Diplomacy & International Relations

How terrorism imperils Pakistan’s polio eradication efforts

(Manal Fatima and Michael Kugelman - Atlantic Council) Pakistan is closer than it has ever been to ending polio, but frontline health workers are...

As China’s surpluses become unbearable, the EU is edging toward its own Section 301

(Charles Lichfield, L. Daniel Mullaney, and Jessie Yin - Atlantic Council) Over the past five years, the EU’s goods trade deficit with China has...

Promote the antidote: Reducing the risk from toxins

(Atlantic Council) While toxins occur naturally, contaminating food and feed with sometimes deadly consequences, malevolent actors have weaponized toxins for assassination and mass-casualty terror....

UN80 Initiative: ‘Critical new phase’ for UN reform effort

(UN News) UN chief António Guterres has outlined further progress in the wide-ranging UN80 Initiative, a major reform and restructuring project aimed at making...

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Armenia (Ray Furlong, Hannah Kaviani and Robert Zargaryan - RFE/RL) Armenia has staged a Republic Day military parade showcasing hardware including rocket launchers, drones, and...

Israel breaks all contact with UN chief

(AFP/Al Arabiya) Israel is breaking all contact with United Nations chief Antonio Guterres, the country’s ambassador announced Thursday, saying it was “outrageous” Israel is...

US and Iran reach deal but need Trump’s final approval: Report

(Al Arabiya) The US and Iran have reached an agreement on a 60-day memorandum of understanding to extend the ceasefire and launch negotiations on...

Lethal humidity may be one of climate change’s most overlooked threats

(Robert Glasser - ASPI The Strategist) By late this century, more than 50 percent of humanity could be exposed to life-threatening heat and humidity....

Russian Authorities Seizing Ukrainian Property to Consolidate Occupation

(Tatiana Vorozhko, Victoriia Novikova - The Jamestown Foundation) Many Ukrainian families have fled the occupied territories of Ukraine since Russia’s full-scale invasion, fearing child...

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