Diplomacy & Crisis News

Doors open, but structural risks remain.

The current ubiquity of corruption underscores the normalization of impunity in the country's politics, despite recent democratic uprisings.

Some equipment central for the Global War on Terror could play important roles in a potential conflict against China.

Amid Kazakhstan and the European Union's multifaceted relations, connectivity remains a throughline.

Mineral security is not just about access to resources but about control over value chains. India’s response must be strategic, not reactive.

Michelle Steel arrives in Seoul at a moment when ethnic affinity and political polarization make diplomacy more complicated than ever. 

The continuous compromise of human rights standards by bodies like the United Nations provides the Taliban with the precise economic, political, and psychological lifelines required to sustain their autocracy.

Longstanding metrics – particularly rapid GDP growth and infrastructural expansion – are no longer sufficient to sustain political legitimacy.

Melbourne has joined the Global Urban Data Centers Pact, to tackle the nexus between new technologies and climate change.

Tonnes of fertilizer are being unloaded in Brisbane for Australian farmers. It’s not a one-off deal but the product of consistent fertilizing of the relationship between Canberra and Jakarta.

Risks and opportunities for foreign investors.

China’s dominant role in electric vehicle batteries owes much to local government policy.

Russia's assurance that it will maintain a long-term supply of oil and gas to Malaysia looks like a veiled effort to keep Putin's government stocked with U.S. dollars.

The 55-year-old civil society activist and dual Cambodian-U.S. citizen has been locked up on spurious charges since 2022. She is just one of many.

Abrogation of the ceasefires in Manipur may not be an option for the government as it could spark greater violence.

Su Mon from ACLED talks about the military's mounting atrocities, and the Arakan Army's recent abuses against the Rohingya.

Policymakers’ approach to automation won’t work for AI.

In Colombia and elsewhere, winning was the easy part.

Tehran is still losing the long game.

Hyper-nationalistic rhetoric is complicating the resolution of the ongoing border dispute, but ending it is not an easy task.