#Diplomacy

It was the summer of 1909. I was on the south coast of Spain. I remember it well because the season was almost over. Peace was within reach, I felt. There had been a vote to end the war, and the English had told me to support it.…

From Time RSS Feed: Xi Warns Trump of ‘Thucydides’ Trap.’ What to Know About China’s Favorite Greek Reference for U.S. Relations

His host, Xi Jinping, offered at least lip service support for Washington’s central goals in Iran: permanent free passage of the Strait of Hormuz and a never-nuclear Islamic Republic.

Trump is expected to raise a series of concerns about artificial intelligence, the global economy, trade and nuclear weapons.

The Iran war’s launch prompted Trump to postpone his China trip by two months — and has now left him in a far stronger position.

Making a deal means the US finding a position that doesn’t threaten the Iranian regime’s survival. The alternative is a prolonged and damaging stalemate, says the American Statecraft Program’s Christopher S Chivvis

China’s top diplomat said Thursday that ties with the US have been in general stable despite “many twists and disruptions,” and called on both countries to find a way to contribute to g…

From Variety RSS Feed: Strand Releasing Acquires North American Rights to Yuriko Gamo Romer’s Baseball Documentary ‘Diamond Diplomacy’ (EXCLUSIVE)

The secretary of state is busy remaking his department as a tool of MAGA and white racial authoritarianism

The United States wreaks havoc in the Middle East. As things unravel, one of the chief American powerbrokers, turns his ire on his junior ally. Spitting venom, he pithily remarks: “the British answer

Skeptic say that country's image after Oct. 7 has become so tarnished by government policy and dereliction that even with vast public relations funds, it's too late for a face lift

Flattery has become a foreign policy strategy — and it's reshaping U.S. alliances

Bangladesh still treats New Delhi as a senior civil-service posting. That once made sense. It no longer does.

From Al Jazeera: European Commission president calls for diplomacy to end Iran war

From Reddit - r/internationalpolitics: American Folly in the New Age of Gunboat Diplomacy - A piece I wrote talking about how the intervention in Iran fits in the US' wider strategic ambition of reverting back to policies reminiscent of 19th-century…

As AI systems begin to simulate negotiation outcomes, generate policy options, and model crisis responses, the temptation to let them decide will grow.…

From Aljazeera RSS Feed: Have US-Iran talks failed? Why no deal yet doesn’t mean diplomacy is dead

The new proposal is aimed at overcoming the current stalemate in the talks and bypass internal disagreements in Iran's leadership.

As of Endless Legend 2's latest update, you'll find it harder to cuddle up to other factions after spending 20 turns abusing them, thanks to a new badge system.