Diplomacy & Crisis News

The South China Sea ran a distant second.

The case for a strategic investment fund.

How China is normalizing its control.

How to beat China on clean power.

The death of a child during an experimental gene-editing trial renews questions about biotech ethics and ambitions.

Trump is bolstering an aspiring autocrat’s political fortunes.

The leaders of Ukraine and Israel both came to Washington to curry U.S. favor.

Insights from Paul H. B. Chang.

How backroom deals shape the race for secretary-general and prevent U.N. reform.

Why did China support the re-election of Volker Turk as U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights?

Journalist and author Snigdhendu Bhattacharya joins host Tushar Shetty to examine what the Cockroach Janata Party protests reveal about the erosion of India's democratic institutions.

For the first time, the Quad issued a dedicated joint statement on cooperation with ASEAN.

Governments are bracing for the fallout of the intense weather phenomenon.

Beijing has offered no explanation for why these particular Polish entities were selected, but several recent developments are worth noting.

The largest U.S. spy facility in the region attracted a massive protest action amid rising concerns about the Australia-U.S. alliance.

Washington has moved from an emphasis on human rights to “selective” contacts driven by specific cases. That's a win for the Taliban.

A human rights-centered foreign policy is both a moral imperative and a geopolitical necessity.

To avoid higher US tariffs, Sri Lanka is having to act as if allegations of forced labor against China, a country with a high level of mechanization, are credible.

Uzbekistan wants to reap the economic benefits of cryptocurrency, while keeping the industry regulated.

The coming months will mark the most dangerous phase of Russia’s war in Ukraine.