diplomacy
14 articles tagged diplomacy.
WorldDiplomacy Is Now About Preventing the Second Shock
The first crisis gets the summit. The second shock is what tests whether the channels built in public can work in private.
By Sara Qureshi · Jun 17
WorldDiplomacy Is Moving From Crisis Mode to Maintenance Mode
The hardest phase often starts after the emergency meeting ends, when every side has to make restraint look like policy.
By Sara Qureshi · Jun 14
WorldSecurity Deals Fail in the Details They Avoid
Ceasefires, maritime guarantees and inspection regimes all sound cleaner in principle than they become in daily administration.
By Sara Qureshi · Jun 13
OpinionRelief Is Now a Policy Test
The possible US-Iran understanding gives every government in the region a chance to de-escalate. It also exposes how little room remains for error.
By Diego Arroyo · Jun 12
PoliticsPakistan's Mediator Moment Lands on the G7 Calendar
Islamabad's bridge role, a possible Geneva ceremony and the Evian summit have converged at a critical diplomatic hour.
By Lena Holloway · Jun 12
WorldThe Draft Iran Deal Moved Markets Before It Existed as a Deal
Washington is talking about signatures and a reopened Hormuz. Tehran says there is no final conclusion. Markets have already priced the hope.
By Sara Qureshi · Jun 12
OpinionThe Narrow Path: Gulf Diplomacy in a War It Did Not Choose
The region's instinct is to talk to everyone. A conflict on its own shores is the hardest test that instinct has faced.
By Lena Holloway · Jun 11
PoliticsThe Quiet Logic Behind the Gulf's Diplomatic Hedging
Talking to everyone at once is not indecision. It is a strategy with a long history and a clear payoff.
By Sara Qureshi · Jun 10
PoliticsLate Ballot Design Changes Are Reshaping Down-Ballot Outcomes More Than Anyone Acknowledges
A series of small modifications to ballot layouts in several states has been treated as procedural housekeeping. The downstream consequences for down-ballot races are not procedural.
By Lena Holloway · Jun 4
OpinionThe Quiet Virtue of Covering the Unsexy Beat
An industry of policy coverage has organized itself around the photogenic beats. The unsexy beats produce most of the news that actually matters.
By Theresa Bauer · Jun 4
PoliticsState Attorneys General Are Coordinating Differently. The Pattern Is Worth Watching.
A coordination posture across several state attorneys general has shifted from issue-by-issue alliances toward something more structural. The shift has implications beyond the immediate dockets.
By Lena Holloway · Jun 4
WorldEurope's Energy Storage Procurement Just Quietly Stopped Being a Pilot Program
A procurement cycle that closed last month was framed as another iteration on the previous template. The terms tell a different story.
By Rafael Mendez · Jun 3
PoliticsThe Special Master Quietly Rewriting a State's Midterm Map
A redistricting order that drew limited press attention has handed a court-appointed mandate that will shape the next two cycles. The terms of reference are the story.
By Lena Holloway · Jun 3
PoliticsThe Late-Quarter Filing Pattern That Tells You More Than the Headline Totals
Aggregate numbers from the quarterly campaign-finance reports drew the usual coverage. The pattern inside the filings carries more signal than the totals do.
By Lena Holloway · Jun 3