GeopoliticsAug 11, 20264 min
Trump’s Secret Plane Swap Amid Iran Threat
A highly unusual security operation reportedly unfolded during U.S. President Donald Trump’s departure from Turkiye following the NATO summit in Ankara last month.
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Foreign PolicyAug 10, 20264 min
Soft Power and the Limits of Persuasion
Attraction is real power, but it is not a substitute for the harder kind — and it cannot be manufactured on demand.
Aug 9, 20264 min
The Grammar of Deterrence: Nuclear Signalling in a Multipolar Age
Deterrence is a language, and it was built for two speakers. A world of several nuclear powers strains its grammar to the breaking point.
Aug 8, 20263 min
Africa's Nonalignment, Version Two
A new generation of African states is reviving an old instinct — refusing to be anyone's theatre — and updating it for a multipolar economy.
Aug 7, 20264 min
The European Union's Strategic Autonomy Dilemma
Europe wants the capacity to act alone and the reassurance of never having to. Reconciling the two is the defining project of the decade.
SecurityAug 6, 20262 min
U.S.–Iran Tensions Escalate Again: Diplomacy Faces Another Critical Test
The relationship between the United States and Iran has once again become very tense.
Foreign PolicyAug 5, 20264 min
Climate Diplomacy: The Slow Machinery of Consensus
Climate negotiation is diplomacy at its most thankless: universal stakes, deferred rewards and the constant temptation to free-ride.
Aug 4, 20264 min
Middle-Power Diplomacy in an Age of Great-Power Rivalry
The states caught between giants are not passive. Their hedging is a strategy in its own right — and it may shape the century as much as the giants do.
Aug 3, 20264 min
Pipelines, Ports and the Geopolitics of Energy
Infrastructure is destiny. The routes that carry gas, oil and data increasingly carry political influence with them.