World leaders have decided the best way to handle Trump is through flattery.
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While Israel and Iran have agreed to a ceasefire after 12 days of airstrikes, it isn’t clear what specific measures, if any, the countries might agree to in order to keep the peace.
Although symbolically visible in some places across the continent, Turkey’s presence remains a work in progress.
In theory, travel advisories are meant to inform travellers and keep them safe. But these advisories are often shaped by politics, not real world risks.
Togo has long pursued a pragmatic and independent foreign policy that serves its national interests.
Intimidation of diplomats is unacceptable and threatens the basis of international relations.
China and Europe have typically taken a pragmatic, cautious approach to one another.
The term can be traced back to the 1920s, but it only began to gain currency in the late 20th and early 21st centuries.
Tensions in South Asia have been taken down a notch with news of a ceasefire – but the conditions for future escalations remain, and mechanisms for peace appear to have been diminished.
Trump’s erratic statements, sudden tariff escalations and media outbursts risk convincing adversaries that chaos is the message, not the method.
The Peace Corps isn’t doing the same foreign policy work the State Department carries out. But it still helps the American brand internationally.
The first 100 days of Trump 2.0 have undermined confidence in the US and the international institutions it supports.
Projecting strength on the global stage doesn’t always require tanks and guns.
Italy’s prime minister was the only European leader to attend Donald Trump’s inauguration and was the first to visit the White House after US slapped new tariffs on its allies.
Is China winning over Western youth through its cinema, video games and TikTok.
Despite its current crisis, Ecowas can look back on successes in integration, peace and security, and good governance.
Incidents of accidental and suspect breaches of submarine cables in northern Europe and around Taiwan concern security experts.
The consensus is that it was Ebrahim Rasool’s responsibility to hold his tongue, a kind of golden rule in diplomacy.
Dissecting a loaded term in international affairs, and what it means for a country to disrupt the prevailing US-led order that is itself now changing.
In 2020, British Conservatives cited cost-cutting to force the UK’s foreign aid office into a merger. Five years later, it hasn’t recovered its budget or expertise.
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Professor of International Relations Department of Political Science and International Studies, University of Birmingham; BASIC
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Professor of International and Diplomacy Studies, Thabo Mbeki African School of Public and International Affairs, University of South Africa
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