Diplomacy & Crisis News

Kyiv won’t compromise on its sovereignty because it isn’t facing defeat.

American Self-Sabotage Calls for European Self-Help

Trump guts the Biden administration’s most powerful foreign-policy advisory body.

Such outposts in the occupied territory are considered illegal under international law.

Racists in the United States and Chinese nationalists share common ground.

Regional progress toward universal legal identity provision could strengthen protections for people at risk of undertaking dangerous migration journeys.

Franklin Templeton seeks to replicate its success in Romania with a $1.7 billion IPO of Uzbek state assets. Is Tashkent finally ready for change?

Understanding Beijing’s strategic rejection of a “Yalta 2.0” arrangement.

Kremlin rhetoric aims to shape narratives at home and abroad.

As global trade fractures, it’s time to retire one of development’s most persistent—and misleading—slogans.

But the administration has other ways to build protectionist walls that are less vulnerable to legal challenges.

Approving the North West Shelf extension is a disaster for the environment, Australia’s climate commitments, and the fragile and irreplaceable rock art in Murujuga.

Shutting down development agencies such as the MCC will force Mongolia to rely more on Russia and China for funding.

Its extensive road and railway network, coupled with major ports in the Indian Ocean, gives Iran an important advantage in cooperation with the landlocked Central Asian republics. 

The head of the Kyrgyz presidential press service aired an unfounded allegation on Facebook that the detained journalists were being paid by Bolot Temirov.

New research finds that Americans who primarily get news from online and social media platforms have lower levels of hostility toward China.

You don’t need to be an idealist to be worried about Donald Trump’s approach to global order.

In the bullies’ playbook, silencing opponents is key. Here’s why it always backfires.

India’s multilateralism and nonalignment have their limits. Just as it is unwilling to throw in its lot with another country or alliance, no other country has an incentive to go all in with India.

Relations have hit a new low with Dhaka abruptly canceling a $21 million contract for an advanced ocean-going tug.