Diplomacy & Crisis News

The effects of the coming “super” El Niño will reach beyond the continent.

Developments at the giant miner suggest Astana will be the main factor in company strategy going forward.

How useful is a theory about power that consistently fails to explain what the world’s most powerful country does?

A White House endorsement could improve the Israeli leader’s chances of winning.

The Kuril Islands/Northern Territories have been a constant thorn in Japan-Russia relations. Putin just made it worse.

Their husbands died defending the country—and now their families are struggling for compensation.

As Delcy Rodríguez clings to power, dissidents wonder who to trust.

Lowering political temperatures and exploring limited dialogue have become a priority for the Pakistani government.

Japan’s only treaty ally sanctioned the ICC president – who happens to be a Japanese national. That embodies Japan’s rule-of-law conundrum. 

With the warning of a yet-to-materialize missile test in the Southern Ocean, is Russia playing an old joke on New Zealand?

“Without USAID support, all you have left is the rule of the ganglord.”

Insights from Kuni Miyake.

If Trump wants to negotiate, he must stop making denuclearization the price of admission.

There is a marked asymmetry between high-powered India-Japan diplomacy and their uneven industrial integration.

Xi’s commemoration of Jiang was ultimately less an exercise in historical remembrance than an attempt to impose continuity on the CCP’s post-Mao history. 

Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baghaei on early Wednesday rejected a statement by the United Arab Emirates (UAE) that two ballistic missiles were launched on Tuesday from Iran toward the UAE.

A rocket that once would have been discarded after completing its mission has now taken a different path - returning from the edge of space back to Earth. In the early hours on Wednesday, the Zhuque-3 Y2 reusable launch vehicle lifted off for a flight test, carrying not only a satellite payload but also a major test of China's emerging reusable rocket capabilities. After completing its orbital mission, the rocket's first stage attempted a controlled return and recovery, with its developers Beijing-based private firm LandSpace describing the mission as a key transition from technology verification toward engineering application for China's commercial aerospace industry.

After Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim recently reaffirmed Taiwan is part of China during an interview, the Taiwan island's Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) was clearly rattled.

A satellite launch vehicle being tested for the first time self-destructed after experiencing an anomaly shortly after liftoff, Taiwan's top weapons development institute said Wednesday, but no injuries or property damage were reported.

China launched the reusable rocket Zhuque-3 on Wednesday morning, achieving its first recovery of a rocket's first stage on land.