Diplomacy & International Relations

Hegseth says US will ‘find a way’ to help Ukraine after Zelensky’s plea for air defense missiles

(Dmytro Basmat - The Kyiv Independent) U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth told reporters on May 30 that the United States will "find a way"...

Russian region establishes new ‘drone defense ministry’ as Ukrainian strikes change balance of war

(Abbey Fenbert - The Kyiv Independent) Russia's Nizhny Novgorod Oblast has established a new ministry for drone defense, according to a decree signed by...

Trump requests edits to Iran deal his envoys negotiated

(Marc Caputo, Barak Ravid - Axios) President Trump asked for several amendments to the deal his envoys reached with their Iranian counterparts during a...

The Pretext Behind the Trump Administration Labeling Cuba a State Sponsor of Terrorism

(Jason M. Blazakis - Just Security) On May 21, Secretary of State Marco Rubio stood at the Miami Homestead Airport and told reporters that...

The Search for the Missing in Syria: Learning from the Past

(Karla I. Quintana O. - Just Security) Syria faces one of the largest missing persons crises in the world. Estimates from the Syrian government...

The Weaponization of GLOMAG: How Rivals Co-opt U.S. Sanctions to Target Business and Political Opponents

(Peter Kucik - Just Security) When Congress established new tools to attack global corruption and protect human rights, it intended to hold responsible corrupt...

Follow the Law, not the Plan: Legal Considerations for Third States in Gaza

(Elvina Pothelet - Just Security) On May 21, the United Nations Security Council convened its monthly briefing on the situation in the Middle East,...

I Was Afghanistan’s Attorney General. Here Is What Justice Looked Like — and What Destroyed It

(Mohammad Farid Hamidi - Just Security) United Nations Special Rapporteur Richard Bennett recently noted to the U.N.’s annual Commission on the Status of Women...

Delegation of Tariff Authority by Other Means

(Gregory Shaffer and Jeremiah May - Just Security) In February 2026, the Supreme Court struck down the Trump administration’s expansive tariff regime, holding in...

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