Diplomacy

Niklas Swanström

The global undersea cable network, carrying up to 99 percent of international internet traffic, faces increasing vulnerabilities. Recent incidents in the Baltic Sea and around Taiwan highlight the urgent need […]

Mark S. Cogan

The futures of people along China’s western frontier changed dramatically with the annexation of Xinjiang in 1949 and Tibet in 1950. When Communist China emerged from decades of isolation in […]

Jagannath Panda

In late December 2024, Finland—one of the latest entries to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)—seized an oil tanker, with alleged links to Russia’s so-called “shadow fleet,” on grounds of […]

Javad Heiran-Nia

Iran’s view of Japan correlates to the Masoud Pezeshkian government’s view of the international order and its economic and political needs. The Pezeshkian administration has a post-polar view of the […]

Jagannath Panda

KEY TAKEAWAYS India has carefully positioned itself as a peacemaker and facilitator between Russia and Ukraine. Its approach reflects a broader geopolitical balancing act and strategic autonomy. To play an […]