Diplomacy & International Relations

Imports and Influence: China’s Growing Economic Presence in the Gulf (Andrew Leber – Carnegie Endowment for International Peace)

The Arab Gulf monarchies offer a window into the policy implications of China’s rising global economic influence, driven by its substantial manufacturing capacity and...

The United States and Iran Must Overcome Four Challenges for Nuclear Talks to Succeed (Eric Lob – Carnegie Endowment for International Peace)

Between April and May 2025, the United States and Iran engaged in five rounds of nuclear negotiations, with a sixth round scheduled in mid-June....

Trump Has an Out on Nuclear Testing. He Should Take It (James M. Acton – Carnegie Endowment for International Peace)

On September 23, 1992, shortly after 3 p.m., the ground 65 miles northwest of Las Vegas shook violently as an underground nuclear weapon detonated,...

South Korea’s Industrial Policy for the New Space Economy (Darcie Draudt-Véjares and Kaylin Kim – Carnegie Endowment for International Peace)

As the new space economy transforms cislunar space into a commercial battlefield for technological supremacy, South Korea’s industrial cluster initiative provides critical insights into...

Skilled But Displaced: Belarusian and Ukrainian Migrants in the EU Labor Market (Lev Lvovskiy – GMFUS)

Belarus’s political crisis in 2020 and Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022 triggered unprecedented waves of involuntary migration from both countries to the...

Bosnia’s Democratic Test: Republika Srpska’s Election Provides a Rare Opportunity (Ema Džejna Smolo Zukan – GMFUS)

Early elections in Republika Srpska, one of the political entities making up Bosnia and Herzegovina, will serve as a test of the country’s institutional...

The 2025 enlargement package signals a shift from rhetoric to resolve – at least for some (Bojana Zorić – EUISS)

For the first time in more than a decade, the European Commisson's 2025 enlargement package radiates a sense of momentum, even hope. Commissioner Marta...

The fall of El-Fasher: Sudan’s war outpaces truce plan (Rossella Marangio – EUISS)

After more than 500 days under siege, El-Fasher, the capital of North Darfur in western Sudan, has fallen to the Rapid Support Forces (RSF),...

Technical is political: When a cloud certification scheme divides Europe (Clotilde Bômont – EUISS)

The European cloud market is largely dominated by US providers, creating structural dependencies and posing risks to the confidentiality of European data. Conceived as...

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