Diplomacy & Crisis News

A divide over China, although less pronounced than the divide over Israel, has become increasingly visible among Democrats as progressives have risen within the party.

Aux beaux-arts de Paris ou de Lyon, et même au Festival d'Avignon, les œuvres des « ateliers populaires » ont façonné la mémoire collective de Mai 68. Comme sur des palimpsestes, les images des luttes d'aujourd'hui s'y superposent, encore et toujours. Mais le graphisme politique ne cesse de se (…) / Mouvement de contestation, Art, Politique, Histoire

The centuries-old game is having a moment. But what happens when a tradition rooted in Chinese history becomes a lifestyle trend?

Plans are firmly underway to ensure that South Korea’s chipmaking strength can help to facilitate a stronger global position when it comes to the AI buildout. 

Seoul, Tokyo, and Washington condemned two ballistic missile launches ahead of allied military drills, but Pyongyang’s failure to report either test has left analysts guessing at the cause.

Rare earths are critical to making modern weapons – and China dominates the supply chain.

Japan increasingly recognizes the importance of the defense industrial base as a source of strategic capability. But can the industry actually deliver?

Different firms in the AI value chain invoke the AI race narrative, but with different policy preferences in mind.

In their updated Joint Vision Statement, Canberra and Hanoi identify a more challenging regional security environment.

For the first time in eight decades, the country’s national song, Vande Mataram, will precede the playing of the national anthem on Independence Day.

Vietnam has benefited greatly from foreign firms' desire to de-risk from China. Can it free itself of dependence on the country's critical rare earth inputs?

The new Steering Council for the Emergence of a Federal Democratic Union could change the course of the country's conflict.

Decades of hard-won mediation experience point the way.

How overcapacity ends.

The mutual defense agreement gives Islamabad a boost in the Middle East, with mixed results closer to home.

The country’s natural resources have put the vote under intense international scrutiny.

Kyiv and Moscow are trading heavier and heavier blows.

Beijing is a pioneer in softer tools of transnational repression.

A rare visit to the Horonobe Underground Research Laboratory, where Japanese researchers are testing options for storing radioactive waste.

A hacker claims to have stolen the data from Kazakhstan eGov service. The authorities are investigating the claim.