Diplomacy & International Relations

Trump issues patriotic rallying cry with eye on crucial elections

(Anthony Zurcher - BBC) Donald Trump delivered a combative State of the Union address on Tuesday night that hailed what he said was an...

Takeaways from Donald Trump’s State of the Union address

(Aaron Blake - CNN) President Donald Trump delivered the first State of the Union address of his second term Tuesday night at the US...

Scale of Xi’s military purges could hinder China’s ability to fight, says think tank

(Brad Lendon, Simone McCarthy - CNN) Chinese leader Xi Jinping has taken his purge of the country’s military to the very top, targeting his...

Iran dismisses missile, nuclear claims after Trump alleges ‘sinister ambitions’

(Al Arabiya) Iran on Wednesday dismissed US claims about its missile program as “big lies,” after President Donald Trump said Tehran was developing missiles...

US warned Ukraine against hitting its interests after Russia energy-related strikes: Envoy

(Al Arabiya) The US State Department told the Ukrainian government to refrain from hitting US interests following a Ukrainian attack on the Russian port...

What Negotiators Miss in Ukraine Talks: Territorial Concessions Would Abandon Real People – and Fail to Bring Peace

(Svitlana Starosvit - Just Security) As Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine enters its fifth year, the Trump administration has ramped up efforts to negotiate...

The End of Treaty Nostalgia: Arms Control After New START

(Frank A. Rose - Just Security) With the expiration of New START, a familiar refrain has returned to the arms control debate: that this...

Trump accuses Iran of working on missiles that could hit US

(Al Arabiya) US President Donald Trump on Tuesday claimed Iran is seeking to develop missiles that can strike the United States and accused Tehran...

Trump appoints VP Vance to lead ‘war on fraud’

(Al Arabiya) Donald Trump said Tuesday he was appointing his vice president to lead a “war on fraud” as he railed against alleged abuses...

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