Diplomacy & Crisis News

Hormuz is a sign of worse things to come.

As Kazakhstan pushes forward to become a leading tech hub in the region, China continues to prove itself a crucial partner.

Global tech governance is taking an institutional turn as a bloc-based system continues to solidify.

The law forbids publicly damaging, removing, or defacing a Japanese flag in a manner likely to cause others “extreme discomfort or disgust.”

Syria’s Druze are trapped between Israeli protection and Damascus’s rule.

The Cockroach Janata Party is leading a youth-heavy protest movement that embodies the public anger with the BJP.

The World Artificial Intelligence Cooperation Organization may prove to be China's most ambitious effort yet to shape the future deployment and governance of AI.

Journalism can help ensure that climate governance is guided by transparency, accountability, and justice.

COP17, which will be hosted by Mongolia in August, “comes at a pivotal moment for global action on land.”

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France and Germany again locked into military rivalry is bad news for the rest of Europe.

Many of China’s initial, ambitious Arctic objectives collided with political and logistical realities. Now Beijing is testing out an “Arctic 2.0” strategy.

The world’s great powers are engaging a new battleground in their search for critical minerals.

The Falepili Union offers Tuvaluans “mobility with dignity.” But unless Australia also protects Tuvalu’s workforce, the landmark agreement could weaken the country years before rising seas make it uninhabitable.

There are persistent misunderstandings about what the intelligence partnership is, and what it actually does.

Brussels no longer sees China only as an economic actor. It sees China as a challenge to the organization of global order itself.

A new bill aims to stop the United States from “funding abuse.”

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These disputes could reshape the geopolitical order in East Asia – or even spark a war.

Infrastructure development, with a catch.