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Can diplomats be proactive online without becoming “wolf-warrior”?

Radu Magdin, Modern Diplomacy | With the increasingly important digital world, traditional, offline tools and approaches are becoming...

Euro-Mediterranean Assembly hears calls for Support for Food Security in the Mediterranean

Antoinette Tyrrell, European Views| A plenary session of the Euro-Mediterranean Regional and Local Assembly (ARLEM), today heard calls...

Japan Is the New Leader of Asia’s Liberal Order

Chang Che, Foreign Affairs | Over the last decade, and especially over the last four years, Japan has emerged as a quiet leader in the...

Health benefits of Paris climate goals could save millions of lives by 2040

Dr Alice McGushin, Dr Harry Kennard, World Economy Forum| Climate change has been described by WHO as this century's biggest threat to...

How investments in agricultural technology are accelerating UAE's food security targets

Arabian Business Global| Coronavirus highlighted the need to producing food locally. The UAE’s investments in agriculture technology...

China’s top diplomat says Beijing seeks to U.S. to join forces on new energy and new technologies

Amber Wang, SCMP | Politburo member Yang Jiechi says China puts itself forward to help writing new global rules. China has talked up the...

How China’s green finance slowdown threatens global climate ambitions

Mathias Lund Larsen, SCMP | Growth in China’s green financing, even for its much-touted green bonds, appears to be stalling, as...

Three Tensions in Biden’s International Economic Policy

Matthew P. Goodman, CSIS| With strategic perspective and process discipline, the Biden administration should be able to reconcile the...

The Biden administration and the Middle East: The view from Washington on the first 200 days

Middle East Institution | As the Biden administration takes office on Jan. 20, it faces a host of challenges, both at home and abroad....

Kenya emerges as leader on plastic pollution

Newroom, ModernDiplomacy | Kenya is emerging as a leader in the fight against plastic pollution and is among the first countries in East...

Can big data help protect the planet

MD Staff, Modern Diplomacy | How do we get to a more sustainable and inclusive future if we don’t know where we are? This is where data...

US says it is willing to sit down for talks with Iran and other nations on nuclear deal

Jennifer Hansler, Nicole Gaouette and Kylie Atwood, CNN | In a significant move to jumpstart diplomacy, the Biden administration said ...

Infographic | Climate and conflict

Matus Samel, The Economist | Climate change has resulted in slow-onset changes – notably gradual temperature increases, rising sea...

London Calling for Military Tech Cooperation

Jon Harper, National Defense | With extra money in its coffers for modernization, the U.K. Ministry of Defence is looking for additional...

Digital diplomacy in the era of Covid-19

Abdelhafidh Abdeleli, The Swissinfo | While International Geneva continued to host face-to-face peace talks for war-torn countries like...

Russia, China to sign agreement on international lunar research station

Andrew Jones, SpaceNews | Russia is preparing to sign a memorandum of understanding with China to cooperate on a vision for an...

What makes this Myanmar coup different

Morten B. Pedersen, Australian Strategic Policy Institute| The dominant response to the military coup in Myanmar on 1 February has been,...

Insights on China’s 2021 White Paper on International Development Cooperation

Anthea Mulakala & Ji Hongbo, The Asia Foundation| On January 10, the State Council Information Office of the People’s Republic of China...

Myanmar is Experiencing a Digital-Age Coup – Tech Companies Must Push Back

Allie Funk, Just Security| On Feb. 1, Myanmar’s military seized control of the government, detained political leaders, issued a one-year...

Where is the Africa-China Relationship Headed in 2021?

Hannah Ryder, Center for Strategic and International Studies| Many African countries experienced an uneven relationship with China in...