that also suits its national interests.

India's Gen Z protest undeniably reopened democratic spaces that had shrunk over the past decade.

Uzbekistan’s “Thousand Books for Youth” project hopes to promote a reading culture by making renowned books accessible in Uzbek. 

A suite of laws to counter foreign sanctions, intervention, and long-arm jurisdiction is impacting both cross-border business and geopolitical competition.

Some straight talk for prospective students from a longtime professor.

It operationalizes structural changes that have been unfolding within the armed forces over the past year.

Civilizationism would upend America’s role in the world.

Trump's war has brought American strategy to a dead end.

Recent developments indicate that domestic mechanisms can confront civil war-era crimes when there is a government serious about the rule of law and good governance.

The White House vows to sanction any country that continues to do business with Tehran.

There are few concrete details available about the joint defense agreement between Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, and Turkiye.

China defines space superiority as achieving space logistics and infrastructure, and then using them for the kind of war it might fight.

Beijing is building its own corporate responsibility and supply chain standards – and promoting these standards abroad.

With the Iran war stalled and Seoul slow to deliver on a $350 billion pledge, the U.S. president is dangling a one-on-one summit that could sideline South Korea.

Adilet, as expected, secured a majority of the vote – 71 percent according to official preliminary data.

Facing regional turmoil and domestic criticism, Jordan’s ruler is spending more time overseas and less time talking to the press.

Attempts to ostracize the AfD have fueled both the rise and radicalization of Germany’s far-right party.

The international community keeps treating the symptoms without touching the underlying cause: our political exclusion within Myanmar. 

Online influencers are framing Afghanistan as a a beautiful, welcoming “hidden gem.” That may be true for tourists – but what about the women who live there?