Diplomacy & International Relations

Macron: France’s role in Middle East remains ‘purely defensive’ despite soldier’s death

(Clea Caulcutt - Politico) French President Emmanuel Macron insisted Friday that France's role in the Middle East would remain defensive after a French soldier...

Zelensky: Easing sanctions on Russian oil makes not very logical

(Clea Caulcutt - Politico) Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Friday criticized the Trump administration's decision to temporarily lift sanctions on Russian oil in an...

Medio Oriente, cronache dal quattordicesimo giorno di guerra

(Carlo Rebecchi)  Due settimane di bombardamenti israelo-americani ogni giorno più potenti, come ha affermato in giornata il segretario alla guerra, ma il regime iraniano ancora...

Worlds In Brief (13 March 2026 pm)

War in the Middle East/Gulf, and beyond (Barak Ravid - Axios) Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth said Friday that Iran's new supreme leader, Mojtaba Khamenei,...

Turkey has weathered regional instability before. But the war in Iran poses greater risks to Ankara than past conflicts

(Grady Wilson - Atlantic Council) Despite Turkey’s hopes and efforts to mediate prior to the outbreak of hostilities, Ankara is being increasingly drawn into...

The Dynamics You Aren’t Watching: Iran’s Campaign Across Its Peripheries

(The Soufan Center) During the course of the Iran War, Iran reportedly targeted an Azerbaijani enclave and the Incirlik Air Base in Türkiye, while...

Mojtaba Khamenei’s First Statement Signals Escalation and Regional Pressure

(The Soufan Center) In his first statement since being appointed Supreme Leader, Mojtaba Khamenei endorsed Iran’s current defense and deterrence strategy while deliberately keeping...

Lebanon Wracked by Spillover from the Iran War

(The Soufan Center) Renewed fighting between Israel and Hezbollah, a spillover of the Iran war, has undermined more than a year of fragile stability...

AU Should Strengthen its Framework to Curb Violence Against Women

(Juliana Nnoko - Human Rights Watch) Violence against women and girls in Africa demands urgent action. As of 2023, it is estimated that one...

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