Diplomacy & Crisis News

Largely construed as routine modernization efforts, the KNB’s new responsibilities may not have attracted much scrutiny but they could have significant implications.

India and Nepal have settled almost 98 percent of their border. Differences over Kalapani and Susta have proven difficult to resolve.

July was Balochistan’s most violent month this year. It also overtook Khyber Pakhtunkhwa to emerge as Pakistan’s most volatile province.

The U.S. is threatening to pull a $2 billion infrastructure project in Yap. It's second time recently there have been major problems in U.S. defense negotiations with a COFA partner.

Dhaka wants the post-2024 political order to be viewed not only as a domestic transition but also as the basis of a more assertive foreign policy identity.

Taiwan could end 2026 without awarding a single new large-scale contract for domestically produced combat drones.

And where Trump went wrong.

The Failed Iran war should spur a long-overdue withdrawal.

Sean Turnell, an economist and former advisor to the ousted leader, returns to Beyond The Mekong to discuss recent events in Myanmar.

Long-range surface-to-surface and ground-based anti-ship missiles will help defend the country on both land and sea.

Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim's government has announced plans to repatriate around 5,000 Rohingya with Myanmar's assent.

The memorial will be built at an existing ⁠cemetery that commemorates 14 North Korean fighter pilots shot down while battling the U.S. Air Force in the late 1960s.

Kyiv has run out of Patriot interceptors, but allies remain reluctant to supply more.

Pretoria’s influence across Africa may be waning following widespread xenophobic attacks.

The region has become ground zero for protests against poor governance.

Missed opportunities and strategic blunders have plagued Riyadh.

Loin des samouraïs et du seppuku, la vie ordinaire au Japon a ses conteurs. Fumiko Hayashi, anarchiste nomade, qui connut un succès considérable dès 1930 avec son autobiographique Chronique de ma vie vagabonde, rend compte de la « vie quotidienne » — titre de l'un des huit récits de Jeune (…) / Japon, Littérature, Société

The author of “Witness to North Korea” reflects on which lessons from his time in the country are still relevant today.

Washington has a long record of fighting the wrong war for the wrong objective.

Rather than signaling the abandonment of non-alignment, the same principles are increasingly pursued through a different set of institutions.