Diplomacy & International Relations

De-Peripheralizing Morocco’s East in the Face of Climate Change and Border Securitization (Yasmine Zarhloule, Carnegie Middle East)

The closure of the border between Morocco and Algeria disrupted smuggling networks in the former’s Eastern Region. Moroccan authorities have since striven to develop...

Balancing Energy and Ecology: Floating Solar in the 3S River Basin (Courtney Weatherby, Stimson Center)

As policymakers in the Mekong region try to meet both rapidly rising electricity demand and transition away from fossil fuels, hydropower remains central to...

Preventing Starvation Crimes: Lessons Learned from Tigray (Shane Goetz, Stimson Center)

Despite the adoption of UN Security Council Resolution 2417 six years ago, conflict continues to drive acute food insecurity around the globe. From Gaza...

Sudan: Briefing and Consultations (UN Security Council)

Today morning, the Security Council is expected to receive the regular 120-day briefing on the situation in Sudan pursuant to resolution 2715 of 1...

TAPI Pipeline to Remain Failure Without India and Pakistan’s Participation (Syed Fazl-e-Haider, The Jamestown Foundation)

Turkmenistan is eager to accelerate the construction of the Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan-India (TAPI) gas pipeline to sell its natural resources to the energy-starved countries of Pakistan...

‘We’re afraid to return home’: Uprooted again, Congolese civilians face hunger and more insecurity (UN News)

Around 700,000 people were forced to leave Goma, one of the biggest cities in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) when it fell...

Haiti: Gang violence displaces 6,000 people in one month (UN News)

More than 6,000 people in Haiti have been forced from their homes by gang violence in almost a month, hampering aid efforts by humanitarian...

President Trump must use every tool to speed up arms for Israel (Blaise Misztal and Ari Cicurel. Breaking Defense)

A shipment of 1,800 MK-84 2,000-pound bombs arrived in Israel on Feb. 16, several weeks after President Donald Trump announced the end of a...

Russian ‘menace’ prompts UK defense spending uplift to 2.5 percent GDP by 2027 (Breaking Defense)

In a bid to counter Russia’s “menace,” UK Prime Minister Kier Starmer announced today that British defense spending will be increased to 2.5 percent...

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