Diplomacy & International Relations

Central Asia Diversifies and Indigenizes Defense Procurement to Limit Reliance on Moscow

(Bradley Jardine, Edward Lemon - The Jamestown Foundation) On January 13, Uzbek President Shavkat Mirziyoyev announced plans to revise Uzbekistan’s 2018 Defense Doctrine, signaling...

Kazakhstan Now Building More Powerful Drone-Based Army

(Paul Globe - The Jamestown Foundation) Kazakhstan—which already has the strongest army in Central Asia—has committed itself to a two-year program of military modernization...

CIA director visits Cuba for rare meeting as island runs out of fuel

(Marc Caputo, Barak Ravid, Dave Lawler - Axios) CIA Director John Ratcliffe visited Cuba on Thursday to meet with intelligence officials and Raúl Guillermo...

Trump a Pechino: accoglienza sfarzosa, l’Iran è altrove

(Carlo Rebecchi)  Un’accoglienza sfarzosa, grandi affermazioni di amicizia, perché è meglio essere “partner che rivali”, e l’ annuncio che Xi Jinping farà una visita negli...

L’Inghilterra, fulcro della crisi europea e del destino delle socialdemocrazie

(Marzia Giglioli) Il recente voto inglese, che ha messo ancora più in difficoltà i Labour e lo stesso Starmer, apre un interrogativo più profondo e...

Over 40 percent of Sudan’s people face high levels of food insecurity: Monitoring group

(The Associated Press/Al Arabiya) More than 40 percent of the population in war-torn Sudan are facing high levels of acute food insecurity through May...

Spain PM addresses Fatah meet as Palestinians face ‘profound difficulty’

(AFP/Al Arabiya) Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez addressed a conference of the Fatah party on behalf of the international Socialist movement on Thursday, reiterating...

US admiral says Iran’s ability to threaten neighbors dramatically degraded

(Reuters/Al Arabiya) Iran’s ability to threaten its neighbors and US interests has been dramatically reduced by US bombings, and Tehran’s defense industry has been...

New attacks reported on ships near Hormuz as Trump discusses Iran with Xi

(Al Arabiya) US President Donald Trump discussed the Iran war with China’s President Xi Jinping in Beijing on Thursday, while new attacks on vessels...

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