Diplomacy & International Relations

Indonesia’s defence strategy is in urgent need of a refresh (Marina Ika Sari, East Asia Forum

The establishment of Indonesia's National Defence Council marks a refocusing on national defence policy, with the aim of providing strategic advice and policy solutions...

Defending American Interests Abroad. Early Detection of Foreign Malign Information Operations (Christopher A. Mouton, Caleb Lucas, Shaun Ee – RAND Corporation)

Overseas malign information operations by foreign actors seek to undermine the strategic interests of the United States. These operations are intended to manipulate the...

Digital Governance in China: Trends in Generative AI and Digital Assets (Alex He, S. Yash Kalash, Paul Samson – Centre for International Governance Innovation)

The Centre for International Governance Innovation hosted its third annual conference on Digital Governance in China on November 19, 2024, focusing on the development...

Joint Communiqué of France and the United Kingdom on the Paris Conference of the Pall Mall Process (GOV.UK)

On 3 and 4 April 2025, the UK and France convened the second Pall Mall Process conference, in Paris. The Process is an international...

In Myanmar, A Tragedy Atop A Crisis (Steve Ross, Stimson Center)

Myanmar was rocked by a devastating magnitude 7.7 earthquake, the strongest earthquake in Myanmar in at least 100 years, with the epicenter just 10...

Back to the Future? The Implications of Growing Strategic Competition in the Arctic for the US-Japan Alliance (Yuki Tatsumi, Stimson Center)

The Trump administration has recently and dramatically elevated the level of U.S. strategic attention toward the Arctic. While the blunt rhetoric coming out of...

Liberation and Its Discontents (Michael Froman, Council on Foreign Relations)

When future generations ask how the rules-based international economic order came to an end, I’ll tell them that it happened slowly and then all...

How the war in Ukraine changed Russia’s global standing (Angela Stent, Brookings)

When Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, Russian President Vladimir Putin’s immediate aim was regime change in Kyiv and Ukraine’s...

Trump, Iran, and the Nuclear Deal: A Slow-Motion Crisis (Manoj Joshi, Observer Research Foundation)

At the beginning of last month, United States (US) President Donald Trump sent a letter to Iran’s Supreme leader Ayatollah Khamenei through the United...

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