Diplomacy & Crisis News

How Washington’s fear of Chinese investment hurts American competitiveness.

It has built dozens of expressways and highways at enormous cost. But these have not survived the stress test of even the season's first rains.

Multiple reports highlight alarming loss of wages and work hours due to extreme heat.

Ferdinand Marcos Jr. said that Manila and Beijing have made progress in energy talks, despite the ongoing tensions in the South China Sea.

The painter was one of 14,000-plus men, women, and children who were sent to S-21 between 1975 and 1979 – and one of just a handful to survive.

Accidents, the ‘normalization’ of law enforcement and integration into a sphere of influence

The administration made moves on drones, cyberwarfare, and ship building.

From Indonesia to Africa and Oceania, China is enlisting foreign countries to support its increasingly strict interpretation of the One China principle.

The city-state’s ties with Israel have been built on a history that very few other Asian countries can boast. But Singapore can still say "no."

The exercise highlighted increasing tensions in the waters east of Taiwan, which are also close to Japan and the Philippines.

Japarov claimed he changed his mind once he realized Tashiev is “not ready.”

The Arctic and Antarctic are reshaping both the global climate and the geopolitical chessboard. Yet India remains absent from the tables where polar futures are decided. 

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The incident reveals Beijing’s growing efforts to assert authority over Tibetan Buddhism – including in other countries.

Five years after the Taliban’s return, the Afghan resistance is growing but so is the fear of Pakistan’s shadow.

The international community assumed that governing would change the Taliban. The Taliban, however, viewed government as a means of transforming society according to their ideology.

How the Taliban turned Afghanistan into a country where half the population has been ordered to disappear.

Minister Dimitar Stoyanov discussed the performance of the contract regarding the second batch of eight F-16 Block 70 aircraft with representatives of Lockheed Martin. During the discussions, the contractor reported difficulties that had arisen in the production process, which would result in a delay in their delivery to Bulgaria until the second quarter of 2030. The US side clarified that this deadline is not final and that every possible action will be taken to speed up production and expedite delivery.

Pakistan would surely try to rally the group and invoke the pact in some form in the event of tensions with India.

Vigilante mobs are attacking transgender people as the government takes steps to codify anti-LGBTQ+ attitudes into law.