Diplomacy & International Relations

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...

Russian hackers target Romanian state websites on election day (Daryna Antoniuk – The Record)

A Russian-linked hacktivist group known as NoName057(16) claimed responsibility for cyberattacks on several Romanian websites over the weekend, as voters headed to the polls...

Time to Change Australia’s Grand Strategies (Peter Layton – Australian Institute of International Affairs)

As global power dynamics shift and traditional alliances fray, Australia’s current grand strategies are reaching their limits. A bold reimagining of national strategy grounded...

China’s Gambit: The Economic Risks of a Taiwan Conflict (Joseph Zeller – Australian Institute of International Affairs)

China’s growing pressure on Taiwan has heightened fears of military conflict, but the economic costs of such a move could be severe and far-reaching....

Regional Reverberations: The Pahalgam Attack and Its Impact on South Asia’s Security Landscape (Arman Ahmed – Australian Institute of International Affairs)

The Pahalgam attack marks a turning point in South Asia’s security landscape, amplifying geopolitical tensions and straining India–Pakistan relations. With diplomacy frozen and regional...

The Australia-India defence relationship is not all about the numbers (Kim Heriot-Darragh, Gaurav Saini – The Interpreter)

Australia and India must understand each other better if they want to turn their defence relationship into something truly resilient and responsive. High-end cooperation...

What can we learn from the Singaporean election, where nobody lost? (Kazimier Lim – The Interpreter)

At last week’s general elections, Singapore’s ruling People’s Action Party (PAP) once again retained its parliamentary supermajority. In fact, no election seats were gained...

Undersea cable control: The information dimension (Richard Dunley – The Interpreter)

Sabotage operations conducted against cables and pipelines in European waters, which are generally attributed to Russia, have made marine infrastructure attacks a hot topic...

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