Diplomacy & International Relations

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...

Russia Rehearsing Tactics Along NATO’s Baltic Frontline

(Anna J. Davis - The Jamestown Foundation) Drones originating from Russia entered Latvian airspace on May 7. Irrespective of whether the drones are Russian...

Can Friedrich Merz’s chancellorship survive?

(Phyllis Berry - Atlantic Council) After one year in power, Friedrich Merz’s government in Germany is deeply unpopular. Despite real progress on foreign and...

Costa Rica’s paradox of political continuity

(María Fernanda Bozmoski - Atlantic Council) Costa Ricans elected Laura Fernández Delgado as president on a platform of continuity and tougher security policies. The...

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