Diplomacy & Crisis News

When airpower wins, and when it doesn’t.

What will survive when the boom ends.

A central part of the deterrence question

Indiscriminate arrests, detentions, police brutality, and blockades have not been able to demoralize protesters seeking the removal of the chief election commissioner.

This year’s particularly severe haze season has once again exposed the void in national and regional efforts to combat the problem.

The country's budget planners have been wrestling with the same intractable challenge since the COVID-19 pandemic.

Hanoi's best option to keep its western neighbors neutral is to resist further Chinese encroachment by political means.

If passed into law, the country will become the fourth in Southeast Asia to introduce youth social media restrictions of some kind.

Beijing’s diplomatic officials are adopting the language of the Albanese government to press their demands upon local governments and communities.

Both sides are feeding an AI investment bubble – and Shenzhen is the place to talk about it.

At first glance, the story of Kyrgyzstan’s satellite launch seemed like a genuine achievement. Then the story changed.

Australia’s incoming political finance laws will cap donations and electioneering spending for the first time, but the limits are generous, the rules complex, and the two-year delay suspiciously convenient for the major parties. 

A diplomatic rift is growing after a North Korean prisoner transfer that Kyiv revealed against Seoul’s wishes.

No one should be getting paid by the countries they are conducting diplomacy with, especially not the president’s son-in-law.

The admiration for Leo is based on his sporting exploits; the passion for Diego is rooted in culture and identity.

For the EU, the choice is increasingly difficult: secure real concessions from Beijing to address structural trade imbalances or deploy stronger unilateral measures to protect its industrial base.

Southeast Asia’s drug labs are pumping out unprecedented amounts of meth and other synthetic drugs.

A new financial framework could put the EU in the big leagues.

What the sprawling buildout means for energy, water, and land.

How Uyghur militants were dragged into civil war.