Diplomacy & International Relations

‘Curtain falls on Hong Kong press freedom’: Jimmy Lai prison sentence sparks outcry

(France 24) Hong Kong's most prominent China critic, media tycoon Jimmy Lai, was sentenced on Monday to 20 years in jail under the city's...

Japanese stocks surge as Takaichi secures historic election victory

(Koh Ewe, Shaimaa Khalil, Osmond Chia - BBC) Japanese stocks surged to a record high on Monday, as Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi's Liberal Democratic...

Military funding compromises could cast a long shadow over Syria’s future

(Diego Lopes da Silva, Zubaida A. Karim and Gretchen Baldwin - SIPRI) The peace deal between the Syrian Armed Forces and the Syrian Democratic...

Curtain Falls on Bangladesh’s Interim Government as Critical Elections Approach

(Crisis Group) On 12 February, Bangladeshis will vote in their country’s first national elections since student-led protests forced long-time ruler Sheikh Hasina from power...

Phase Two in Gaza?

(Crisis Group) In this episode of Hold Your Fire!, Richard speaks with Crisis Group experts Amjad Iraqi, Mairav Zonszein and Max Rodenbeck about President...

Uganda after Museveni

(Crisis Group) In this episode of The Horn, Alan speaks with Kristof Titeca, professor at the Institute of Development Policy at the University of...

The Foreign Policy-First President?

(Giuseppe Spatafora - EUISS) In his second inaugural address, on 20 January 2025, President Trump declared: ‘I will, very simply, put America first’. This...

Why Australia should look west … to East Africa (Christopher Burke – The Interpreter)

(Christopher Burke - The Interpreter) East Africa sits at the crossroads of the Indian Ocean. Its ports, sea lanes, undersea data cables, mineral corridors...

Rohingya boats: Out of mind but still coming

(Gerhard Hoffstaedter, Antje Missbach, Chris Lewa, Erik Ramadhanil - The Interpreter) In November, the Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency (MMEA) launched a week-long rescue operation...

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