Diplomacy & International Relations

AI in the sky: Inside the FAA plan to overhaul air traffic

(Sam Ogozalek and Oriana Pawlyk - Politico) An artificial intelligence project launched inside America’s aviation safety agency is aimed at easing burdens on the...

Trump says he may relocate 5,000 US troops to Poland after previously pledging withdrawal from Germany

(Dmytro Basmat - The Kyiv Independent) U.S. President Donald Trump floated the idea of relocating 5,000 troops to Poland after previously vowing to withdraw...

Russian independent media publish new estimate of Russia’s losses in Ukraine

(Lucy Pakhnyuk - The Kyiv Independent) For the first time this year, independent Russian media outlets Mediazona and Meduza on May 9 updated their...

Israel has deported two Gaza flotilla activists: Foreign ministry

(AFP/Al Arabiya) Israel has deported two foreign activists taken off a Gaza-bound flotilla, the foreign ministry said on Sunday. Saif Abu Keshek, a Spanish...

Putin says he thinks the Ukraine conflict is coming to an end

(Reuters/Al Arabiya) Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Saturday that he thought the Ukraine conflict was coming to an end. Russia’s 2022 invasion of...

Rubio meets Qatari PM as US awaits Iranian response

(Al Arabiya) Top US diplomat Marco Rubio met Saturday with the leader of Mideast ally Qatar, the State Department said, as Washington awaited Tehran’s...

Israel built and defended a secret base in Iraq for Iran war: Report

(Reuters/Al Arabiya) Israel set up a clandestine military outpost in the Iraqi desert to support its air campaign against Iran and launched airstrikes against...

Syria sets first cabinet reshuffle since al-Assad ouster: State media

(Al Arabiya) Syrian interim President Ahmed al-Sharaa announced a series of government changes in late-night presidential decrees published by state news agency SANA. Al-Sharaa...

Japan’s New Defense Export Policy: Will Industry Seize the Day?

(Christopher B. Johnstone and Gregg Rubinstein - Center for Strategic & International Studies) On April 21, Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi announced long-anticipated changes to...

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