Diplomacy & Crisis News

U.S. ambitions in Latin America cast a shadow over the White House summit.

U.S. ambitions in Latin America cast a shadow over the White House summit.

How an ancient philosophy became a potent force in modern-day China.

A shared worldview, some personal rapport, and not being a U.S. ally makes all the difference.

Donald Trump has restored his country’s traditionally tense relationship with its northern neighbor.

Asia’s most iconic species makes an ‘improbable return’ in the forests of Russia and China. 

Lecture de Sergueï Essenine, Journal d'un poète, traduit du russe et suivi d'une postface de Christiane Pighetti, Allia, 2026, 160 p.

- Lire et écrire les Balkans. Out of the box • le blog de Christophe Solioz / Blogs - Diaporama

Countries with a critical niche may be best primed to endure great-power competition.

S'il est relativement aisé, pour le gouvernement d'un État puissant, de perpétrer des massacres de masse, il est plus difficile d'assumer publiquement la responsabilité d'un génocide. Il faut donc minimiser, cacher, récrire l'histoire. Le cas du génocide des Arméniens (1915-1916), toujours (…) / Génocide, Turquie, Israël, Histoire

Chinese analysts talk tough but see NATO as divided and European states as lacking hard power – and Trump is making it worse.

“We will establish the power of the people – this is my commitment,” the BNP leader tells The Diplomat.

Une répression brutale s'abat sur les Iraniens depuis le 8 janvier. La licence donnée aux forces de l'ordre suggère que les autorités sont aux abois, conscientes de jouer leur survie. Après l'épuisement de l'appareil idéologique islamiste, le ciment nationaliste s'effrite. La croissance des (…) / Iran, Mouvement de contestation, Répression, Violence, Crise économique

We are seeing the return of overt geopolitics: a style of major power politics that does not bother to hide behind international law or multilateral norms. That’s good news for China – and bad news for Taiwan.

President Lee Jae-myung criticized the DP for slowrolling his agenda, and pro-Lee supporters’ anger toward party leader Jung Cheong-rae has snowballed.

Nature provides essential inputs to the economy through ecosystem services. In Asia and the Pacific, accelerating biodiversity loss is eroding these services, increasing vulnerability to shocks, and creating new risks for investors and governments.

European governments present themselves as global defenders of human rights. Yet for many dissidents fleeing repression in Central Asia, Europe has become not a refuge, but another link in the chain of persecution.

Three factors shape when protests restrain democratic erosion—and when they don’t.

The murky trade deal – like all aspects of Taiwan-U.S. relations – has become a battleground issue between the pan-Green and pan-Blue camps.

Renewing the African Growth and Opportunity Act would protect U.S. jobs and economic power.

Encroachers belong to different communities, including local groups in some instances, but many are Muslim immigrants from erstwhile East Pakistan and Bangladesh.