Diplomacy & Crisis News

Trump should strike a deal with Southeast Asia to secure imported U.S. AI chips.

The military’s upcoming election is essentially a scam, with local warlords and the militia-business complex positioned to profit. 

Sri Lanka faces both the constraints of a post-crisis economy and the opportunities of a shifting global aid architecture.

Peru’s ability to successfully balance between the United States and China will depend on putting its own true interests first.

A plan to beat the Kremlin on its own terms.

It reflects the city-state’s confidence in advancing its own national interests together with those of neighbors, major powers, and the wider maritime commons.

It’s time for some game theory.

It’s hard for anyone to make sense of the Ukrainian president’s latest military reforms.

The border state in India’s Northeast erupted in violent ethnic clashes over two years ago. Modi’s absence evoked much criticism.

The country has an export-driven manufacturing economy and signed an early deal with the United States.

If elections cannot be organized in six months, Nepal could descend into a grave political and constitutional crisis.

As its influence faded, Washington dissembled and denied reality.

The case of Umar Khalid, jailed on terrorism charges, underscores a frightening judicial crisis.

Online nihilism is spilling over into real-world violence.

The agreement would see Chinese company ByteDance divest the social media app to a U.S. corporation.

Tens of thousands of civilians died amid Sri Lanka’s defeat of separatists in 2009. Some Israeli military strategists see it as a campaign to be emulated.

Aziz Voitov was found guilty but won't serve prison time, reportedly on account of having paid "full compensation."

Un bon investissement Le 4 octobre dernier, sur Fox Business, le général quatre étoiles Jack Keane, devenu consultant de la chaîne conservatrice, explique à propos du financement américain de la guerre en Ukraine : « Nous avons investi, et je dis bien investi, 66 milliards de dollars en Ukraine cette (...) / États-Unis, Russie, Ukraine, Audiovisuel, Conflit, Information, Médias, Presse, Infoguerre - 2022/11

The antidote to the flawed China policy of the past is not decoupling or moral grandstanding, but managed interdependence.

A 1944 armistice that traded land for peace is a poor precedent for ending Russia’s war.