The Ledger
Burnham: the UK has strong indications Iran was behind the Fairford plot. Netanyahu: Israel passed the intelligence. Araghchi: you are barking up the wrong tree. Three governments. One incident. Three incompatible positions. Trump says the war will be over very soon.
Hand-picked stories from the newsroom
Analysis
Budanov: 'We are preparing. For October.' Zelenskyy: 'We expect the war to continue.' Four rounds of trilateral talks in nine months. No ceasefire. No framework. Russia advancing. October is the round the midterm calendar set.
5 min read
Analysis
Budanov: 'We are preparing. For October.' Zelenskyy: 'We expect the war to continue.' Four rounds of trilateral talks in nine months. No ceasefire. No framework. Russia advancing. October is the round the midterm calendar set.
5 min read
Analysis
On September 23, the ICC convicted a CAR rebel commander for crimes against humanity. On September 28, Netanyahu visited the UAE under an active ICC arrest warrant. Eight ICC convictions. All from sub-Saharan Africa. One week shows why.
Analysis
Pezeshkian held photographs of Khamenei and 150 dead schoolchildren at UNGA and asked: 'Is this how the world's most powerful country practises international law?' The US delegation walked out. For that moment, the schoolchildren were present in the General Assembly.
Analysis
Trump asked the UN General Assembly whether to 'drive Iran into hell with no chance of survival and no hope of future generations.' The UN Charter prohibits this. The US co-wrote the Charter. The Security Council cannot act. The chamber produced silence. The record has both.
Analysis
Vance declared phase one of the Iran war done on September 15. Phase one was to destroy Iran's nuclear programme, conventional military and power projection. CSIS documented peak nuclear facility construction the same week. The mountain does not appear to have received the declaration.
The Nuremberg Files is DiploPolis's ongoing investigation into the promise of universal accountability — what it meant, what it became and what its failure costs the world.
India Examined is DiploPolis's ongoing analysis of Indian foreign policy since 2014. What India claims to be in the world. What it actually is. And what the gap between those two things costs.
6 min read
5 min read
3 min read
3 min read
2 min read
5 min read
6 min read
3 min read
3 min read
Guides, rankings and resources for students, professionals and serious readers of international affairs.
Long-form arguments on power, politics, diplomacy and public life.
Clear guides to the concepts, conflicts and forces shaping international affairs.
Explainers
5 min read
Explainers
9 min read
Explainers
8 min read
Explainers
8 min read
Explainers
8 min read
Explainers
8 min read
Explainers
7 min read
Explainers
9 min read
Explainers
8 min read
Books, arguments and ideas that shape how we understand international affairs.
The Ledger
Analysis
The Ledger
The Ledger
The Ledger
Analysis
The Ledger
The Ledger
266 stories
