Diplomacy & International Relations

Worlds In Brief (18 March 2026 – update)

War in Iran/Middle East/Gulf and beyond  (Reuters/Al Arabiya) NATO is deploying another US Patriot missile defense system to the southern Turkish province of Adana, where...

Geostrategic magazine (18 March 2026) – analyses from global think tanks

Afghanistan/Pakistan (Clara Fong - Council on Foreign Relations) On March 16, tensions between Afghanistan and Pakistan heated up again after Pakistan launched an air strike...

Worlds In Brief (18 March 2026)

Iran/Middle East War  (Rebecca Falconer - Axios) Israeli forces' killing of two top Iranian officials in separate strikes Tuesday marked a major blow to Tehran's...

Medio Oriente (e oltre): cronache dal diciottesimo giorno di guerra

(Carlo Rebecchi)  Il leone è ferito, ruggisce ma chi lo attornia ne ha meno paura. Per la prima volta, il capo della nazione più potente...

For Orban’s opposition, Russia looms large over Hungary’s election

(Martin Fornusek - The Kyiv Independent) For some Hungarians, next month's parliamentary election is a chance to break with Russia, a country many believe...

From street detentions to car seizures, Russia intensifies conscription of Ukrainians in occupied territories

(Yuliia Taradiuk - The Kyiv Independent) Russia continues conscripting Ukrainians into the Russian army in occupied territories, according to the reports from the National...

Russia slams ‘EU warmongers’ for not backing Trump’s war against its ally

(Tim Zadorozhnyy - The Kyiv Independent) Russian envoy Kirill Dmitriev on March 17 accused European leaders of being "anti-Trump" after they declined to support...

Worlds In Brief (17 March 2026 pm)

Iran War (The Associated Press/Al Arabiya) Canada was not consulted over the US-Israeli strikes on Iran that sparked the war in the Middle East and...

Defeating Iran’s Strategy: Energy Security and the “Abraham Shield”

(Assaf Orion - The Washington Institute) Two strategies are currently competing in the Iran war. On one hand, the United States and Israel are...

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