by Gilles Touboul Can a superpower remain credible on multiple fronts at the same time? The question is no longer whether the United States is powerful. The answer is obvious: it is. The US still possesses the world’s leading military power, an unrivaled network of alliances, substantial financial capacity, and a diplomatic influence that remains […]
by Gilles Touboul How can two powers continue to negotiate while striking each other? The question may seem absurd. It is not. In international relations, war and diplomacy are not always distinct; very often, they move forward together. Diplomacy speaks. Missiles punctuate. Negotiators talk. Armies adjust the balance of power. This is what we are […]
by Scott Douglas Jacobsen How does John Lyman evaluate difficult submissions, ideological conflict, and evidence standards at International Policy Digest? John Lyman is editor-in-chief of International Policy Digest, a global affairs publication he developed after graduate studies in European Studies at the University of Amsterdam and further work in Homeland Security at Virginia Commonwealth University. […]
by Scott Douglas Jacobsen and Irina Tsukerman Irina Tsukerman is a human rights and national security attorney based in New York and Connecticut. She earned her Bachelor of Arts in National and Intercultural Studies and Middle East Studies from Fordham University in 2006, followed by a Juris Doctor from Fordham University School of Law in […]
by Scott Douglas Jacobsen and Irina Tsukerman How do strategic overconfidence, shifting war aims, and artificial intelligence reshape the risks of quagmire in Iran and Ukraine? Irina Tsukerman is a human rights and national security attorney based in New York and Connecticut. She earned her Bachelor of Arts in National and Intercultural Studies and Middle […]
By Amb. Dr. Mohamed Qubaty For more than a decade, the Middle East has lived under a paradox that is rarely acknowledged explicitly: the more the international community fears escalation, the longer destabilizing actors survive. What was once presented as prudence and restraint has gradually evolved into a strategic pattern of hesitation, in which avoiding […]
by Qaiser Nawab The 30th Conference of the Parties (COP30) to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change, scheduled for November 10th to 21st, 2025, in Belém, Brazil, set in the symbolic heart of the Amazon, marks a moment of reckoning mandated by the Paris Agreement itself. 2025 is the critical deadline for nations to […]
by Qaiser Nawab The 25th Heads of State Council meeting of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) convenes in Tianjin from August 31 to September 1, marking a critical moment in Eurasian diplomacy. With more than 20 world leaders and delegations from 10 international organizations in attendance, this summit comes at a time of deepening global […]
by Rustam Taghizade As geopolitical tensions escalate over the war in Ukraine, a surprising name has emerged in the heart of US-Russia diplomacy: Steve Witkoff. Known more for his real estate ventures than foreign policy expertise, Witkoff is now headed to Moscow as a special envoy of former President Donald Trump. The goal? A last-ditch […]
by Giovanni Giacalone US President Donald Trump’s obsession with winning the Nobel Peace Prize has become a paradox, as his efforts to achieve it are creating more turmoil, thereby putting at risk the path to peace in both Ukraine and the Middle East. Trump appears so desperate for the Nobel Prize that he attempts to […]