Diplomacy & International Relations

The Nonproliferation Chilling Effect U.S. Strikes on Iran Nuclear Sites Could Cause (Erin D. Dumbacher – Council on Foreign Relations)

The U.S. military joined Israel’s bombing campaign against Iran on June 21, targeting nuclear sites at Natanz, Fordow, and Isfahan with bunker-buster bombs and...

Four fundamental questions the NATO Summit did not answer (Torrey Taussig – Atlantic Council)

NATO leaders are breathing a sigh of relief after a smooth summit in The Hague that projected allied unity and secured a new defense...

The DRC and Rwanda agreed to a US-backed peace deal. Can critical minerals help end this conflict? (Atlantic Council)

It’s “been a long time waiting,” as US President Donald Trump put it. On Friday, the foreign ministers of Rwanda and the Democratic Republic...

Russia captures over 100-acre lithium reserve, one of Europe’s biggest ‘white gold’ sites (Interesting Engineering)

Russian forces have seized control of a key lithium-rich zone near the village of Shevchenko in Ukraine’s Donetsk region. The site, located roughly 2...

Dispatch from Damascus: Church attack shows transition’s fragility (Ibrahim al-Assil – Atlantic Council)

I was en route from Damascus to Beirut on June 22 when the news began lighting up my phone—messages from friends, notifications, headlines. A...

Bipartisan bill seeks to ban federal agencies from using DeepSeek, AI tools from ‘foreign adversaries’ (Jonathan Greig – The Record)

A pair of senators introduced a bill on Wednesday that would ban federal agencies from using artificial intelligence tools produced in countries considered “foreign...

Taiwan leads in AI election defence efforts (DigWatch)

Taiwan has been chosen to lead a new coalition formed by the International Foundation for Electoral Systems to strengthen democratic resilience against AI-driven disinformation....

ISWAP Raids in Northeastern Nigeria Upset Regional Status Quo (Jacob Zenn – The Jamestown Foundation)

ISWAP has launched an unprecedented wave of raids on Nigerian military supercamps, signaling a shift in momentum and a potential end to the long-standing...

How Hamas’s Degradation Opened Space for Protests (Ethan Kaufman – The Jamestown Foundation)

The March 2025 anti-Hamas protests in Gaza reflected a moment enabled by Hamas’s temporary inability to suppress opposition due to wartime losses. The degradation...

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