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Romania Attempts to Modernize Naval Forces (George Vișan – The Jamestown Foundation)

Romania’s new government, sworn in on June 23, appears committed to modernizing the Romanian Naval Forces, but its naval forces remain severely underfunded and...

Belarus Looking to Normalize Relations with the United States (Yauheni Preiherman – The Jamestown Foundation)

Belarusian President Alyaksandr Lukashenka welcomed U.S. Special Envoy to Ukraine, General Keith Kellogg, to Minsk on June 21 in the highest-level meeting between U.S....

Putin Tries to Build Himself a Position of Strength (Pavel K. Baev – The Jamestown Foundation)

The July 23 Russian-Ukrainian talks in Istanbul yielded no diplomatic progress, as both sides remain entrenched in incompatible positions. Both sides, however, found it...

India’s Data Protection Act: A Shield for Privacy or a Tool for State Surveillance? (Medha Garg – Tech Policy Press)

India, hailed as the "world's largest democracy," is now witnessing a steady erosion of its democratic values. Colonial-era laws such as sedition and the...

Ubiquitous Technical Surveillance Demands Broader Data Protections (Justin Sherman – Lawfare)

On June 26, the Department of Justice’s Office of the Inspector General (OIG) published a partially redacted report detailing the FBI’s efforts to mitigate...

China-Colombia Relations and the Future of New Alliances: Recent Milestones and Perspectives (Tatiana Gélvez-Rubio – Australian Institute of International Affairs)

As Colombia celebrates 45 years of diplomatic ties with the US, it is simultaneously redefining its foreign policy by forging deeper strategic and economic...

Thailand-Cambodia clashes pose a serious test to ASEAN centrality (Khang Vu – The Interpreter)

ASEAN centrality is a concept in crisis. The bloc now faces a huge test as Thailand and Cambodia clash along the disputed border in...

The TSD: The most underrated minilateral? (Shreya Maknoor – The Interpreter)

In recent years, Australian foreign policy has centred on two highly visible regional arrangements, AUKUS and the Quad. But no one seems to remember...

Indonesia at a discount (Virdika Rizky Utama – The Interpreter)

Tariffs are often dismissed as technicalities, but the oscillation of US duties on Indonesian products reveals a deeper reality. Once a leading voice of...

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