Diplomacy & International Relations

Twenty questions (and expert answers) on the Israel-Iran war (Atlantic Council)

A decades-old conflict between Israel and Iran that was never quite “cold” is rapidly heating up. In the days since the first Israeli attacks...

Still in the Game: Why Australia’s Business Future Still Includes Beijing (James Laurenceson and Vaughn Barber – Australian Institute of International Affairs)

A new survey of more than 850 businesses active in the Australia–China economic corridor reveals sustained confidence in China’s economic potential, despite shifting global...

Tigray can’t afford another war, and the world can’t afford to do nothing (Sheridan War – The Interpreter)

Despite the war in the Tigray region of northern Ethiopia ending in November 2022, tensions are again escalating. Locals are braced for the possibility...

Thinking about Chinese Australians: how to mention the war (Michael Pezzullo – The Strategist)

After the federal elections of 2022 and 2025, a certain supposed truth is taking root in Australian political discourse—namely, that discussion of potential conflict...

Mapping India-Pakistan military power (Rajeswari Pillai Rajagopalan and Linus Cohen – The Strategist)

India strives to render Pakistan strategically irrelevant to better focus its attention on China. But neither Pakistan nor China has an interest in allowing...

Iran Update Special Report, June 15, 2025, Evening Edition (Andie Parry, Johanna Moore, Nidal Morrison, Ria Reddy, Kelly Campa, Nicholas Carl, and Annika Ganzeveld...

The IDF expanded its air campaign into Iran by beginning to strike regime institutions, including some related to internal security and social control. This...

La Chine et la Russie face à la question du Sahara marocain : vers une convergence des intérêts stratégiques (Fadoua Ammari, Rida Lyammouri –...

Dans un contexte international en recomposition, et à l’instar des autres membres permanents du Conseil de sécurité des Nations Unies (États-Unis, France, Royaume-Uni), la...

Testing Self-Reliance: What the Trade War Reveals About China’s Vulnerabilities and Power (Gerard DiPippo and Benjamin Lenain – RAND Corporation)

The United States and China stepped away from the brink of a near embargo of bilateral trade on May 12. The countries had entered...

The Wagner Group Is Leaving Mali. But Russian Mercenaries Aren’t Going Anywhere (Ryan Bauer – RAND Corporation)

The June 6 announcement by the infamous Wagner Group private military company that it will end its three-and-a-half-year-long deployment in Mali is an important...
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