Diplomacy & Crisis News

Koja Genta didn't win because of his stance on U.S. bases. He won because of his vision for the economy.

The president’s plan to tame soaring beef prices has alienated a key constituency.

In early September, Kyrgyzstan hosted both the World Nomad Games and the SCO summit in a carefully choreographed spectacle of national power and pride. 

AI competition may be an unwitting weakness for Beijing.

Slow growth and corruption have dogged the right and the left.

Without sustained dialogue over Taiwan, Beijing and Washington are both vulnerable to dangerous misreadings of each other’s intentions.

Beyond the question of energy security, Tokyo may want to avoid antagonizing Russia further by cutting off LNG purchases.

Pillar II’s progress has proven difficult to judge – not due to a lack of activity, but because there’s no agreed metric for what success should look like.

The incident could strain Japan’s persistent wide-area surveillance capabilities, as the JASDF operates only three of the high-altitude unmanned aircraft.

Trump returned to the presidency with renewed determination to mitigate Chinese influence worldwide, giving particular interest to the Western Hemisphere.

The Mexican government is deepening ties with Beijing in some of the sectors most sensitive to U.S. security concerns.

The IMF says Turkmenistan, in failing to provide key economic data, is in breach of its obligations. 

Three missions and billions of U.S. dollars later, the al Qaeda affiliate is stronger than ever in Somalia.

As the strategically located Pakistani port’s geopolitical value increases, can its market readiness keep pace?

Washington needs its rivals to create peace on its behalf.

Oh Ei Sun of the Singapore Institute of International Affairs discusses the outcome of the recent elections in Johor and Negeri Sembilan.

The process, convened under the U.N. Convention on the Law of the Sea, follows Thailand’s revocation of a 2001 MoU governing bilateral maritime talks.

Managing the Ukraine conflict is just the beginning of negotiations.

How Beijing will weaponize digital chokepoints.

Trump has already undermined NATO and allied deterrence.