Diplomacy & International Relations

AI water usage requires governments to rethink their approach to water

(Leslie Morris-Iveson - Chatham House) Recent months have seen a growing backlash against AI technologies as they develop and are deployed at scale. Water...

Global cooperation on nuclear disarmament looks even further away

(Georgia Cole - Chatham House) The 2026 Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT) Review Conference concluded on 22 May without a consensus...

Will Peru’s booming economy survive its latest election?

(Christopher Sabatini - Chatham House) It’s commonly noted that Peru has had eight presidents in the past 10 years. That neat data point, though,...

Global trade imbalances have changed since the 2008 financial crisis. Now they reflect new risks

(Neil Shearing - Chatham House) The issue of global imbalances will be high on the agenda when G7 leaders gather in Evian-les-Bains this month....

Tech world (4 june 2026)

Governance, Regulation, Legislation, Geostrategies (DigWatch) The European Commission has presented a European Technological Sovereignty Package aimed at strengthening Europe’s capacity in semiconductors, AI, cloud infrastructure,...

Experts warn terrorism threat is rising in Africa as US pulls back

(Tanya Noury - Defense News) From the Horn to the Sahel, a jihadist front is gaining ground across Africa, the Center for Strategic and...

Iraq’s New Government Confronts Challenges on All Fronts

(The Soufan Center) The newly inaugurated Iraqi government of Prime Minister Ali al-Zaidi faces the same pressures as its predecessors did, stemming from Iranian-U.S....

Israel detains ultra-Orthodox protesters after attack on judge’s home

(AFP/Al Arabiya) Israeli police said Thursday that dozens of ultra-Orthodox Jewish men had been detained after they stormed the home of a Supreme Court...

UN peacekeeper from Serbia killed in south Lebanon

(AFP/Al Arabiya) A United Nations peacekeeper has been killed in Lebanon, the force and Serbian authorities said Thursday, after a base was hit in...

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