Diplomacy
EXCLUSIVE
The Missing Link: Religious Diplomacy After the Ceasefire
Following the ceasefire, trauma on both sides demand an antidote. Religious diplomacy may offer such a antidote.
WORLD
On One Knee: HTS Looks to Riyadh
The Syrian Foreign Minister's visit to Riyadh represents a strategic effort by Syria's transitional government, under Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham, to strengthen diplomatic and economic ties with the Kingdom as shuttle diplomacy takes hold.
BUSINESS
The Future of Digital Diplomacy: Transforming Global Relations
Digital diplomacy, leveraging tools like AI, social media, and blockchain, is reshaping international relations by fostering global cooperation, enhancing public engagement, and enabling real-time responses. However, digital diplomacy faces challenges like disinformation, technological divides, and cybersecurity risks that must be carefully addressed.
Commodities
France and Morocco: Diplomatic Ties Warm Again
France and Morocco are mending their ties by addressing tensions over Western Sahara, enhancing trade, investment, and cultural ties, while navigating regional dynamics involving Algeria and energy diplomacy.
Popular
Europe’s Nuclear Turn Carries a French Accent
Finland's vote to allow nuclear weapons and Switzerland's push for new reactors both trace back to a familiar French ambition to lead Europe's atomic future.
Iran is Splitting the West Like Ukraine Did
Iran's US-brokered peace deal is laying bare severe fractures across Western diplomacy, as America's transactional alliance calculus finds its second major victim.
Russia Still Wants a Red Sea Anchor
Russia's quest for a Red Sea naval base has fallen silent again, the pause manifesting Sudan's bargaining instincts and Moscow's enduring strategic patience alike.
War Killed Mona Khalil and Erased Decades of Conservation
When a conservationist dies in a conflict zone, the loss is ecological as well as human, and the species she protected have no replacement for her.
What Starmer’s Exit Means for Europe and the Middle East
Keir Starmer's resignation hands Andy Burnham a fragile inheritance, as Britain's standing in Brussels and across the Gulf hinges on what changes next.
