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America Needs the Western Alliance More Than the Western Alliance Needs Trump
5+ hour, 3+ min ago (1519+ words) Dr. Julian Spencer-Churchill is associate professor of international relations at Concordia University, and author of Militarization and War (2007) and of Strategic Nuclear Sharing (2014). He has published extensively on Pakistan security issues and arms control, and completed research contracts at the…...
The Houthi Blockade: Can Saudi Arabia Really Escape Iran's Trap?
5+ hour, 50+ min ago (296+ words) The Houthi Blockade: Can Saudi Arabia Really Escape Iran’s Trap? Modern Diplomacy The Houthi Blockade: Can Saudi Arabia Really Escape Iran’s Trap? The question is no longer whether Saudi Arabia will respond to the Houthi blockade but what kind of…...
The Crowded Table: Why Four Mediators Have Failed to Fix the Pakistan Afghanistan Ceasefire
1+ day, 4+ hour ago (925+ words) Modern Diplomacy The Crowded Table: Why Four Mediators Have Failed to Fix the Pakistan Afghanistan Ceasefire The ceasefire between Pakistan and Afghanistan resembles a ghost. It exists on paper but peace remains missing on the ground. Along the Durand Line,…...
Setting Terms and Deciding Agendas: Opacity and Division in Iranian and American Leadership
1+ day, 4+ hour ago (1127+ words) Modern Diplomacy Setting Terms and Deciding Agendas: Opacity and Division in Iranian and American Leadership On Saturday, the Iranian Foreign Ministry announced that a navigation map had been agreed upon in diplomatic talks with Oman. The Iranian spokesman emphasised that…...
Why Is Ukraine’s Ousted Defence Minister Heading to the U.S. for Defence Tech Funding?
1+ day, 13+ hour ago (518+ words) Ukraine’s ousted defence minister Mykhailo Fedorov is planning to travel to the United States to raise funding for new defence technology projects, according to a source close to the former minister who spoke to Reuters. Fedorov was dismissed from the…...
Why Are Nigerian Schoolchildren Still Missing Nearly 100 Days After Their Abduction?
1+ day, 15+ hour ago (521+ words) Families in Nigeria’s northeastern Borno state protested on Thursday, demanding that the government secure the release of children abducted from their classrooms nearly 100 days ago. The children were taken on May 15 from a school in Mussa, a community located on…...
Can Iran Withstand Trump’s New Economic War as U.S. Sanctions Intensify?
1+ day, 14+ hour ago (487+ words) Iran says it must strengthen its economy and reduce its vulnerability to foreign pressure as Washington prepares to impose what U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent described as the toughest sanctions ever imposed on Tehran. Iranian parliament speaker Mohammed Baqer Qalibaf said…...
Is China Testing Taiwan’s Defences With a Research Ship Near Its Waters?
1+ day, 15+ hour ago (620+ words) Taiwan’s coast guard said on Friday it had warned off and shadowed a Chinese research vessel operating in sensitive waters west of the island, marking the third time the ship has appeared near Taiwan since May. The vessel, the Tongji,…...
Can Russia’s “New Ideas” Bring the Ukraine War Back to the Negotiating Table?
1+ day, 17+ hour ago (676+ words) Russia is prepared to consider new proposals for ending the war in Ukraine, but Moscow says any settlement must account for what it describes as the “realities on the ground.” Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov said Moscow was ready…...
Brussels Can Now Sanction Any Refinery Buying Russian Oil. Why Did It Give the First One Six Months to Comply?
2+ day, 5+ hour ago (322+ words) Modern Diplomacy Brussels Can Now Sanction Any Refinery Buying Russian Oil. Why Did It Give the First One Six Months to Comply? The twenty first package, adopted July 23, is the heaviest round of EU sanctions since the war began, carrying…...