Diplomacy & International Relations

The West Is Helping Syria Build a Government No Minority Wants to Join (Haddon Barth – Lawfare)

Since Bashar al-Assad’s fall, the success of Syria’s political transition has hinged on bringing the autonomous Kurdish northeast into the central government. That effort...

Trump, the National Guard, and the District of Columbia: What You Need to Know (Mark Nevitt – Just Security)

In early August, President Donald Trump activated and deployed the D.C. National Guard to the streets of Washington, D.C., purportedly to crack down on...

Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, August 18, 2025 (Jessica Sobieski, Jennie Olmsted, Grace Mappes, Justin Young, Nate Trotter, and George Barros – Institute for the...

The Kremlin did not publicly commit to a bilateral or trilateral leader-level meeting, contrary to US President Donald Trump's announcement following the August 18...

Iran Update, August 18, 2025 (Ben Schmida, Avery Borens, Carolyn Moorman, Adham Fattah, Nidal Morrison, Katherine Wells, Ben Rezaei, and Annika Ganzeveld – Institute...

Turkish Pressure Campaign: Syrian security sources told Emirati media on August 16 that the Syrian Ministry of Defense (MoD) is preparing a three-pronged offensive...

India’s trade dilemma with the US and China (Srijan Shukla – Observer Research Foundation)

For the past decade, the one term that has captured the imagination of the entire American commentariat is the “China Shock”. The concept can...

The Trump Challenge to India-US Convergence (Harsh V. Pant – Observer Research Foundation)

Pakistan’s chief of army staff, Field Marshal Asim Munir, issuing nuclear threats against India from American soil is perhaps the new normal in India-US...

Africa is challenging China’s mining hegemony (Samir Bhattacharya – Observer Research Foundation)

Over the past two decades, China has entrenched itself as a dominant actor in Africa’s mining sector. But signs are mounting that the tide...

Countdown to BRICS 2026: The India-Africa-UAE Trilateral (Mannat Jaspal – Observer Research Foundation)

Back in 2019, India and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) signed a Memorandum of Understanding on development cooperation in Africa. By 2025, the dynamics...

Balochistan in the Battle of Narratives: Pakistan’s Calculated Focus on India (Bantirani Patro – Observer Research Foundation)

Pakistan blaming India for terror attacks bears hints of an old strategy to both obfuscate and distract from Pakistan’s own sponsorship of terrorism in...

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