Features

Growing Chinese assertiveness in the East and South China seas has forced the two U.S. allies to reorient their defense strategies.

Mao’s China has had a profound and lasting ideological impact on the Palestinian national movement.

For China, it is increasingly difficult to balance its support for Russia and its ties with Western trading partners.

Through combined exercises and enduring engagements, the United States is building "deterrence through assurance."

The country was able to limit the impact of AI-generated deepfakes during its recent National Assembly elections. What can other countries learn from its experience?

Germany – specifically, its automotive industry – is Europe’s true Achilles heel when it comes to China policy.

The Diplomat meets the firebrand Indian politician on the election campaign trail in West Bengal.

Canberra needs to win public support and maintain political unity, while making strategic calculations that factor in a realizable Plan B.

The region, a stronghold of Hindu nationalism since the 1960s, has been Modi’s fortress. But the BJP seems less sure of success this year.

Does the country’s new crop of minor parties represent a lasting realignment, or a temporary blip?

Zerka Malyar and her team sought to confront the Taliban on the critical issue of women’s rights.

Nepali journalists say they frequently go months without pay. The hollowing out of the Fourth Estate leaves the country vulnerable to disinformation at a critical time.