Diplomacy & Crisis News

Congress should regulate all social media apps—not just Chinese ones.

Saber-rattling in the South China Sea comes as Manila builds alliances in Washington and beyond.

Nearly 200 aid workers have been killed in Gaza since the Israel-Hamas war began.

Despite blaming the prime minister, a large majority of Jewish Israeli citizens support his destructive policies in Gaza and beyond.

Increased geopolitical rivalry is allowing extremist groups to thrive—and threaten everyone.

Growing Russian, Chinese, and Iranian influence in the Sahel is testing Washington’s clout in an increasingly strategic continent.

Countries have used the body’s impasse over conflicts in Gaza and Ukraine to advance their own interests.

Against all odds, Ukrainians have been dominating Russia in the Black Sea.

Germany’s new Supply Chain Act could help curb some of the world’s worst labor injustices.

The West’s warnings about Vladimir Putin’s future plans are getting louder—but not any more convincing.

Don’t underestimate the world’s second-biggest economy.

America can do more to create stability and foster democracy.

Erdogan’s Justice and Development Party suffers worst electoral defeat in more than two decades of power.

Russia’s extreme demands—and Ukraine’s desire to survive—make negotiations unlikely.

What the West gets wrong about the rest.

The aid agency is flawed, but it is also saving Palestinian lives.

They don’t look like America’s—but they’re still dangerous.

The backers of Israel and Hamas didn’t start the war in Gaza. But they can end it.

Mass proliferation's meaning for global security.

Normalizing relations with the Taliban normalizes female suffering.