Diplomacy & International Relations

Ukraine’s Parliament Speaker Makes Sanctions Case On Capitol Hill, Warns Against Prolonged Talks

(Alex Raufoglu - RFE/RL) Ukraine’s parliamentary speaker visited Capitol Hill making the case to US lawmakers that tougher sanctions enforcement remains central to Kyiv’s...

Pakistani Authorities Make First Arrests After Deadly Mosque Attack

(RFE/RL) Pakistani authorities said four people have been arrested in connection with the suicide bomb attack that killed at least 32 people at a...

Kyrgyzstan May Be First State Targeted Under EU Anti‑Circumvention Rules

(Zamira Eshanova - RFE/RL) Under a proposed 20th package of sanctions against Russia, which are expected to be introduced by the end of February,...

What Nouri al-Maliki’s prime minister bid tells us about Iraq

(Renad Mansour - Chatham House) On 27 January, US President Donald Trump surprised many with a blunt warning on social media: if Iraq reinstated...

Haiti’s vicious circle: Funding is needed to end the violence. But the violence means the funding doesn’t come

(Christopher Sabatini - Chatham House) Politics in Haiti is a blood sport. The last elected President, Jovenel Moïse, was gunned down by mercenaries in...

The reopening of the Rafah crossing provides some hope for Palestinians, but can it be sustained?

(Stephen Farrell - Chatham House) Most of Gaza is enclosed by Israel: army to the north and east, gunboats to the west, and warplanes...

Draghi wants real decision-making power in Europe, not a federal Big Bang

(Sébastien Maillard - Chatham House) The metaphor remains painfully true: Europe is an economic giant but a political dwarf. Mario Draghi stressed how this...

Africa Aware: Financing Africa’s development

(Chatham House) The IMF’s economic outlook for Africa in 2026 points to an average GDP growth rate of 4.3 per cent – making it...

Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, February 7, 2026

(Institute for the Study of War) Russia launched another massive strike against Ukrainian energy infrastructure overnight on February 6 to 7 and specifically targeted substations...

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