Diplomacy & International Relations

Forecasting the PRC’s Next Global Initiative (Kyle Marcrum – The Jamestown Foundation)

Xi Jinping could unveil a “global environmental initiative” as soon as mid-November 2025, at the COP30 summit in Brazil. This would align with previous...

PRC Narrates Cyber Victimhood (Jonah Reisboard – The Jamestown Foundation)

The People’s Republic of China (PRC) has responded to an alleged U.S. cyberattack on its National Time Service Center (NTSC) by constructing a narrative...

MSS Sensationalizes National Security Awareness (Martin Purbrick – The Jamestown Foundation)

Online messaging campaigns from the Ministry of State Security (MSS) seek to educate citizens about national security threats and to instill a suspicion of...

The Gaza peace plan needs revolving door diplomacy by Gulf and European ‘Trump whisperers’ (Neil Quilliam – Chatham House)

The success of US President Donald Trump’s 20-point plan to end the conflict between Israel and Hamas rests on many factors. Not least is...

Turkey’s Call to Act and Israel’s Red Line: Ankara’s Role in Gaza (Burcu Ozcelik – RUSI)

The fragile ceasefire in Gaza presents a critical opening for international stabilisation and reconstruction efforts, yet a key component of US President Trump’s 20-point...

The Impact of Evolving Threat Perceptions on the Transatlantic Alliance (Erik Brattberg – RUSI)

This paper examines how shifting threat perceptions are affecting definitions of national security in the US and Europe, and considers the future implications for...

Russia’s Latest Nuclear Saber-Rattling: Nuclear Testing? (Heather Williams and Lachlan MacKenzie – Center for Strategic & International Studies)

In a November 5 meeting of the Security Council of Russia, President Vladimir Putin directed his military and political leaders to “submit coordinated proposals...

Why is President Trump Threatening a Humanitarian Intervention in Nigeria? (Crisis Group)

Relations between the U.S. and Nigeria have soured dramatically amid the Trump administration’s allegations that Nigerian Christians are being slaughtered en masse. In this...

Pivotal U.S. Summit Could Help Mend a Fractured Syria (Steven A. Cook – Council on Foreign Relations)

It has been a momentous eleven months since Syria’s ousted former leader Bashar al-Assad took flight to Moscow, ending his family’s fifty-three-year repressive rule...

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