Diplomacy & International Relations

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...

South Sudan’s shaky peace is at risk of collapse. Can it be saved? (Dame Rosalind Marsden, Chatham House)

South Sudan’s civil war ended in 2018 through a peace agreement between President Salva Kiir’s South Sudan People’s Liberation Movement In Government (SPLM-IG) and...

Trump’s tariffs will push Southeast Asia uncomfortably close to China (Ben Bland, Chatham House)

Southeast Asian leaders have long argued that they should not have to choose sides between the US and China. Indeed, trading nations such as...

The Danger of Letting Iraq’s PMF Authority Law Pass (Michael Knights, The Washington Institute for Near East Policy)

For years now, Iraq’s Popular Mobilization Forces have been recognized as a danger to both American national security interests and Iraqi civilians, with U.S.-designated...

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