President Emmanuel Macron’s latest visit to India for the AI Action Summit in February 2026 serves as an example for middle power cooperation amid a changing international system.
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President Emmanuel Macron’s latest visit to India for the AI Action Summit in February 2026 serves as an example for middle power cooperation amid a changing international system.
The state, in its effort to reestablish order, must not undermine itself by employing a rogue, unaccountable mercenary force. The International Convention against the Recruitment, Use, Financing and Training of Mercenaries, and the accompanying Montreux Document provide the means for oversight.
With an increased international focus on nuclear energy, countries should evaluate potential chokepoints in the supply chain.
The Sahel exemplifies how climate change intensifies resource scarcity, conflict, and governance challenges across fragile states.
Some 80% of public services are provided through NGOs, cyclically justifying disinvestment from the Haitian state and depriving it from growth opportunities. To ensure a future Haitian state is experienced and prepared for long-term governance and social services, NGOs must either instructively partner with the Haitian state or allow themselves to be functionally replaced.
Why Taiwan must develop its network of reconnaissance satellites and anti-satellite capabilities to counter advances in the PRC.
If leveraged correctly, Ankara and Tehran can use their unique - and often tenuous - relationship to promote peace in the Middle East.
Human trafficking has reached a rampant level in Vietnam, primarily targeting women, children, and ethnic minorities.
Human Rights
The state, in its effort to reestablish order, must not undermine itself by employing a rogue, unaccountable mercenary force. The International Convention against the Recruitment, Use, Financing and Training of Mercenaries, and the accompanying Montreux Document provide the means for oversight.
Ukraine lacks essential CRSV policy in its fight against Russia, putting its citizens at risk.
Palestinian women struggle against both obvious and hidden consequences of conflict.
Addressing the influx of mail-order brides from the Philippines requires a collaborative anti-trafficking effort with the United States.
Why is the average person today more informed about the refugee crisis in Ukraine versus those in Eritrea or Afghanistan?
Staff writer Joshua Rodriguez attended the University of London’s Refugee Law Initiative Annual Conference entitled “Inequality and Fairness in Refugee Protection.”
Security
With an increased international focus on nuclear energy, countries should evaluate potential chokepoints in the supply chain.
Russia’s use of international recruitment benefits its foreign policy beyond Ukraine's battlefields.
Ukraine lacks essential CRSV policy in its fight against Russia, putting its citizens at risk.
Across Northern Ireland, Liberia, and now Israel/Palestine, women peacebuilders use peace as a strategy in the face of conflict.
Investigating Al-Hol’s current state reveals complex dynamics that impact the residents and region.
Despite its advanced transnational online networks, adding alternative social media sites within existing public-private frameworks, would render the Russian Imperial Movement vulnerable.
China’s expanding nuclear arsenal could spark a new arms race that Washington should seek to avoid.
As the 2024 U.S. election approaches, the EU must confront its regional insecurity and become a more capable security and defense actor.
Western powers’ reliance on illegitimate regimes and insurgent competition will lead to years of violence.
For Russia’s Africa strategy, the most critical soft-power attraction is Russia as an assertive but pragmatic actor; the West must counter Russian soft power operations in Africa by supporting democratic and human rights initiatives.
Russia
With an increased international focus on nuclear energy, countries should evaluate potential chokepoints in the supply chain.
Moldova’s elections reveal a nation torn between European aspirations and Russian influence.
Russia’s use of international recruitment benefits its foreign policy beyond Ukraine's battlefields.
Russian migration policy rarely recognizes asylum and makes the process painstakingly long, particularly for their Afghan neighbors.
Russian migration policy rarely recognizes asylum and makes the process painstakingly long, particularly for their Afghan neighbors.
Despite its advanced transnational online networks, adding alternative social media sites within existing public-private frameworks, would render the Russian Imperial Movement vulnerable.