Diplomacy & International Relations

CENTCOM denies Iran’s claim of firing ‘warning missiles’ at US destroyers in Gulf of Oman

(AFP/Al Arabiya) CENTCOM denies fired ‘warning missiles’ at US destroyers in Gulf of Oman Iran’s military said on Friday it had fired “warning missiles”...

Lebanon parliament speaker supports Hezbollah pullback in parallel with Israeli withdrawal

(Reuters/Al Arabiya) Lebanon’s parliament speaker and Hezbollah ally Nabih Berri said on Friday he would agree to the withdrawal of the Iran-backed group from...

Lebanese President Joseph Aoun. (File photo: AP) Lebanese president slams Iran, Hezbollah, and IRGC: It’s not your country, it’s ours

(Al Arabiya) Lebanese President Joseph Aoun delivered one of his sharpest rebukes of Hezbollah, Iran and the IRGC on Friday, telling Tehran, “It’s not...

Assessing The European Terrorist Threat Landscape

(The Soufan Center) Smaller-scale and often lone-actor incidents increasingly dominate the European terrorist threat landscape, notably after the October 7 Hamas attacks and the...

In the face of growing AI cyber threats, do middle powers have agency?

(Isabella Wilkinson - Chatham House) Earlier this week, US president Donald Trump signed an executive order on AI and cyber defence. It asks AI...

Saving global economic governance from the ‘Trump shock’

(Creon Butler - Chatham House) Since Donald Trump took office again in early 2025, his administration’s economic policies – in such areas as trade,...

AI water usage requires governments to rethink their approach to water

(Leslie Morris-Iveson - Chatham House) Recent months have seen a growing backlash against AI technologies as they develop and are deployed at scale. Water...

Global cooperation on nuclear disarmament looks even further away

(Georgia Cole - Chatham House) The 2026 Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT) Review Conference concluded on 22 May without a consensus...

Will Peru’s booming economy survive its latest election?

(Christopher Sabatini - Chatham House) It’s commonly noted that Peru has had eight presidents in the past 10 years. That neat data point, though,...

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