Diplomacy & Crisis News

Une enfant est assassinée. En 2017, dans un petit bourg, « à proximité d'usines sucrières et d'huileries », à une heure de voiture de New Delhi, la capitale, la petite Munia, 8 ans, fille unique choyée par son veuf de père, Chand, est retrouvée pendue. On soupçonne Mansoor Khan, mendiant, (…) / Littérature, Inde, Police, Justice

Dans la nuit du 2 au 3 janvier 2026, les forces américaines ont soumis la capitale vénézuélienne à des bombardements massifs avant de capturer le président Nicolás Maduro et son épouse, tous deux accusés de narcotrafic, pour les exfiltrer vers les États-Unis. Cette expérience a autorisé M. (…) / États-Unis, Iran, Israël, Conflit, Géopolitique

The elevation of a former ambassador to Mongolia signals a shift in diplomatic execution – but the change can only go so far.

Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, and Turkey pledge mutual defense in the face of aggressive Iranian and Israeli operations.

China’s transnational repression is real, and host governments themselves are now playing a role in pressuring Uyghur communities.

Social callousness pushes even the prosperous to seek new lives overseas.

After Hormuz, global waterways will return to being sites of bloody contention.

The war is also creating strategic opportunities for Washington and new challenges for Beijing in the Middle East.

The North Korean Human Rights Act of 2004 expired in 2022. An important bipartisan effort seeks to reauthorize it. 

Longtemps, Thessalonique — qu'on appelait encore Salonique au début du XXe siècle — fut surnommée la « Jérusalem des Balkans ». Mais le nationalisme grec puis la déportation de 96 % des 50 000 Juifs saloniciens et leur extermination, principalement à Auschwitz, lors de la seconde guerre (…) / Grèce, Histoire, Judaïsme, Ville

Conventional deterrence alone overlooks the vector of conflict most likely to define a cross-strait crisis: civil defense.

What does that mean for the future of human control in war – including a war over Taiwan? 

Beijing’s June white paper leaves the U.N.-centered architecture intact – but re-interprets the priorities. 

The conditions in and around Australia’s Aboriginal camps, such as the one where a 5-year-old girl was murdered in April, are shameful for one of the world’s wealthiest countries.

Rising demand will keep coal the backbone of India’s power grid in the coming years. This buys time for executing an energy transition, if India can see through its plans. 

Despite its rapid industrialization, the country's economy is not creating enough jobs that make productive use of advanced skills.

With the RSS steadily building on Nepali soil, Hindu-Muslim tensions and violence are growing, especially in Nepal’s Tarai-Madhesh region bordering India

The pledge came as Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul hosted the country's military-appointed president, Min Aung Hlaing, in Bangkok.

Beijing’s quest to challenge America’s legal hegemony.

Russia’s coming succession crisis.