Diplomacy & International Relations

UN refugee agency urges support to end displacement for millions of Syrians (UN News)

The international community must support efforts towards peace and stability in Syria and end the displacement of millions – both within and outside the...

Daily malnutrition deaths continue as Israeli forces push further into Gaza City (UN News)

Conditions in Gaza are worsening for Palestinians trapped amid spiralling hunger as Israel continues to block aid deliveries amid escalate attacks, according to the...

Sudan: Hundreds feared dead in Darfur landslide (UN News)

Humanitarians “will spare no effort” to ensure that aid reaches people affected by a deadly landslide in a remote mountain village in war-torn Sudan,...

Afghanistan quake: Aid teams still scrambling to reach survivors (UN News)

In remote eastern Afghanistan, aid workers are continuing to race to assist survivors of Sunday’s devastating earthquake as the death toll continues to climb,...

Iran Update, September 2, 2025 (Ben Rezaei, Nidal Morrison, Carolyn Moorman, Ben Schmida, Katherine Wells, Adham Fattah, Ria Reddy and Brian Carter – Institute...

Iran: Iran continues to cooperate with US adversaries to advance its nuclear and missile program. An unspecified senior security source told a UK-based website,...

Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, September 2, 2025 (Anna Harvey, Christina Harward, Angelica Evans, Justin Young, Olivia Gibson, and Frederick W. Kagan – Institute for...

Russian President Vladimir Putin leveraged a meeting with Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico to pretend to offer marginal concessions to US demands while continuing...

The Experience of Time and Tyranny Under the Taliban in Afghanistan (Niamatullah Ibrahimi – Just Security)

Four years have passed since the Taliban returned to power, ending two decades of international efforts in Afghanistan on Aug. 15, 2021. While the...

America’s Climate Diplomacy Challenge and the Path to Rebuilding Credibility (Catherine Goldberg and Milan Vivanco – Just Security)

No one was surprised when the United States withdrew from the Paris Agreement for a second time earlier this year. What shocked the international...

Shanghai Cooperation Organization summit: Guterres calls for strengthening multilateralism (UN News)

UN Secretary-General António Guterres called for strengthening multilateralism – and appealed for peace in Gaza, Ukraine and beyond – in remarks to the Shanghai...

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