Diplomacy & Crisis News

Kuala Lumpur has recently tightened the intake of Bangladeshi workers due to concerns about abuse, debt bondage, and excessive recruitment fees.

A decade after Brexit, the United Kingdom is still struggling to stabilize.

New export restrictions underscore Beijing’s supply chain grip in ongoing tensions with Washington. 

Washington doesn’t know how to untangle China’s military-civil fusion.

Aging stars and local fans dominate as Europeans stay home.

As his Gaza agreement has shown, Trump is better at fanfare than follow-up.

After a disappointing Trump-Xi summit, Uyghurs in the United States are divided on Washington’s commitment to ending abuses in China. 

Amid a simmering conflict with Pakistan, Taliban Supreme Leader Hibatullah Akhundzada approved the creation of a new 4,000-member military formation known as the Hebati Unit.

If earlier moves toward more direct elections were indictive of Kazakhstan's political maturation, what should we make of the reversal of that effort?

A week after being opened to public scrutiny, the Tashiev trial has again been closed once more.

A refugee in Vienna, a manufactured terrorism case, and a precedent Austria should not ignore.

Central Asia and the EU can deepen cooperation on food, energy, and logistics to head off a humanitarian crisis in Afghanistan, with Kazakhstan on the front line as the region's grain powerhouse.

For India’s AI vision to succeed, it will need to partner with East Asian countries. That makes AI diplomacy central to the AEP.

As investment moves away from China, which countries are reaping the rewards?

Harassment for dowry and failure to produce male heirs are forcing women to take their lives.

Besides “restoration of various Russian-made military equipment,” the Taliban regime may be keen on “Russian air defense systems” and “attack and surveillance drones” for use in conflicts with Pakistan.

Chinese analysts say that while the core concerns of a "close neighbor," i.e., China, are sidelined, Kathmandu is making every effort to accommodate the ‘"distant relative," i.e., the U.S.

The continent must act like a country.

How the U.S. government can soften the blow of automation.

The cost of Trump’s equivocation.