Diplomacy & International Relations

Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, October 22, 2025 (Institute for the Study of War)

Russian forces conducted a large combined drone and missile strike against Ukraine on the night of October 21 and 22 and struck a Ukrainian...

Iran Update, October 22, 2025 (Institute for the Study of War)

Iranian Efforts to Access Global Markets: The Iranian regime passed the Combating the Financing of Terrorism (CFT) convention on October 22 as part of...

India, China, and the Early Harvest: Understanding Bhutan’s Border Bet (Aditya Gowdara Shivamurthy – Observer Research Foundation)

In August 2025, weeks before PM Narendra Modi’s visit to Beijing for the SCO summit, India hosted the 24th round of Special Representative (SR)...

The Challenge of Disarming Hamas (The Soufan Center)

Asked earlier this week at a press conference about whether or not Hamas would lay down its weapons as part of the newly agreed-upon...

Will Iran rearm or reform? War, nuclear standoff, and shaken alliances (Chatham House)

Israel’s war against Iran and its regional proxies has redrawn elements of the Middle Eastern geopolitical map, exposing both the reach and the fragility...

India is seeking to reset relations with the Taliban. But can this rapprochement last? (Chietigj Bajpaee – Chatham House)

Afghan Foreign Minister Amit Khan Muttaqi visited India last week, making him the most senior Taliban official to visit the country since the group...

Iran Update, October 15, 2025 (Institute for the Study of War)

Russo-Syrian Cooperation: Syrian Transitional President Ahmed al Shara’s meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin on October 15 indicates that the Syrian government will likely...

Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, October 15, 2025 (Institute for the Study of War)

The Kremlin remains committed to its rhetorical effort to dissuade the United States from selling Tomahawk missiles to Ukraine amidst critical policy debates. The Trump...

UN News (15 October 2025)

Bangladesh has begun legal proceedings against security officials accused of sanctioning enforced disappearances and torture under the previous government – a move UN human...

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