Diplomacy & International Relations

Codifying Forced Marriage in the Crimes Against Humanity Convention: From Jurisprudence to Treaty Text

(Elise Keppler and Maryanne Koussa - Just Security) Discussions during the United Nations’ first session of the Preparatory Committee (PrepCom) for negotiations toward a...

Worlds in Brief (9 april 2026)

Cyber Security & Surveillance (Pierluigi Paganini - Security Affairs) Masjesu is a stealthy botnet active since 2023, advertised as a DDoS-for-hire service. It targets IoT...

Ungheria al voto, il laboratorio del sovranismo

(Maria Eva Pedrerol)  Ungheria al voto il prossimo 12 aprile per le elezioni parlamentari più incerte degli ultimi sedici anni. Il presidente Victor Orban e...

Polish firm teams with Northrop, ST Engineering to tap Poland’s massive ammo spending

(Jaroslaw Adamowski - Defense News) Privately-owned Niewiadów Polish Military Group has teamed up with Northrop Grumman and Singapore’s ST Engineering to launch 155-millimeter and...

South Africa’s “Other” Problem

(Ebenezer Obadare - Council on Foreign Relations) It is not every day that the investiture of a traditional ruler becomes a cause célèbre, but...

As a Strait of Hormuz Standoff Grows, Will Trump’s Fragile Iran Ceasefire Hold?

(Mariel Ferragamo, Diana Roy - Council on Foreign Relations) The United States and Iran agreed to a two-week ceasefire on the evening of April...

Trump Secured a Ceasefire With Iran. Will It Last?

(James M. Lindsay - Council on Foreign Relations) (...) eighty-eight minutes before a self-imposed deadline, President Donald Trump announced that Iran had agreed to...

US military to stay deployed near Iran until ‘real agreement’ reached: Trump

(AFP/Al Arabiya) US President Donald Trump said early Thursday that US forces deployed near Iran would remain stationed in the area until a “real...

Chart shows Iran may have put sea mines in Strait of Hormuz

(The Associated Press/Al Arabiya) Semiofficial news agencies in Iran published a chart Thursday suggesting the country’s paramilitary Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps put sea mines...

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