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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...

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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...

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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