Diplomacy & International Relations

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...

Trump meets NATO chief as US mulls withdrawal from alliance

(Abbey Fenbert - The Kyiv Independent) U.S. President Donald Trump held a closed-door meeting with NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte in Washington, D.C. on...

Russia summons Japanese ambassador over Ukraine drone deal

(Abbey Fenbert - The Kyiv Independent) Russia on April 8 summoned Akira Muto, Japan's ambassador to Moscow, to protest a recent deal between a...

From alignment to action: Building a durable US-Argentina critical minerals partnership

(Reed Blakemore, Alexis Harmon, and Ignacio Albe - Atlantic Council) For decades, Argentina has been viewed as a mining opportunity that never quite materialized....

Don’t overlook how ordinary Iranians view the war

(Kelly J. Shannon - Atlantic Counil) Limited reports emerging from Iran indicate that many Iranians had hoped the war would topple the regime, but...

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