Diplomacy & International Relations

The battle for the internet (Mercedes Page, The Strategist)

Democracies and authoritarian states are battling over the future of the internet in a little-known UN process. The United Nations is conducting a 20-year...

Trump-Zelensky: il mondo capovolto / Trump-Zelensky, the world turned upside down

(Marzia Giglioli) Il violento scontro nella Sala Ovale, che ha visto Donald Trump e Volodymyr Zelensky confrontarsi in un ring senza precedenti lasciando il mondo...

After Oval Office disaster, Europe emerges as Ukraine’s best hope (Patrick Tucker, Defense One)

Hours after a heated disagreement in the Oval Office between President Donald Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, America’s sudden retreat from a democracy-forward...

Turkey, PKK Make New Peace Overtures Amid Regional Shifts and Possible Erdogan Power Play (Fuad Shahbazov, Just Security)

Turkey’s Interior Ministry conducted large-scale raids in 51 cities, including the Kurdish-majority city of Diyarbakir in the southeast, on Feb. 18, arresting 282 people...

In a New Era for Syria, States Must Take Responsibility for Their Islamic State-Affiliated Prisoners and Families (Beatrice Eriksson, Lawfare)

The dawn of an uncertain new era in Syria after the fall of the Assad regime intensifies the urgency of resolving a long-simmering issue:...

The UN Between Decline and Renewal (Richard Gowan, Lawfare)

On Feb. 24, the United Nations Security Council and General Assembly held meetings to mark the third anniversary of Russia’s aggression against Ukraine. What...

German government denies foreign election interference was successful (Alexander Martin, The Record)

The German government has denied claims by the chair of the Bundestag’s intelligence committee that the country’s recent federal election was “successfully manipulated” by...

Unlocking Ukraine’s Mineral Wealth Requires More Than a Trump Deal (Henry Sanderson, RUSI)

The US appears to have secured a stake in future revenues from Ukraine’s mineral resources, with an agreement between the two countries expected to...

Trump is pushing Europe and China closer together. Europe should tread carefully (Katja Bego, Chatham House)

As Europeans have been left reeling by the events of recent weeks which appear to spell the end of the transatlantic alliance as we...

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