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Big Tech Embraces New Cold War Nationalism
JS Tan, Foreign Policy Silicon Valley's neoliberal order has come to an end, and from it, a new era of tech nationalism has emerged. Now...


What’s This? A Bipartisan Plan for AI and National Security
Tom Simonite, Weird US Representatives Will Hurd and Robin Kelly are from opposite sides of the ever-widening aisle, but they share a...


US vs EU: A new transatlantic trade war looming?
Andrei Kodomstev, Modern Diplomacy Many observers warn that worsening transatlantic trade relations could lead to a new trade war. The...


Trump's Biggest Foreign Policy Win
Ian Bremmer, TIME The British government announced that U.K. telecom carriers will be banned from installing new Huawei equipment for...


In Somalia, Iran Is Replicating Russia’s Afghan Strategy
Muhammad Fraser-Rahim and Mo Fatah, Foreign Policy Iran has established covert ties with the Somalia-based al-Shabab terrorist group well...


How Biden Would Wage Great Power Competiton
Patrick Tucker, Defense One The last National Defense Strategy, served as the Pentagon’s bible for investment, research, and training...


Things to know: Trump suspends H1B, other visas till 2020-end. What it means
Business Standard In an attempt to aid the coronavirus-battered economy, US President Donald Trump has suspended the entry of certain...


Mapping for Diplomacy: A Virtual “Mapping for Global Health” Mapathon
Tom Gertin, U.S. Department of State On April 28, 2020, MapGive held its second annual "Mapping for Diplomacy" event in partnership with...


US diplomats staged photo to pressure China over nuclear talks: Report
David M. Hreszenhorn, POLITICO Russian newspaper says Americans used photo of Chinese flags and empty seats to highlight Beijing’s...


Science diplomacy has come of age in the time of coronavirus
Ruqayya Alblooshi, Gulf News As the world battles to contain COVID-19, scientists and researchers take the centre stage. As the defining...


The importance and opportunities of transatlantic cooperation on AI
Joshua P. Meltzer, Cameron F. Kerry, and Alex Engler, Brookings Artificial intelligence (AI) is a potentially transformational technology...


Digital diplomacy: States go online
Philipp Grüll, Euractiv Digitalisation does not stop at diplomacy. Embassies are increasingly communicating via Twitter, foreign...


Fighting for U.S. Values Abroad, Black Diplomats Struggle With Challenges at Home
Robbie Gramer, Foreign Policy Protests against racism are shedding light on a silent moral crisis within parts of America’s diplomatic...


The Emergence of Cyber Diplomacy in an Increasingly Post-Liberal Cyberspace
Andre Barrinha & Thomas Renard, Council on Foreign Relations The power relations, values, and institutions that governed cyberspace since...


Polarized politics has infected American diplomacy
William Burns, The Atlantic Foreigners aren’t laughing at us. They pity and discount us - The style and substance of our polarized...


The overmilitarization of American foreign policy
Robert M. Gates, Foreign Affairs The United States must recover the full range of its power - U.S. President Donald Trump’s decision to...


“Mask Diplomacy” and Understating China’s Confucian Strategy in International Relations
Punsara Amarasinghe, Modern Diplomacy The unexpected situation erupted in the West before coping with the coronavirus was followed by...


Is Turkey on moderation path in its foreign policy?
Fehim Tastekin, Al-Monitor Conciliatory messages coming out of Ankara recently may appear as an effort to moderate Turkish foreign policy...


The Next Challenge to U.S.-Israeli Ties: China
Ilan Berman, RealClearPolitics Earlier this month, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo traveled to Israel on his first foreign visit since the...


Trump to withdraw from ‘Open Skies’ Arms Control Treaty
David E. Sanger, The New York Times Mr. Trump’s decision, the third major retreat from arms control agreements, will be viewed as...
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