Diplomacy & Crisis News

Southeast Asian nations won’t overcome the middle-income trap unless predatory elites stop undermining education and R&D.

The gap between legalistic and "relationalist" approaches is the region’s primary fault line when it comes to the South China Sea disputes.

President Prabowo Subianto’s hyper-hedging may preserve his country’s diplomatic flexibility, but it risks military fragmentation and regional uncertainty.

China can help Dhaka dredge the riverbed, but it cannot fill the Teesta river if upstream flows into Bangladesh remain low.

As Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine starts to take a financial toll on Kazakhstan, Tokayev puts forward a rare call for negotiations.

Youth protests across India transformed digital dissent into accountability, compelling unprecedented political concessions and democratic institutional reflection.

Attempts at control are futile. Policy should now turn to defense.

The Iran war has underscored the need for a change in state psychology.

Forced assimilation is now the law.

Wars of sound and fury.

Amid extreme heat, demonstrators are protesting power cuts—and the governments behind them.

Iraqi militias backed by Tehran are the latest targets in the ever-expanding conflict.

Trump needs to learn the diplomatic art of losing well.

India’s youth-led protest movement led to a rare instance of the government giving in.

Welcome to the world of AI diplomacy.

Is there any way back for KOSPI?

The term Hannü is not really about Korean women at all. It’s a stand-in for sentiments Chinese women long to express.

“Climate disruption is the most significant strategic threat Australia faces,” writes a former Australian Defense Force chief. ”This is a moment for clear-eyed reckoning.”

Building an independent defense industry does not mean going it alone.

The China Coast Guard has apparently established a regular presence in the waters east of Taiwan, asserting Beijing’s jurisdictional claim.