Diplomacy & Crisis News

Melting glaciers and devastating floods are hitting the Himalayas.

The opening of the games coincided with Kyrgyzstan's 35th independence anniversary and a major Shanghai Cooperation Organization summit.

L'attrait de la littérature anglo-saxonne demeure puissant en France. D'ailleurs, 75 % des fictions traduites dans l'Hexagone le sont de l'anglais. Pourtant la prose de Henry Miller est délaissée. Dommage car, malgré tout ce qu'on peut lui reprocher, il a su trouver les mots et les rythmes pour (…) / Littérature, Censure, États-Unis, Sexualité, France

Maritime security is one of Indonesia’s most demanding defense domains. And at its current stage, Indonesia needs significant help. 

Ships can’t navigate a reality that exists only in Trump’s head.

The two neighbors are reshaping the nuclear politics of Northeast Asia – and doing so increasingly in concert with Washington.

Siddiqa argues that Pakistan is not a hybrid regime but a case of constitutional militarism, sanctioned by a parliament that has legislated away its own relevance.

Comment rendre la guerre aimable ? Avec son slogan de recrutement « Devenez vous-même » lancé en 2010, l'armée française semblait investir le champ déjà bien encombré du développement personnel. Elle mise désormais sur le monde des arts, de l'événementiel et du spectacle. Et contrôle son image (…) / Défense, Cinéma, Armée, Culture, France, Industrie culturelle, Communication

As military power proves less effective, an old IR theory is making a comeback.

China’s pressure campaign against Taiwan doesn’t end when a country switches recognition to Beijing.

The new rules would hit Tajikistan’s tourism companies while benefiting an affiliated state body.

The race to succeed António Guterres has started—and four very different candidates are in the running.

A new biography of Japan's longest-serving prime minister reevaluates his realist legacy.

While the U.S. still holds considerable advantages gained through its earlier lunar explorations, China’s planned mission could provide it with a crucial edge.

The budget was passed almost 9 months late, amid growing concern that defense spending was being held up – especially funding for drones. 

America needs its neighbors to counter China.

"This is a region that is arguably now the largest epicenter of synthetic drug production in the world," says the UNDOC deputy director.

What began as an energy policy to reduce crude imports has travelled through the agricultural supply chain and ended up on the dinner table.

Sarah Rogers’s combative online persona has earned her a reputation. But the State Department official is more deliberative than she seems.

At the recent special representatives talks in Beijing, the two sides agreed to work on identifying less contentious sections of their disputed border.