Diplomacy & International Relations

EU-Qatar air deal under fire after top official sacked

(Tommaso Lecca - Politico) Airlines, pilots and aviation worker unions are pressing the EU to pause the bloc's open skies deal with Qatar after...

Washington-Warsaw spat as pro-Trump ambassador lambastes parliament speaker

(Wojciech Kość - Politico) The U.S. ambassador to Poland cut ties with the country’s speaker of parliament for “outrageous and unprovoked insults” against Donald...

Sguardi (New START; Siria; Cuba)

(nostra traduzione da GZero) La fine del New START? Il New START, l'ultimo trattato sul controllo delle armi nucleari tra Stati Uniti e Russia, scade oggi....

Trump’s ‘Board of Peace’ and the multilateral order

(Bruce Jones - Brookings) Since taking office, U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration has taken a meat cleaver to several elements of the multilateral order...

Investing in Africa’s growing young population for prosperity

(Chor-ching Goh and Andrew Dabalen - Brookings) Africa stands at a pivotal juncture: Between 2025 and 2050, the continent is set to undergo one...

Can zero-tariff policy rebalance China-Africa trade?

(Yun Sun - Brookings) In the summer of 2025, China announced the expansion of its preferential access for African nations, extending its zero-tariff policy...

UN chief warns of ‘grave moment’ as final US-Russia nuclear arms treaty expires

(UN News) UN Secretary-General António Guterres has warned that the expiration of the New START treaty represents a “grave moment” for international peace and...

South Sudan: UN forced to suspend food aid after ‘unacceptable’ attacks on convoy

(UN News) South Sudan is buckling under a fresh wave of violence and displacement, after attacks and looting halted a major UN food convoy...

Mario Draghi—yet again—has issued a wake-up call to Europe

(Frederick Kempe - Atlantic Council) There are moments when history stops whispering and begins shouting. In this column, I’ve referred to them as inflection...

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