Diplomacy & Crisis News

For Amman, Israeli annexation of the West Bank looms as an existential risk.

As Colombo's luxury towers rise, the laws and institutions meant to oversee them lag far behind. Financial history shows that rarely ends well.

Congress must act to address new and old executive abuses.

COVID, global warming, conspiracy theorists, natural disasters, financial collapses – and a sham social media ban. It’s no wonder young Australians are glum.

A state-backed push is raising the question: Who pays?

The SCO faces an uncertain future. Its key members fear each other at least as much as they need each other. 

Tokyo is building a force around AI, unmanned systems, a high-low weapons mix, and greater staying power.

The U.S. president will remain disruptive on the global stage, but he is losing his coercive powers.

An inter-governmental agreement to develop and incorporate integrated full electric propulsion for the Indian Navy’s four landing platform docks is underway.

They did in 2006—but only when framed by Democrats in one specific way.

Like some of its regional counterparts, the Philippines continues to be buffeted by the economic shocks of the U.S.-Iran war.

Spy hunting shores up Putin’s power—but paralyzes the state.

How Syria can capitalize on the post-Hormuz economy.

A law that cannot turn intelligence into evidence will reproduce the central weakness of the Prevention of Terrorism Act of 1979, regardless of how much power it gives the state.

A glacier fell across the China-Nepal border. The flood crossed three countries. But South Asian countries’ responses to natural disasters are limited by borders and politics.

Education and skills don't match available jobs. The economy isn’t creating good-quality employment for an expanding and increasingly educated workforce.

The request follows reports of extensive Chinese construction activities on Antelope Reef and a nearby islet.

Protecting a shared foundation, not a bloc

The Tanaka affair has cast a long shadow.

Myanmar's government is both preserving and erasing the legacy of General Aung San, who was central to the country's struggle for independence from Great Britain.