Diplomacy & International Relations

Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, January 7, 2026 (Institute for the Study of War)

The US Coast Guard seized two oil tankers with links to Russia for attempting to bypass US sanctions against Venezuelan oil. US, Ukrainian, and Coalition...

Iran Update, January 7, 2026 (Institute for the Study of War)

Iranian Protests: CTP-ISW has recorded 89 protests across 21 provinces in Iran since its last data cutoff on January 6, including 19 protests in...

UN News (8 January 2026)

(Peace and Security-Syria) At least five civilians have been killed and some 30,000 people displaced following renewed fighting in Aleppo, Syria, prompting calls from...

Eruption of Iran Unrest Scrambles U.S. and Regional Calculations (The Soufan Center)

More than a week of protests in Iran reflects not only worsening economic conditions, but longstanding anger at government repression and regime policies that...

Trump’s Greenland threats put transatlantic alliance on death watch (Barak Ravid – AXIOS)

Several hours after issuing an unprecedented statement against President Trump's threats to take over Greenland, the leaders of France, Germany and the U.K. stood...

Inside Democrats’ plans to stop Trump from raiding more countries (Andrew Solender – AXIOS)

House Democrats are scrambling for levers to block the Trump administration from reprising its Venezuelan incursion across Latin America and beyond. Why it matters:...

U.S. defies Moscow, seizes oil tanker despite Russian submarine escort ( Dave Lawler – AXIOS)

The U.S. Coast Guard seized a Russian-flagged oil tanker on Wednesday after a cat-and-mouse chase across the Atlantic, despite the vessel being shadowed by...

China intensifies Cyber-Attacks on Taiwan as Energy Sector Sees Tenfold Spike (Infosecurity Magazine)

Chinese cyber threat actors intensified effort to gain access to Taiwan’s critical infrastructure organizations in 2025, with a particular emphasis on the energy sector,...

China vs America: Dan Wang and his sceptics (Stephen Grenville – Lowy The Interpreter)

Anyone with more than a passing interest in China and its economic rivalry with America will have read Dan Wang’s Breakneck: China’s Quest to...

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