Diplomacy & International Relations

Pope Leo calls war a ‘painful defeat’ of negotiations as Israel and Iran trade worst strikes in months

(Christopher Lamb - CNN) Pope Leo XIV has described war as a “painful defeat” of negotiations while lamenting that violence and polarization has plunged...

Russia rejects Ukrainian, European peace initiatives, says battlefield will decide war

(Tim Zadorozhnyy - The Kyiv Independent) Senior Russian officials on June 8 effectively rejected recent Ukrainian and European proposals aimed at restarting negotiations to...

Europe urgently needs cohesion on ‘high-risk’ technology vendors

(Natasha Buckley, Jamie MacColl - Euractiv) The pushback by some European capitals against the proposed amendments to the EU’s Cyber Security Act is now...

Myanmar’s generals seek a path back

(Nicholas Farrelly - East Asia Forum) Myanmar’s military junta is pursuing a carefully managed strategy of political rehabilitation, using elections to create the appearance...

China deepens its foothold in post-coup Myanmar

(Aung Thura Ko Ko - East Asia Forum) China has long held strategic interests in Myanmar, ranging from border stability and resource security to...

ASEAN’s status quo on Myanmar might be the least-bad option

(East Asia Forum) ASEAN's refusal to allow the participation of Myanmar's junta in its political-level meetings remains one of the few sources of pressure...

China’s AI ambitions face a capital constraint

(Hadley Spadaccini - East Asia Forum) China is producing competitive artificial intelligence, but its financial system may become a major constraint. Strict capital controls...

Bangladesh’s rightward shift leaves pluralism stranded

(Ragib Anjum - East Asia Forum) Bangladesh's April 2026 dispute over the renaming of the Bengali New Year procession illustrates a broader narrowing of...

Japan takes a different road to a cleaner car industry

(Kaoru Natsuda - East Asia Forum) Japan’s vehicle decarbonisation strategy has diverged from the European Union’s battery electric vehicle-centred approach, favouring a technology-neutral model...

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