Diplomacy & International Relations

US ownership of TikTok won’t protect democracies from digital threats (Isabella Wilkinson, Rowan Wilkinson – Chatham House)

Last weekend, US President Donald Trump extended the 5 April deadline for TikTok to sell its assets to a US owner or face a...

The UAE and KSA’s AI Hedge in a Divided Global Order (The Soufan Center)

The United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Kingdom of Saudi Arabia leverage AI investments as a dual instrument of economic diversification and geopolitical influence. Against...

A Spatial Vision for Palestine. A Long-Term Plan That Can Begin Now (Shelly Culbertson, C. Ross Anthony, Kobi Ruthenberg, Robert Lane, Shireen Shelleh –...

The world urgently needs a solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. In parallel with progress toward a long-term political settlement, other indispensable steps for peace...

The US has backed out of the Just Energy Transition Partnerships. Southeast Asia should double down (Melinda Stuart, The Interpreter)

The decision by the United States to withdraw from Just Energy Transition Partnership (JETP) agreements with Indonesia, Vietnam, and South Africa is a setback...

Sudan war: UHCHR chief stresses need to help refugee hosts in Chad (UN News)

Chad hosts 1.3 million forcibly displaced people, according to the UN agency, UNHCR despite it being one of the world’s poorest countries. More than...

A tariffying shift for the ASEAN market (Niaz Asadullah, Doris Liew – The Interpreter)

For decades, the tiger economies of the ASEAN region have flourished under an export-led growth model, anchored by strong trade relationships with major economies,...

Trump’s Secondary Sanctions on Russian Oil Are a Lose-Lose Proposition (Sergey Vakulenko, Carnegie Russia Eurasia)

Just as certain classes of medication are sometimes in vogue and prescribed to help with all kinds of ailments, it seems that U.S. President...

Central Asian States Have Put Aside Their Territorial Disputes. Why Now? (Temur Umarov, Alibek Mukambayev – Carnegie Russia Eurasia)

The Ferghana Valley, divided on the political map between Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan, has resembled a battlefield ever since the collapse of the Soviet...

Securing Europe’s Future: Partnership Through Strength (Giovanni Grevi, Carnegie Europe)

Just like with tango, it takes two sides to sustain the transatlantic partnership: Europe and the United States. Since the reelection of U.S. President...

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