Diplomacy & International Relations

Cricket: Has India’s soft power tool become a strategic liability? (Arkoprabho Hazra – Lowy The Interpreter)

In South Asia, cricket isn’t just a sport. It’s a primary diplomatic channel. For decades, the game has served as a reliable barometer for...

Yes, Vietnam really is winning the trade wars (Roland Rajah – Lowy The Interpreter)

Vietnam has again emerged as the apparent winner of Donald Trump’s trade wars, as was the case during his first presidency. Vietnam’s exports have...

The decline of sanctions (Imran Khalid – Lowy The Interpreter)

Sanctions have become one of the most heavily used tools in Western foreign policy, yet their effectiveness is being tested as never before. They...

Hybrid risks rise as US withdraws from international organisations (Fitriani, Justin Bassi and Bart Hogeveen – ASPI The Strategist)

The United States’ 6 January decision to withdraw from many international organisations risks allowing Beijing and Moscow to further advance their undermining of global...

Trump’s Greenland threats push Europe toward divorcing America (Politico)

As with many failing relationships, it’s been a story of arguments, unspoken tensions and trying to keep up appearances in public since Donald Trump...

How Davos went MAGA (Politico)

When U.S. President Donald Trump arrives in the snowy Alpine village of Davos this week, it will mark both the culmination of a yearlong...

Fears grow over Europe’s soaring dependence on US gas imports (Politico)

The European Union is on track to get nearly half its gas from the United States by the end of the decade, creating a...

US pressure revives call for powerful EU tech regulator (Politico)

It reads like Washington’s worst nightmare: a European tech regulator independent of the Brussels institutions and armed to crack down on the violations of...

Center left wins Portugal presidential election first round, setting up showdown with far right (Politico)

António José Seguro, a former head of Portugal’s Socialist Party, won a surprise victory in the first round of the country’s presidential election on...

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