Diplomacy & Crisis News

His handling of the dollar crisis could define his record before he returns to the voters to seek a second term.

The sanctions could trigger a trade war between Washington and Beijing.

As the scion of a prominent political family, Najib Razak inherited both a powerful political legacy and a taste for the finer things in life.

A conversation with award-winning Filipina journalist Eunice Barbara Novio.

This week's international anti-scam conference is an attempt to distract global attention from Phnom Penh's abetment of criminality on an industrial scale.

Hanoi's top leader To Lam met yesterday with U.S. Trade Representative Ambassador Jamieson Greer in New York, where he is set to attend the U.N. General Assembly.

How shock therapy threatens the post-Assad peace.

In humanity’s quest to constrain the dangers from fast-advancing artificial intelligence, many have looked to the most revolutionary technology that preceded it: nuclear weapons. SpaceX CEO Elon Musk has called artificial intelligence “far more dangerous than nukes.” Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei, who assigns The Making of the Atomic Bomb to employees and has likened himself to the Manhattan Project scientist Leo Szilard, describes the most powerful AI models as “weaponizable nuclear materials.” When asked how a technology such as AI can be regulated, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman often references the world’s nuclear materials watchdog, the International Atomic Energy Agency. Even the director of the CIA, John Ratcliffe, has made the same comparison.

The budget, which anticipates a return to strong growth next year, is based on some optimistic assumptions about the direction of the global economy.

The United States’ declining interest in India need not be a great setback, as it could open up space for Delhi to resolve most of its core geopolitical issues.

Despite touting its anti-scam credentials, it is unclear whether Phnom Penh will investigate prominent individuals who allegedly enabled and profited from the industry.

This year’s high-level gathering takes place as the Guterres era approaches its end.

What will the agreement mean for NATO?

The number of Hindu-Muslim clashes is growing as India’s brand of Hindu majoritarianism gains ground in Nepal.

Trump should raise the ethnic unity law directly with Xi and make clear that attempts to enforce it against people in the United States will not be tolerated.

Indonesia’s rising public anger reflects deeper structural pressures – from elite impunity to digital manipulation – eroding trust in democratic institutions.

What the decision means (and doesn't mean) for Bangladesh-India relations.

As land leases come up for renewal, a new report reveals the facts about the U.S. Armed Forces’ impacts in the Pacific Islands.

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