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Donald Trump signs the memorandum of understanding with Iran to end the conflict in the Middle East, June 2026. Daniel Torok/White House/ZUMA Press Wire

How Donald Trump has changed the way diplomacy is done

The rest of the world has had to learn how to manage the US president’s mercurial temperament and unique style.
The International Day of Women in Diplomacy celebrates the drivers of global change, bridging parliaments and international platforms through inclusive leadership who are still largely underrepresented. (Statue of Eleanor Roosevelt, Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial, Washington D.C.) Tinnaporn Sathapornnanont/Shutterstock

Where do women feature in the history of diplomacy?

What grants influential women visibility and diplomatic status? Women in Diplomacy day on June 24 is an opportunity to consider how female-led efforts are recognised, valued and remembered.
A US Army Apache helicopter was downed near the Strait of Hormuz on June 8, with the two crew members rescued by an American sea drone. Rawpixel.com / Shutterstock

US and Iran’s exchange of strikes shows how far diplomacy has changed

The Middle East risks state of permanent confrontation where violence periodically erupts, diplomacy intervenes and neither changes the underlying reality.
Prairie farmers have lived through two major canola crises with China in under a decade. Canola plants bloom in a pasture on a farm near Cremona, Alta., in July 2025. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh

Rising geopolitical tensions show why Canada’s agri‑food trade strategy needs to change

Canada’s agricultural exporters face growing pressure from trade disputes that expose the risks of concentrating exports in too few markets.
A new study across 18 European countries indicates more pro-Kremlin sentiment toward the Russia-Ukraine war is not rare. People gather (pictured) at a protest march in support of Russia in Larnaca (Cyprus) in 2022. kirill_makarov / Shutterstock

What is driving Europe’s pro‑Russian supporters and their stance on the Russo‑Ukrainian conflict?

Research carried out across 18 European countries takes a closer look at pro-Russian support on the continent.
The Iranian closure of the Strait of Hormuz has largely brought oil traffic to a halt, hitting petroleum-exporting countries hard. Asghar Besharati / Getty Images

The US has long used economic coercion to achieve foreign policy goals — the war in Iran shows how that power has declined

US sanctions on foreign nations have lost some of their power to influence the behavior of other nations – with increasing costs for the US to boot.
NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte finds his alliance between Iran and a hard place. AP Photo/Virginia Mayo

NATO’s internal cohesion is being threatened (again) – but in pushing for support on Iran, Trump may risk eroding US influence on the alliance

NATO members have been divided before. But the war in Iran could prove particularly troublesome for an alliance founded at the beginning of the Cold War.
US Director of Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard and CIA Director John Ratcliffe testify before the Senate Intelligence Committee over “worldwide threats” on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, March 25 2025. Saul Loeb/AFP

Where is transatlantic intelligence‑sharing headed under the Trump administration?

An International Relations specialist looks at how cooperation between intel agencies on both sides of the Atlantic is holding up under Trump 2.0 and unprecedented geopolitical turbulence.

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