Diplomacy & International Relations

China & Taiwan Update, January 16, 2026 (Institute for the Study of War)

Taiwanese Special Defense Budget: Taiwan’s opposition party, the Kuomintang(KMT), voted to block the Special Budget for Asymmetric War for the sixth time on January...

Zelensky Announces Government Overhaul (Anastasiia Lapatina – Lawfare)

No one has taken the “new year, new me” mantra this year as seriously as President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine, who announced “a substantial...

How Congress Can Preserve NATO and Greenland: Using 22 USC 1928f to Protect the Peace (Alberto J. Mora – Just Security)

The Trump administration’s use of thuggery in the pursuit of its domestic and international objectives has arguably reached its foreign apex, to date, in...

Key Trends that Will Shape Tech Policy in 2026 (Just Security)

The global technology policy landscape is entering a pivotal year. In the United States, the AI governance debate has evolved from whether to preempt...

Overview of the ILC Draft Articles for a Crimes Against Humanity Convention (Sean Murphy – Just Security)

The upcoming U.N. conference for the negotiation of a Convention on Prevention and Punishment of Crimes against Humanity, launched by the U.N. General Assembly...

U.S. Greenlights Nvidia AI Chip Exports to China in Major Policy Shift (Sana Khan – Modern Diplomacy)

The Trump administration has formally approved the export of Nvidia’s H200 artificial intelligence chips to China, marking a significant shift in U.S. technology export...

UAE joins US-led Pax Silica alliance to secure AI, chip supply chains (Justin Varghese – Gulf News)

The UAE has joined Pax Silica, a US-led initiative aimed at securing artificial intelligence and semiconductor supply chains, as Washington moves to formalise a...

Xi hails ‘turnaround’ in China-Canada ties as Carney visits Beijing (BBC)

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney has met Chinese leader Xi Jinping in Beijing and they have announced a 'new strategic partnership'. Among key concessions,...

Caracas CODEL: Senators are eager to visit Venezuela (Hans Nichols, Stef W. Kight – Axios)

Senators left a meeting Thursday with Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado with plans to visit her country — but differing views on when...

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