Diplomacy & International Relations

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...

What Ukraine’s wartime tech ecosystem can teach the rest of the world

(Valeriya Ionan - Atlantic Council) Since Russia’s full-scale invasion, Ukraine has scaled up drone manufacturing and streamlined its process for defense and technology innovation....

Sanctions waivers on Russian and Iranian oil are set to expire. Here’s what Trump should do next

(Maia Nikoladze and Daniel Fried - Atlantic Council) Temporary US licenses allowing Russian and Iranian oil sales are backfiring by generating major revenue windfalls...

What to make of the Iran war cease-fire

(Atlantic Council) Is this the finale, or just an intermission? On Tuesday night, US President Donald Trump and Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi announced...

North Korea says its latest tests included missiles armed with cluster-bomb warheads

(Associated Press - CNN) North Korea on Thursday said its testing spree this week involved various new weapons systems, including ballistic missiles armed with...

A teetering ceasefire bodes ill for treacherous US-Iran talks ahead

(Stephen Collinson - CNN) The sad truth is that Middle East ceasefires don’t always stop the shooting. President Donald Trump’s halt to fighting with...

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