Diplomacy and External Affairs
How Entanglement with China Erodes Germany’s Strategic Autonomy
https://rusi.org/explore-our-research/publications/commentary/how-entanglement-china-erodes-germanys-strategic-autonomy
Egypt’s Gaza Dilemmas
https://www.crisisgroup.org/middle-east-north-africa/north-africa/egypt-israelpalestine/b91-egypts-gaza-dilemmas
Power-sharing is returning to Stormont, but that’s no guarantee of stability
https://capx.co/power-sharing-is-returning-to-stormont-but-thats-no-guarantee-of-stability/
Key points of North Korea, Russia landmark strategic partnership treaty
https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/key-points-north-korea-russia-landmark-strategic-partnership-treaty-2024-06-20/
Ukraine: Putin’s ‘reality’ … and the real world
https://www.socialeurope.eu/ukraine-putins-reality-and-the-real-world
Taliban vice and virtue laws provide ‘distressing vision’ for Afghanistan, warns UN envoy
https://apnews.com/article/afghanistan-taliban-vice-virtue-laws-women-b6db61e124116c712c867d2e1a4532ba
Uzbekistan gussies Potemkin democracy ahead of vote
https://havli.substack.com/p/uzbekistan-gussies-potemkin-democracy
In ‘bamboo diplomacy,’ late Vietnam leader Nguyen Phu Trong left a path for smaller nations to navigate great-power rivalries
https://theconversation.com/in-bamboo-diplomacy-late-vietnam-leader-nguyen-phu-trong-left-a-path-for-smaller-nations-to-navigate-great-power-rivalries-235633
Between existence and expediency
https://www.ips-journal.eu/topics/foreign-and-security-policy/between-existence-and-expediency-7498/
The Indo-Pacific chessboard
https://www.ips-journal.eu/topics/foreign-and-security-policy/the-indo-pacific-chessboard-7435/