And there’s work to do.

China and Philippines agree on resupply missions; Philippines builds more runways; Western powers deepen security engagement with Asian partners; and more.

The annexations of Golan and territory in Palestine and Ukraine are part of a dangerous trend exacerbated by consolidations of security alliances and other global power shifts.

Though the resolutions did not result in meaningful change on the ground, they nonetheless signaled important U.S. diplomatic messages to Israel and the Security Council.

Russia is delaying the exchange of prisoners of war and using it as a tool to destabilize Ukraine.

A review of Isaac B. Kardon, “China’s Law of the Sea: The New Rules of Maritime Order” (Yale University Press, 2023)

The judges almost unanimously agreed that Israel’s policies in the territory are illegal, but the court was more divided on other salient factual and legal findings.