Diplomacy - Diplomacy & Politics (Page 3)

Kabul Under Pressure: India's Diplomatic Gambit and Pakistan's Airstrikes Reveal Shifting Power Dynamics

India’s quiet engagement with Afghanistan and Pakistan’s airstrikes against TTP positions inside Afghan territory reveal a triangle of competing interests. The Taliban sit at the centre, playing each neighbour against the other with considerable tactical skill.

By Sunny Peter

/ 10 Oct 2025

Kabul Under Pressure: India's Diplomatic Gambit and Pakistan's Airstrikes Reveal Shifting Power Dynamics

Civil Society's Frontline: How Aid Flotillas Are Reshaping Conflict Diplomacy

Aid flotillas are not humanitarian operations — they are political acts. They challenge blockades, generate confrontations and force governments to respond. Civil society has learned to use the tools of conflict to expose it. The flotilla model is not going away. It is spreading.

By Sunny Peter

/ 9 Oct 2025

Civil Society's Frontline: How Aid Flotillas Are Reshaping Conflict Diplomacy

Between Technocracy and Sovereignty: Can International Administration Work in Gaza?

Some have proposed internationally administered governance for Gaza as an alternative to Hamas or Israeli occupation. The idea is serious — and seriously complicated. International administration has a poor track record. But the alternatives being proposed are no more promising.

By Sunny Peter

/ 7 Oct 2025

Between Technocracy and Sovereignty: Can International Administration Work in Gaza?

Can Iran and Israel Really Become Friends? Trump Thinks They Can

The Trump administration floated Israeli-Iranian normalisation as part of a regional realignment. The proposal misreads both states. Iran and Israel are not estranged partners — they are ideological adversaries whose hostility is structural, not diplomatic.

By Sunny Peter

/ 1 Oct 2025

Can Iran and Israel Really Become Friends? Trump Thinks They Can

Everyone’s Celebrating Trump’s Gaza Plan—Except the People Who’ve Heard These Promises Before

Every administration produces a Gaza plan. Every plan arrives with optimism and departs without implementation. The people who know this best are Palestinians — who have watched the same cycle repeat for thirty years. Celebrations are premature. They always are.

By Sunny Peter

/ 30 Sep 2025

Everyone’s Celebrating Trump’s Gaza Plan—Except the People Who’ve Heard These Promises Before

AI and Diplomacy: 3 Must Read Books for Understanding Artificial Intelligence's Impact on International Relations

Artificial intelligence is reshaping statecraft faster than most diplomatic institutions can track. These three books offer the clearest frameworks for understanding what AI means for war, governance and the balance of power — written for the analyst who cannot afford to waste time.

By Sunny Peter

/ 26 Sep 2025

AI and Diplomacy: 3 Must Read Books for Understanding Artificial Intelligence's Impact on International Relations

The Moldova Playbook: How Russia's "Occupation" Accusations Mirror Its Prewar Strategy

Before Ukraine, Russia called it peacekeeping. Before Georgia, it cited minority protection. Now the same language is being applied to Moldova. The playbook is not new — the occupation accusation precedes the intervention. Moldova is being prepared, not merely threatened.

By Sunny Peter

/ 23 Sep 2025

The Moldova Playbook: How Russia's "Occupation" Accusations Mirror Its Prewar Strategy

15 Timeless Books That Define International Relations and Geopolitics

Some books define a field. Others define how practitioners think about power long after they were written. This list identifies 15 works — from Thucydides to Mearsheimer — that remain essential for anyone seeking to understand why states behave as they do.

By Sunny Peter

/ 18 Sep 2025

15 Timeless Books That Define International Relations and Geopolitics

Gaza Endgame: How Hamas Survival Reshapes Middle East Strategy

Hamas was supposed to be destroyed. It has not been. Its survival — not as a governing force, but as a political and military reality — reshapes every calculation in the Middle East. The war’s original objective has failed. What comes next is being improvised.

By Sunny Peter

/ 4 Sep 2025

Gaza Endgame: How Hamas Survival Reshapes Middle East Strategy

Gaza Crisis: Diplomatic Stalemate as Annexation Calls Deepen Humanitarian Catastrophe

While diplomats negotiated and envoys shuttled, conditions in Gaza continued to deteriorate. The gap between what was being discussed at the diplomatic level and what was happening on the ground was not a failure of information. It was a failure of will.

By Sunny Peter

/ 29 Aug 2025

Gaza Crisis: Diplomatic Stalemate as Annexation Calls Deepen Humanitarian Catastrophe

Trump's India-Pakistan Mediation Claims: A Diplomatic Dispute Over Trade and Territory

Donald Trump claimed credit for mediating between India and Pakistan. New Delhi immediately disputed it. The exchange reveals how Washington now approaches South Asia — as a transactional space where mediation claims serve domestic political purposes more than diplomatic ones.

By Sunny Peter

/ 27 Aug 2025

Trump's India-Pakistan Mediation Claims: A Diplomatic Dispute Over Trade and Territory

India Offers Flood Alert to Pakistan: Catastrophe Diplomacy Amid Crisis

India’s decision to share flood alert data with Pakistan during a humanitarian emergency signals something worth noting: even the most strained bilateral relationships retain a floor. Catastrophe diplomacy is not friendship. But it is evidence that pragmatism has not entirely expired.

By Sunny Peter

/ 26 Aug 2025

India Offers Flood Alert to Pakistan: Catastrophe Diplomacy Amid Crisis