Diplomacy & International Relations

Sri Lanka holds its own amid economic uncertainty (Malki Opatha – The Strategist)

In recent months, Colombo has faced two sharp blows from its Western partners. First was the surprise cut to USAID funding, amounting to approximately...

A British carrier group is coming to the Pacific—with doubts looming over it (Bill Sweetman – The Strategist)

Operation Highmast got underway in late April, as the British aircraft carrier HMS Prince of Wales and supporting warships embarked on an eight-month deployment,...

Mapping a decade’s worth of hybrid threats targeting Australia (Fitriani, Shelly Shih – The Strategist)

Hybrid threats, enabled by digital technologies and fuelled by geostrategic competition, are reshaping international security and global norms. Most often, states (commonly working through...

The next pope may be African—or not. Either way, Africa is at the forefront of today’s Roman Catholic Church (Alexander Tripp – Atlantic Council)

On May 7, 133 Catholic cardinals will meet in the Sistine Chapel to elect a new pope. Discussions abound on whether an African will...

Experts react: India just launched airstrikes against Pakistan. What’s next? (Atlantic Council)

Is this the end, or just the beginning? India conducted missile strikes against what it described as “terrorist infrastructure” in Pakistan and the Pakistan-administered...

The Dirty Deal with El Salvador (Brian Finucane – Just Security)

On March 15th, the Trump administration sent three planes carrying 238 Venezuelan migrants (as well as 23 Salvadorans) to El Salvador to be indefinitely...

The Anti-Terrorism Act Is Being Weaponized to Harass Israel’s Critics (Joseph Pace – Lawfare)

In 2016, Congress expanded the Anti-Terrorism Act (ATA) to allow private parties to sue anyone who “aids and abets” acts of international terrorism. While...

The U.S.-Ukraine Agreement: Legality and Transparency (Curtis Bradley, Jack Goldsmith, Oona Hathaway – Lawfare)

On April 30, the United States and Ukraine signed an agreement “on the Establishment of a United States-Ukraine Reconstruction Investment Fund” that concerns the...

Azerbaijan blames Russian state hackers for cyberattacks on local media (Daryna Antoniuk – The Record)

Azerbaijani officials claimed that the Russian state-sponsored hacker group APT29 was behind a cyberattack on several local media outlets earlier this year. The likely...
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