Diplomacy & Crisis News

For Islamabad, mediation is not a display of geopolitical muscle but an act of strategic self-preservation.

Authoritarian systems rarely resist reform. Instead, they use it as a means of renewing and strengthening themselves.

Mourning the deaths, the president says it was a "race against the clock" to find others affected.

The U.S. appears to have set aside its ambition of pursuing regime change in Iran, as it is now negotiating directly with the system it sought to replace.

The presidency says it is taking action as it fears fuel shortages could lead to public disorder.

China’s preferred style of mediation involves quiet and behind-the-scenes facilitation rather than high-profile spectacles or photo-ops.

The Iran war risks not just an energy Shock—but also a debt crisis.

A Shared Enemy, but Diverging Views of Its Motives and Character.

Es gehe längst nicht mehr um ein Gewürz, schreibt der Initiant, sondern um den Erhalt von Schweizer Kulturgütern.

Das Schweizer Nationalgewürz wechselt den Besitzer und geht in einen amerikanischen Konzern über. Zahlreiche Schweizer Traditionsmarken sind längst in ausländischer Hand.

Liechtenstein rezykliert nach Schweizer Standard – doch für Brüssel ist das nicht gut genug. Die Efta-Überwachungsbehörde hat nun ein Verfahren gegen das Fürstentum eröffnet.

The announcement came less than two hours before Trump’s deadline was set to expire.

The ruling party has unveiled a draft law that strips voters of the chance to elect the president.

Ma Xingrui is the latest official ensnared by anti-corruption purges.

T-minus four hours until either Tehran accepts a cease-fire deal or the United States attacks Iran’s civilian infrastructure.

Baghdad doesn’t control much of its own territory.

Reading the tea leaves in South Asia and the Middle East, Beijing is positioning itself as a peacemaker and a stabilizing force in the present geopolitical flux. 

Fifa opens disciplinary proceedings against the Spanish FA after "Islamophobic and xenophobic" chants during a friendly between Spain and Egypt last month.

Iran’s blockade of the Strait of Hormuz is a reminder of how everything is fair game in an era of great-power competition.