Diplomacy & International Relations

Israeli actions in Palestinian territories constitute war crimes, Human Rights Council hears (UN News)

The ongoing crises in the Occupied Palestinian Territory and Sudan are in the spotlight this week at the UN Human Rights Council (HRC) in...

‘Syria simply cannot withstand another wave of instability,’ Security Council hears (UN News)

A senior UN official has warned against the impact of regional escalation on Syria as the country continues on the path to political transition...

More Gazans killed trying to get food, healthcare near to ‘full disaster’ (UN News)

Gaza’s health system is at breaking point, overwhelmed time and again by scores of people killed or injured near aid distribution sites, the UN...

Hungary Becomes Main Lobbyist for Georgian Dream Government in Europe (Giorgi Menabde – The Jamestown Foundation)

Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze’s recent visit to Hungary, by personal invitation of his Hungarian counterpart, Viktor Orbán, underlines growing cooperation between Tbilisi and...

Disruptions to Trade in the Taiwan Strait Would Severely Impact China’s Economy (Matthew P. Funaiole, Brian Hart, David Peng, Bonny Lin, and Jasper Verschuur...

A major Taiwan contingency, such as quarantine, blockade, or invasion, could significantly disrupt the flow of trade through the Taiwan Strait—one of the world’s...

Three Things Will Determine Iran’s Nuclear Future—Fordow Is Just One of Them (Heather Williams – Center for Strategic & International Studies)

Thus far, Israeli strikes on Iran’s Fordow nuclear facility have been limited. At first glance, this might seem like a curious omission, given that...

Israel Strikes Iran, With Steven Cook (Council on Foreign Relations)

Steven Cook, Eni Enrico Mattei Senior Fellow for Middle East and Africa Studies at the Council, sits down with James M. Lindsay to discuss...

What did not happen at the G7 Summit in Canada (and why it matters) (Atlantic Council)

What didn’t happen sometimes matters more than what did. On Tuesday afternoon, the Group of Seven (G7) summit in Alberta, Canada, concluded, but US...

What comes next in the Iran-Israel war, from a US response to energy impacts (Atlantic Council)

As the 2025 Global Energy Forum convened on Tuesday in Washington, DC, just blocks away at the White House, national security officials were mulling...

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