Diplomacy & International Relations

Putin’s Unilateral Easter Truce Was Never Intended to Last (Alexander Baunov, Carnegie Russia Eurasia)

U.S. President Donald Trump stands at a crossroads. With his push for peace in Ukraine faltering, he must either go against his instincts and...

Does Ukraine Need a Ceasefire at Any Cost? With Michael Kofman (Alexander Gabuev, Michael Kofman – Carnegie Russia Eurasia)

While recent diplomatic efforts to bring Ukraine and Russia to a peace deal and the unexpected Easter truce announced by Putin are bearing no...

Can Meloni Save the Transatlantic Alliance? (Leo Goretti, Carnegie Europe)

For Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, Italy’s role amid increasing transatlantic tensions is to work to defend the unity of the West. She finds...

How Eastern Europe Overhauled Its Natural Gas Market (Maximilian Hess, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace)

As Eastern Europe marked the third anniversary of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine on February 24, 2025, the region could rest assured of a...

Moscow’s Taliban Rapprochement: High-Risk Realpolitik (Soufan Center)

The Russian Supreme Court annulled the Taliban’s designation as a terrorist organization, eliminating legal barriers to establishing formal relations between Moscow and the de...

New CNAS Report on the World-Altering Stakes of U.S.-China AI Competition (Center for a New American Security)

The Center for a New American Security released a new report, Promethean Rivalry: The World-Altering Stakes of Sino-American AI Competition, by Bill Drexel. The...

The India-U.S. TRUST Initiative: In Space We TRUST: New Horizons (Tejas Bharadwaj, Carnegie India)

One of the key areas of collaboration under the TRUST initiative, as highlighted in the joint statement, was civil space cooperation. Following the leaders’...

The India-U.S. TRUST Initiative: A Resilient Pharma Supply Chain (Shruti Sharma, Carnegie India)

This essay takes stock of the early momentum generated by the joint leaders’ commitment to catalyze public and private investments in building Indian manufacturing...

How Southeast Asia Sees Xi Jinping’s Regional Push Amid U.S.-China Tensions (Li Mingjiang, Le Hong Hiep, Ngeow Chow Bing, Neak Chandarith – Carnegie China)

Politburo member Wang Yi’s postmortem on President Xi Jinping’s April 14-18 visit to Southeast Asia captured a core message – “at this moment of...

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