Diplomacy & International Relations

DR Congo crisis: Funding cuts curtail assistance to victims of sexual violence (UN News)

Sexual violence is rife in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), but urgently needed assistance for survivors has had to be halted as...

Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, September 5, 2025 (Institute for the Study of War)

Russian President Vladimir Putin rejected the legitimacy of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and said that it is impossible to conclude a peace agreement with...

Iran Update, September 5, 2025 (Institute for the Study of War)

Snapback Sanctions: Iran continued meeting with European officials and the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) after the E3 (the United Kingdom, France, and Germany)...

Russia Continues Efforts to Regain Influence over Moldova (Christina Harward – Institute for the Study of War)

The Kremlin is trying to influence the upcoming Moldovan parliamentary elections on September 28, 2025, as it tried with Moldova’s presidential election and referendum...

Sánchez’s new Trump card (Nic Lawley – Chatham House)

‘Sánchez clings on’ has become an evergreen headline for the English language press watching Spanish politics. Spain’s tall, photogenic and (a national first) English-speaking...

The ‘Fortress Russia’ economy has adapted well to pressure. But stagflation presents an opportunity for the West (Timothy Ash – Chatham House)

The Russian economy has proven much more durable through three and half years of full-scale war in Ukraine, and a decade of Western sanctions,...

Tightening the oil-price cap to increase the pressure on Russia (Volodymyr Dubrovskiy, James Nixey – Chatham House)

Russia is the world’s most sanctioned country, but the current regime of sanctions has largely failed to achieve its aim of constraining Russia’s ability...

Zapad 2025: What the Russia–Belarus military exercise will reveal about Lukashenka’s intentions (Ryhor Astapenia – Chatham House)

The Russia–Belarus Zapad 2025 military exercise is currently underway. The ‘hot phase’ is scheduled for 12–16 September but the drills have already begun, with...

Polish President Aces White House Meeting (Philip Bednarczyk – German Marshall Fund of the United States)

Two Polish leaders represented their country on big stages in the United States on September 3. Tennis star Iga Swiatek played in the quarterfinals...

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