Diplomacy & International Relations

Iranian hackers are targeting aviation, oil and gas companies in espionage scheme, researchers say

(Sean Lyngaas - CNN) Iranian hackers have posed as job recruiters to target software engineers in the aviation sector as part of an elaborate...

Indonesia’s non-alignment in an age of rivalry

(Alfin Basundoro - East Asia Forum) Indonesia’s Major Defense Cooperation Partnership with the United States has unsettled public trust by raising fears that airspace...

Business, not politics, drives Japan–India investment ties

(Toshiro Nishizawa - East Asia Forum) Japan’s expanding investment ties with India reflect commercially driven diversification strategies rather than a straightforward geopolitical shift away...

Why frontier firms in developing East Asia are falling behind

(Francesca de Nicola, Aaditya Mattoo, Jonathan Timmis - East Asia Forum) The most productive firms in developing East Asia are falling behind their global...

Türkiye and Armenia Initiate Official Bilateral Trade

(Mamie Powers - The Jamestown Foundation) Türkiye announced that preparations for official bilateral trade with Armenia were completed on May 11. Goods no longer...

Zahkung Ting Ying: Rise and Fall of the Rare-Earth Warlord in Myanmar

(Khandakar Tahmid Rejwan - The Jamestown Foundation) Zahkung Ting Ying led the Myanmar government-sponsored Kachin Border Guard Force (BGF), controlling a semi-autonomous, resource-rich region...

Washington’s latest force posture moves have Europeans feeling whiplash

(Daniel Fried and Torrey Taussig - Atlantic Council) The Trump administration has made a dizzying array of force posture decisions this month, raising doubts...

Global news (23 may 2026)

The Global Eye - Reflections Alla ricerca di altri paradigmi strategici / In search of other strategic paradigms (Marco Emanuele)   Australia - Syria (AFP/Al Arabiya) The last...

Trump–Xi summit spells uneasy news for Japan

(Hitoshi Tanaka - East Asia Forum) The Trump–Xi summit in Beijing on 14–15 May 2026 was a tactical detente driven by mutual domestic pressures...

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