Diplomacy & Politics Archive

The Paris Olympics were nothing short of a soft power master class. Can France’s president leverage them for his foreign policy?

Elon Musk’s ownership of X is undermining the positive uses of social media. As recent events in the U.K. show, that’s bad for democracy.

Erdogan’s grand gestures and powerful rhetoric are all about allowing Turkey to punch above its weight with minimal costs. It’s paid off so far.

Senegal’s new leaders, President Faye and Prime Minister Sonko, promised a radical break with the past administration. Can they deliver?

The academic study of international relations is valuable even if it can’t solve the world’s problem single-handedly.

Globally, human rights remain under assault, whether by populist movements desperate to gain power or authoritarian governments eager to maintain it. At the same time, the populist rise has invigorated civil society efforts to protect historically marginalized communities.

Carles Puigdemont, the leader-in-exile of Catalonia’s separatist movement, returned to Barcelona today in an act of desperation.

The leftist leaders of Brazil, Mexico and Colombia are trying to pressure Maduro to negotiate a way out of Venezuela’s election crisis.

Viktor Orban has long drawn Brussels’ ire. With Hungary now holding the EU’s rotating presidency, he could do more damage than ever before.

Move Forward, a reformist party that won last year’s general elections, has been disbanded, a move unlikely to quell growing discontent.

Social media plays a crucial role in spreading far-right narratives. But other long-term factors have also expanded the far-right audience.

Peace talks between the government and the NPA rebel insurgency have collapsed before they even started.

The U.S. handed over its last base in Niger to local authorities, bringing to a close more than a decade of U.S. security presence in the country.

China’s diplomatic efforts won’t resolve the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. But they do serve Beijing’s ambition to be the leader of the Global South.

USAID’s new Digital Policy strikes the right notes. But it remains limited in its scope and woefully underfunded.

In Bangladesh, PM Hasina has resigned after weeks of anti-government protests. In the U.K., far-right riots erupted across the country.

Venezuela’s authoritarian allies are still backing Maduro, but only so they get every last dollar out of his regime before it falls.