Diplomacy & International Relations

Can Ukraine Hold Elections This Year? (Valerii Kravets – German Marshall Fund of the United States)

Ukraine’s president and parliament were voted into office in 2019, and their terms of office were due to expire in May and August 2024,...

Coalition of the Willing (German Marshall Fund of the United States)

The new buzzword in European defense is the “coalition of the willing”. Proposed by France and the United Kingdom in February 2025, the initiative...

Securing the space-based assets of NATO members from cyberattacks (Julia Cournoyer – Chatham House)

The increased dependence on space-based assets for both military and civilian functions has turned these critical systems into a potential target for cyberattacks. NATO’s...

Trump’s Gulf tour exposes Netanyahu’s increasingly isolated position on Gaza (Ksenia Svetlova – Chatham House)

Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu finds himself in an increasingly precarious position as US President Donald Trump’s tour of the Gulf States unfolded in...

The UK government should prioritize linking carbon markets at the UK–EU summit (Chris Aylett – Chatham House)

As British manufacturers grapple with tightening margins and sluggish export growth, an apparently esoteric but consequential decision is looming. At the UK–EU summit in...

Attack claimed by pro-Ukraine hackers reportedly erases a third of Russian court case archive (Daryna Antoniuk – The Record)

A cyberattack on Russia's national case management and electronic court filing system wiped out about a third of its case archive, according to a...

Kremlin-linked hackers target webmail servers of Eastern European government agencies (Daryna Antoniuk – The Record)

The Russia-linked hacking group APT28 was recently observed exploiting cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities to target webmail servers used by state entities and defense companies...

Canada’s Double Referendum Challenge: Alberta and Quebec’s Political Future (Bruce Mabley – Australian Institute of International Affairs)

As Québec and Alberta edge closer to potential independence referenda, Canada faces a renewed crisis of national unity. Regionalism, fuelled by economic pressures and...

A Fragile Ceasefire between India and Pakistan: Kashmiris Face the Consequences (Leoni Connah – Australian Institute of International Affairs)

As a perilous ceasefire hangs between India and Pakistan, Kashmiris are being caught in the political crossfire. Without a guarantee of long-lasting stability, civilians...

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