Diplomacy & International Relations

AI regulation offers development opportunity for Latin America (DigWatch)

Latin America is uniquely positioned to lead on AI governance by leveraging its social rights-focused policy tradition, emerging tech ecosystems, and absence of legacy...

Rights groups condemn Jordan’s media crackdown (DigWatch)

At least 12 independent news websites in Jordan have been blocked by the authorities without any formal legal justification or opportunity for appeal. Rights...

The 2025 Investor Realignment: India, the New Safe Haven? (Soumya Bhowmick – Observer Research Foundation)

Amid ongoing US-China trade tensions, investors are increasingly turning to India as a safer and more promising destination. An April 2025 Bank of America...

Russia’s Balancing Act: Navigating the Indo-Pak Rift Post-Pahalgam (Aleksei Zakharov, Rajoli Siddharth Jayaprakash – Observer Research Foundation)

The Russia-India partnership is a unique one. With converging geopolitical interests and an absence of bilateral disputes, the two countries have forged a long-standing...

India Think Tank Forum 2025: Shaping a Resilient Global Order (Harsh V. Pant – Observer Research Foundation)

Not until now has the world experienced such rapid succession of events whose geopolitical consequences are as far and wide. As we write this,...

Building Corridors of Influence: India’s and China’s Infrastructure Initiatives in Myanmar and Thailand (Sreeparna Banerjee – Observer Research Foundation)

Southeast Asia’s growing economic and strategic relevance has attracted the attention of global powers, particularly India and China, the largest economies in the Indo-Pacific...

Unpacking “The Bahá’í Question”: 46 Years of Institutionalised, State-Sponsored Persecution Against the Bahá’ís in Iran (Bahá’í International Community Geneva Office – Australian Institute of...

In the years after the 1979 Islamic Revolution, the Iranian government executed more than 200 Bahá’ís, members of the country’s largest non-Muslim religious minority....

Zimbabwe at 45 – What is Happening? (Chipo Dendere – Australian Institute of International Affairs)

As citizens flee from political repression and economic hardship, the hope for a brighter Zimbabwe diminishes. The ongoing brain drain threatens the very foundation...

China’s rare earth advantage isn’t just about control (Walter Colnaghi – The Interpreter)

The 90-day pause in the US-China trade war brought relief to global markets. But while the trade truce is good news, rare earth elements...

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