Diplomacy & International Relations

Iran Update Special Report, June 15, 2025, Evening Edition (Andie Parry, Johanna Moore, Nidal Morrison, Ria Reddy, Kelly Campa, Nicholas Carl, and Annika Ganzeveld...

The IDF expanded its air campaign into Iran by beginning to strike regime institutions, including some related to internal security and social control. This...

La Chine et la Russie face à la question du Sahara marocain : vers une convergence des intérêts stratégiques (Fadoua Ammari, Rida Lyammouri –...

Dans un contexte international en recomposition, et à l’instar des autres membres permanents du Conseil de sécurité des Nations Unies (États-Unis, France, Royaume-Uni), la...

Testing Self-Reliance: What the Trade War Reveals About China’s Vulnerabilities and Power (Gerard DiPippo and Benjamin Lenain – RAND Corporation)

The United States and China stepped away from the brink of a near embargo of bilateral trade on May 12. The countries had entered...

The Wagner Group Is Leaving Mali. But Russian Mercenaries Aren’t Going Anywhere (Ryan Bauer – RAND Corporation)

The June 6 announcement by the infamous Wagner Group private military company that it will end its three-and-a-half-year-long deployment in Mali is an important...

China Struggles to Adjust to a Post-Assad Syria (Jesse Marks – Stimson Center)

When Bashar al-Assad fled Syria in December 2024, China’s long-standing bet on the regime’s survival collapsed. For years, Beijing had quietly backed Assad as...

A ‘Pragmatic’ Foreign Policy Agenda: What’s Next for South Korea’s New President? (Kayla Orta – Stimson Center)

Korea’s (ROK) 21st Presidential Elections. After six months of political chaos, the Democratic Party of Korea (DPK) candidate Lee Jae-myung—with a historic 49.4% of...

Discontent in Trumpland (Harsh V. Pant – Observer Research Foundation)

Running battles between protesters and law enforcement agencies; a crackdown on demonstrators; curfew in cities; universities being challenged; students being imprisoned; and different parts...

Hyphenating US-Pak: Doing business with gunmen (Harsh V. Pant, Vivek Mishra – Observer Research Foundation)

The Trump regime's reported invitation to Pakistan Army chief Asim Munir to attend the 250th US Army Day celebrations in Washington tomorrow has stirred...

Trust deficit is the stumbling block in the Russia-Ukraine peace talks (Rajoli Siddharth Jayaprakash – Observer Research Foundation)

After multiple rounds of negotiations between Russia and the US, Russia and Ukraine began direct talks in May. These have led to prisoner exchanges...

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