Diplomacy & International Relations

Taliban internet blackout leaves Afghans in limbo while needs surge (UN News)

Lifesaving relief efforts to help remote Afghan communities devastated by last month’s deadly earthquake have already been hit by the de facto authorities’ decision...

DR Congo: Peace still elusive despite ‘progress we see on paper’, UN official says (UN News)

Peace in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) “is still mostly a promise”, the head of the UN peacekeeping mission in the country,...

Gaza: Guterres calls for ‘all parties’ to commit to US peace plan, as UN agencies stress urgent ceasefire need (UN News)

The UN Secretary-General António Guterres has welcomed Monday’s Gaza peace deal proposal from US President Donald Trump, urging “all parties” to commit to it....

Iran Update, September 30, 2025 (Institute for the Study of War)

Iranian Succession Planning: Senior Iranian officials appear to be preparing for potential military conflict. Iranian officials continue to believe that the current ceasefire...

Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, September 30, 2025 (Institute for the Study of War)

Russia and Belarus may conduct special forces sabotage operations against critical infrastructure in Poland and launch additional drone incursions and blame Ukraine. Kremlin-linked Moldovan politicians...

Electoral Showdown in Somalia: Averting Another Round of Turmoil (Crisis Group)

Somalia is heading toward the familiar terrain of an electoral dispute, bringing with it the risk of a fresh flare-up of violence. Borrowing from...

Ethiopia’s Grand and Contested Dam (Crisis Group)

Alan Boswell and Murithi Mutiga discuss the inauguration of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD), Africa’s largest hydroelectric dam. They trace the project’s development...

The Artificial General Intelligence Race and International Security (Jim Mitre, Michael C. Horowitz, Natalia Henry, Emma Borden, Joel B. Predd – RAND Corporation)

As humanity approaches the technological capacity to develop artificial general intelligence (AGI), the race between leading artificial intelligence (AI) powers—particularly the United States and...

Fertility Decline in China and Its National Military, Structural, and Regime Security (Michael S. Pollard, Jennifer Bouey, Agnes Xiangzhen Wang, Rakesh Pandey – RAND...

The People’s Republic of China is facing a rapid change in its population’s age structure following a dramatic decline in fertility that began in...

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