Diplomacy & International Relations

The Gulf’s water crisis: Why cooperation is crucial — and complicated (Naser Alsayed, John Calabrese – Middle East Institute)

On June 19, false reports of an Israeli strike on Iran’s Bushehr nuclear plant sparked alarm across the Gulf. Though denied by Israeli officials,...

How US Policy Is Taking Shape – From Libya To Iran (Middle East Institute)

Stephanie Williams, former US diplomat and deputy head of the UN mission in Libya, sits down with Brian Katulis for a wide-ranging conversation about...

Stateless Fighters, Stated Goals: Syria’s Precarious Balancing Act (The Soufan Center)

The fall of the Assad regime in December 2024 has not ended Syria’s security challenges, as episodes of sectarian violence and Islamic State resurgence...

What to expect as Trump’s tariff deadline looms (Atlantic Council)

First came “Liberation Day.” Now, after Independence Day, comes a day of reckoning for Donald Trump’s tariff regime. On July 9, a ninety-day pause...

Iraq’s fragile stability is threatened by a shifting Middle Eastern order. The region’s balance of power is being violently upended. It will be difficult...

For the first time in recent memory, Iraq has found itself on the margins of a major Middle Eastern conflict rather than at its...

Iran’s nuclear programme: destroyed, damaged or intact? (Chatham House)

Did US strikes cripple Iran’s nuclear programme – or just set the stage for the next crisis? Bronwen Maddox hosts from Jordan, joined by...

Can AI help Russia Decisively Improve its Information War Against the West? (Antonio Giustozzi – RUSI)

After the 2008 war with Georgia, Russian authorities concluded they were lagging their western rivals in information-war capabilities, especially propaganda. There is genuine concern...

Export Controls Accelerate China’s Quantum Supply Chain (Elias Huber – RUSI)

The development of quantum technologies is anticipated to bring both foundational capability advances to commercial and dual-use applications, including to computing, sensing, and the...

All About Trump: the 2025 NATO Hague Summit (Ed Arnold – RUSI)

The main objective for NATO at the Hague Summit was to placate Trump and in doing so avoid the fallout that Ukrainian President Volodymir...

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