Diplomacy & Crisis News

Rising passivity in Taiwan doesn’t mean Taiwanese have given up on resisting. It means the conditions for political action are eroding.

Over 3,000 Tibetans, Chinese dissidents, Uyghurs, Hong Kongers, and other groups joined protests during Xi’s state visit, calling for human rights and political freedom.

Good feelings were on display, but there was no real movement on the many areas of friction.

Canberra’s desire to learn from Kyiv is a sign of enormous respect and its pledge to ongoing support an expression of Australia's support for the Ukrainian cause.

The Afghan Taliban have little incentive to accede to Islamabad’s demands.

Five years after the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan, the relationships built over 20 years of war still matter. 

The institutions created by the “People’s Constitution” of 1997 have become tools of the country's political and economic elite.

As middle powers reliant on international order that is in a state of disarray, Hanoi and Ottawa believe they have a lot to gain from deeper collaboration.

Use today’s calm to prepare for the next perfect storm.

The lessons of Tehran’s use of precise mass.

As part of a Jamaat-led alliance, the NCP secured a place in parliament. However, it needs to prove it is an independent force.

Nationalist rabble-rousers have accused Israelis of trying to seize Thai territory, and Israeli tourists of misbehaving or disrespecting the country's culture.

Phnom Penh is trying to address criticisms that the current anti-scam campaign is more about reputation management than full accountability.

In lieu of decisive regulatory action and funding, much of the work of adapting to new climate realities falls on individual gardeners and cooperatives.

55 years ago, Bhutan joined the United Nations – with a rare show of support from bitter rivals. 

Tribal people in South Asia prefer being called adivasi or original inhabitants, but nationalist forces in India and Bangladesh oppose it for different reasons.

India already has the design talent; what it needs is to turn this talent into Indian-owned companies, and to build the supplier base its fabs lack.

South Koreans have long discussed changing the way the presidency is set up. Should it – and can it – happen now?

Prime Minister Takaichi made Tokyo’s concerns clear to Trump before Xi Jinping arrived in Washington. Will that actually impact the summit?

The F-35 is a supremely advanced fighter aircraft with many proprietary components that would be of immense value to several foreign intelligence services. It is also a consumer product.