Diplomacy & Crisis News

From Ukraine to South America, the EU is forging its own path.

Smog is crossing borders and wrecking lives.

Former U.S. ambassador: “This was never a counternarcotics mission. This has always been a regime change mission.”

UAV cooperation with China is rapidly transforming Russia’s capacity for sustained, cost-effective, and scalable warfare – with implications stretching from Europe to the Pacific Ocean.

China’s H200 curbs suggest a willingness to sacrifice short-term AI performance to escape dependence on the U.S. tech ecosystem.

Les dirigeants européens croient-ils sincèrement que les chars russes défileront bientôt à Varsovie ou à Berlin ? Ou leur ébriété guerrière vise-t-elle surtout à légitimer une politique qu'ils présentent comme la seule possible mais dont ils savent l'impopularité : l'austérité pour le peuple, (…) / Médias, Presse, Désinformation, Russie, Europe, Conflit russo-ukrainien 2022-

While the Trump administration’s approach to Taiwan is continuing to coalesce, current signs indicate no dramatic departure from long-standing positions.

What is Hindu nationalism, really?

A sprawling illegal trade in prenatal testing has triggered alarm – less about illegal sex selection than about who might end up with Chinese DNA.

The South Korean defense conglomerate will nearly double its stake in Austal, complicating efforts to protect Japanese technology and IP related to a new frigate.

During the Ministry of Unification and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs’ policy briefing, Lee Jae-myung warned that the two Korea “are becoming true enemies.”

History doesn’t suggest a demilitarized zone in eastern Ukraine would work.

Sharif Osman Bin Hadi, a figure from the July Uprising, was allegedly shot by an Awami League activist, who has reportedly fled to India.

REPORT on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on the acceleration of permit-granting for defence readiness projects
Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection
Committee on Security and Defence
Lucia Yar, Henrik Dahl

Source : © European Union, 2025 - EP

An unlikely partnership could allow Tokyo and Seoul to counter China.

How the Houthis—and a new civil war in Yemen—could upend the post-Gaza balance of power.

 

Aside from Singapore, which has executed 17 people so far this year, Southeast Asia is retreating from the death penalty.

Critics fear this is a step toward the United States declaring war on Caracas.

The U.S. is killing for the sake of spectacle.