By Will de Freitas, Environment + Energy Editor, The Conversation The “Paris agreement for plastic” was set to be finalised at the end of this week. But after a week and a half of intense discussions...

By Patrick E. Shea, Senior Lecturer in International Relations and Global Governance, University of Glasgow The US president, Donald Trump, watched on recently as the leaders of Armenia and Azerbaijan shook hands in the White...

By Peter Rutland, Professor of Government, Wesleyan University Like many such confabs before it, the Aug. 15, 2025, Alaska red carpet rollout for Russian President Vladimir Putin is classic Donald Trump: A show of diplomacy...

By Luca Trenta, Associate Professor in International Relations, Swansea University The US president, Donald Trump, signed a secret directive on August 8 authorising the Pentagon to use military force against some Latin American drug cartels....

By Brian Brivati, Visiting Professor of Contemporary History and Human Rights, Kingston University Armenia and Azerbaijan signed a peace framework in Washington on August 8 after nearly four decades of conflict. The two nations, long...