Diplomacy & Crisis News

Japarov also thanked Donald Trump for ending funding of NGOs.

Trump wants more sales. Xi wants fewer constraints. What does Australia need from the Trump-Xi summit?

Insights from Stephen J. Blank.

This year’s natural disaster drill sought to stress-test Taiwan against cascading, multisystem failures – with obvious implications for an invasion scenario as well as an earthquake.

Nepal’s devastating Himalayan floods have exposed the human and economic cost of a warming region, reviving demand for climate justice.

As the U.S.-China rivalry hollows out the WTO, Japan and ASEAN have a chance to build something new.

The U.S. president offers a guide on how to be a very bad prince.

Reformers who had pinned hope on Anwar to clean things up are enraged.

A diplomatic strategy to end the war.

The real barriers to competitiveness and innovation are still in place.

Will Washington translate its interest in Gwadar and the region around it into a policy to establish its presence there?

U.S. President Donald Trump made threats, while outgoing U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres called for peace and multilateralism.

Such warnings—on the U.N. stage, no less—could be considered war crimes.

Trump still doesn’t have an answer to China’s leverage.

Europe’s fear of escalation is encouraging Putin.

Trade, minerals, and AI are on the agenda, but breakthroughs are unlikely.

Like nuclear weapons, AI was born of human ingenuity. But its challenges are unique.

The ego-driven fragility of a world run by Xi Jinping and Donald Trump.

A conversation with Foreign Minister Anita Anand.

A conversation with the multilateral institution’s top tech envoy.