Diplomacy & International Relations

Where Does the Captagon Trade in Syria Stand After Assad? (The Soufan Center)

As the Syrian government makes strides in dismantling the vast Assad-era production and trafficking networks, key challenges in disrupting the captagon trade remain. Captagon production...

Islamic State Central Africa Province Intensifies Sectarian Targeting Campaign (Soufan Center)

The Islamic State Central African Province (ISCAP) has escalated its campaign of targeted sectarian violence in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, killing at least...

A Trojan Horse Approach? Chinese Infrastructure Investment in Europe (Soufan Center)

Chinese infrastructure investments throughout Europe have the potential to pose a strategic risk to the West, not just the countries where the People’s Republic...

Beijing extends and pretends to deal with its mountain of local government debt (Jeremy Mark – Atlantic Council)

As the pooh-bahs of the Chinese Communist Party gathered recently to extol their vision for urban modernization, China’s paramount leader Xi Jinping offered an...

Russian hackers target local internet to spy on embassies in Moscow, Microsoft says (David DiMolfetta – NextGov)

A major Russian cyberespionage unit is attempting to spy on foreign embassies in Moscow by targeting local internet and telecom infrastructure used by diplomatic...

The Other AI Race: An Export Promotion Strategy for the Global South (Marianne Lu and Sam Winter-Levy – Carnegie Endowment for International Peace)

For many in Washington and Silicon Valley, the race to artificial general intelligence has become the defining test of U.S. technological leadership. But the...

Tariffs on Copper Imports Will Affect 45 Percent of U.S. Copper Needs (Ryan C. Berg, Christopher Hernandez-Roy, and Henry Ziemer – Center for Strategic...

U.S. copper tariffs will negatively impact minerals security, as the majority of U.S. copper imports come from partners within the Western Hemisphere that have...

Ukraine’s Economic Struggles Signal Barriers to Post-War Recovery (Tamerlan Vahabov – The Jamestown Foundation)

Ukraine’s soaring fiscal deficit, trade imbalances, and stalled reforms undermine post-war reconstruction planning. Foreign investments critical for recovery are also deterred by judicial inefficiencies, incomplete...

Moscow Opens Door to Widespread Digital Surveillance (Hlib Parfonov – The Jamestown Foundation)

New laws upping the penalties for Russians who access “extremist” content through unauthorized means reflect Moscow’s growing paranoia with an increasingly frustrated population. Russian officials...
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