Diplomacy & International Relations

How China and Pakistan Work Against India (Harsh V. Pant, Rahul Rawat – Observer Research Foundation)

The China-Pakistan military partnership, driven primarily by shared competition with India, has found renewed geostrategic logic since August 2019. India’s recent Operation Sindoor and...

The Rise of the NCP and Bangladesh’s Descent into Chaotic Politics (Aditya Gowdara Shivamurthy, Madhurima Pramanik – Observer Research Foundation)

The Bangladesh Advisory Council recently approved an ordinance to amend the nation’s 2009 Anti-Terrorism Act. Under this amendment, Chief Adviser Mohammed Yunus banned all...

Arab Coalition Seeks Renewed Leverage in Washington I(Kabir Taneja – Observer Research Foundation)

The United States (US) President Donald Trump’s first international visit as the world’s most powerful man was to the Middle East—a break from tradition,...

Global Health Diplomacy: Navigating Politics and Security (Lakshmy Ramakrishnan, Nimisha Chadha – Observer Research Foundation)

Health policy is classically associated with the allocation of resources for healthcare services and the affordability and effectiveness of interventions, and is thereby confined...

The Gaza Starvation Experiment (Crisis Group)

Israel’s new U.S.-backed aid scheme in Gaza integrates food into military strategy. Since the war began, Israel has restricted aid, easing up when famine...

Bomb the Cartels? Expel the Migrants? Reboot Monroe? Trump and Latin America (Crisis Group)

In this episode of Hold Your Fire!, Richard is joined by Crisis Group’s Latin America Program Director Renata Segura and Senior Policy Director Ivan Briscoe...

The Arakan Axis: Insurgency Intensifies in Southwest Myanmar (Drake Avila – Stimson Center)

A year and a half after a sweeping offensive, the Arakan Army is poised to seize control of Rakhine State from Myanmar’s military junta....

The End of American Internationalism? (Mathew Burrows, Robert A. Manning – Stimson Center)

In the past three months, Trump and his administration have boasted their swift upheaval of domestic and international programs from cutting funds for climate...

Three Big Questions for the 2025 NATO Summit (Emma Ashford, Nevada Joan Lee – Stimson Center)

In late June, US President Donald Trump will head to the Netherlands for the 2025 NATO summit, an affair which typically gives European, Canadian,...

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