Diplomacy & Crisis News

On the 81st anniversary of the bombing of Japan, the hibakusha are disappearing just as fast as the world is becoming numb to their cause

Just how powerful is India? CNP may present a better picture than GDP.

The Fed chair “is really rolling the dice” while holding out against interest rate hikes, one expert said.

In their willingness to blame Spain, European leaders have shown they cannot be trusted on collective security.

Un individu perçoit l'invisible, les autres s'en remettent à lui pour être aidés dans leur vie quotidienne. L'anthropologie reconnaît des traditions chamaniques en Sibérie, en Amazonie, en Océanie et en Amérique du Nord. Celle de la Corée du Sud demeure très vivante et évolue avec la société. (…) / Corée du Sud, Religion

Insights from Gloria Chen.

The powerful sister of North Korea’s leader said Japan’s preemptive attack capability is entering the “stage of the actual act.”

In China, India, much of Southeast Asia, and elsewhere in Asia, the net benefits of AI are perceived by populations to be greater than their drawbacks.

Two laborers from central India were shot dead at a brick kiln in Kulgam in the Kashmir valley on July 31.

The world’s rice bowl takes a hit.

The Iranian-led network Is more dangerous than ever.

How to avoid an AI catastrophe.

What Comes after the neoliberal order.

Why economic pressure tops geographic advantages.

From local gangs to sand mafias, Beijing keeps running into the same problems.

Qatar confirms that indirect U.S.-Iran negotiations are making progress.

Seabed mining is a threat to both ecology and the international order.

Dénoncer l'extrême droite, sauver la démocratie : la « bataille culturelle » désigne un ennemi et nomme un objectif. Mais lutter pour la pleine liberté de création et d'expression devrait conduire à remettre en question l'ensemble d'un système qui les limite, dont ses valeurs, parfois bien (…) / Culture, Mouvement de contestation, Livre, Politique, Parti politique

Parents are paying institutions to coerce adults whose life choices conflict with family expectations.

Moscow is naming one of the disputed islands after a Soviet spy who operated in Imperial Japan.