Diplomacy & Politics Archive

Israel’s campaigns in Gaza and Lebanon have highlighted the geopolitical hollowing out of Egypt and the Gulf states.

BRICS members are unlikely to find consensus on countering the U.S.-led order, but the group can advance their shared interests.

Even at their least powerful and even when targeted solely at military objectives, nuclear weapons are still inherently unlawful, indiscriminate and inhumane.

Cuba’s electrical grid collapsed at least four times over the weekend, the latest development in a broader economic crisis facing the country.

Several EU member states have backtracked on LGBTQ+ rights in recent years. Brussels is doing little to stop them.

Colombia and Brazil should tackle security issues head on at the COP16 Biodiversity Summit.

By learning from the Montreal Protocol, the U.S. can be a leader in creating a win-win agreement for the economy, trade and climate action.

A weakened Palestinian Authority is unable to curb increasing violence in the West Bank. Without pressure on Israel, it will only get worse.

Governments’ responses to natural disasters have always been politicized. Trump’s use of Hurricanes Helene and Milton is different.

Russia wants to position the Shanghai Cooperation Organization as an alternative to the U.S.-led global order. The other members aren’t so keen.

Despite its professed secularism, India’s opposition Congress party is failing to protect Muslims from Hindu nationalist violence.

Shifts in the EU’s priorities have put what were once considered peripheral states at the center of efforts to ensure the EU’s survival.

Canada expelled six Indian diplomats, saying they were part of a campaign of violence and intimidation against Indian dissidents in the country.

Facing economic headwinds, the Chinese government wants to boost confidence. Xi’s suspicion of stimulus may make that impossible.

Despite progress in recent years, political intimidation is still creating a fraught media environment in Bulgaria, threatening its democratic credentials.

A year into the Israel-Hamas war, divisions among EU member states have left Brussels largely on the sidelines in efforts to bring the fighting to an end.

The concept of hegemony is central to debates over the global order. The questions today are: Does the U.S. have it? Does China want it?