Diplomacy & Crisis News

La force d'un système économique tient à sa capacité à s'insinuer dans les moindres replis de l'existence, et en particulier dans nos assiettes. Une banale boîte de concentré de tomate contient ainsi deux siècles d'histoire du capitalisme. Jean-Baptiste Malet a mené une enquête au long cours sur quatre (...) / Agriculture, Agroalimentaire, Capitalisme, Histoire, Industrie, Libéralisme, Mondialisation, Science - 2017/06

A round of violence launched by Israel’s strikes on Islamic Jihad leadership killed dozens, including children.

In July, a UN human rights officer embarked on an outreach visit to the Horn of Africa’s Sool and Sanaag regions, a seven-day round-trip of more than 1,600 kilometres by road.

Michael Mandelbaum has written a masterful interpretation of the twists and turns of U.S. foreign policy.

Around the world, artists provide snapshots into national psyches.

Around one million species are facing extinction, according to a report from IPBES, an independent intergovernmental science and policy body supported by the UN.

The ongoing and serious escalation of violence in and around Gaza between Palestinian militants and Israel has claimed the lives of 13 Palestinians by Israeli airstrikes, including a 5-year-old child and one woman, informed Lynn Hastings, UN Humanitarian Coordinator in the territory.

A new history of modern art flips the script by focusing on dealers, collectors, and curators.

Three recent books tackle how threats to democracy have shifted in the 21st century.

Sam Aderubo started his company, Honey Pride, in Arua, northern Uganda, in order to make a positive impact on his community. With support from the UN, the business is taking off, providing work for hundreds of local beekeepers, many of whom are marginalized women and youth.

It is totally unacceptable for states in possession of nuclear weapons to admit the possibility of a nuclear war, António Guterres underscored early on Saturday in Japan at a ceremony marking the 77th anniversary of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima.

Nuclear weapons will continue to pose a risk to humanity unless countries fully adhere to the treaty that prohibits their testing, a senior UN official said at a press conference in New York on Friday. 

Yoon Suk-yeol simply isn’t up to international diplomacy.

This week in FP’s international news quiz: a targeted assassination, Senegal’s election, and changing fashion politics.

Armed groups in the Central African Republic (CAR) must lay down their arms and engage in political dialogue, a UN-appointed independent human rights expert said on Friday, urging the international community to strengthen efforts to restore State authority and end impunity there.

China has slashed military-to-military talks and climate dialogues after U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s controversial visit.

Despite the Shiite cleric’s apparent efforts against Iranian influence in Iraq, his chief inspiration is Iran’s founder and most famous supreme leader.

Ignoring what everyone else thinks is part of the junta’s mindset.

Ali Khamenei won’t give up power for anyone—not even his president.

Analysts have been keen to make comparisons to tensions in 1996.