Diplomacy & International Relations

Global News (22 may 2026)

Belarus (RFE/RL's Belarus Service and Steve Gutterman - RFE/RL) Earlier this month, a prominent member of the Belarusian opposition in exile laid out an "ideal...

Statement by Foreign Minister Wadephul prior to his departure for Helsingborg and Prague

Foreign Minister Wadephul issued the following statement today (21 May 2026) prior to his departure for the meeting of NATO Foreign Ministers in Helsingborg and...

‘I’m not counting on the US’ — In Estonia, faith in Trump’s defense of Baltics fades

(Martin Fornusek - The Kyiv Independent) Among Estonians, there is little confidence that U.S. President Donald Trump would rush to defend their country in...

Xi and Putin pledge closer cooperation on AI, cyberspace and satellite systems

(Daryna Antoniuk - The Record) Chinese leader Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin used a summit in Beijing on Wednesday to deepen their...

China and Russia’s strategic duo endures – but its limits are clear

(Yu Jie - Chatham House) In the past six months, Beijing has emerged as a diplomatic crossroads for all permanent members of the UN...

Why Egypt is helping to end the Iran war

(Ahmed Aboudouh - Chatham House) Egypt has responded to the Iran war by actively engaging in diplomacy and mediation. This strategy is not aimed...

The flow of arms and money feeding the war in Sudan can be cut. What is missing is the will

(Hubert Kinkoh - Chatham House) It is three years since conflict broke out between the two armed centres of power in Sudan: the Sudanese...

Japan’s quiet test of China diplomacy

(Jing Ge - Lowy The Interpreter) On 15 May, Hitoshi Kikawada, Japan’s minister in charge of gender equality, visited Shanghai to attend the APEC...

Fighting online youth radicalisation, Australia and India can teach each other

(Soumya Awasthi and Fitriani - ASPI The Strategist) Two democracies, very different in scale, are grappling with the same problem: how to protect young...

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