Chinese consulates regularly conduct gray-zone operations in the form of “pop-up” events at nondesignated diplomatic facilities. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2025/11/19/japan/chinas-gray-zone-activities-in-japan/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #japan #china #chinajapanrelations #grayzoneoperations #diplomacy
Billy Smith
boosted
A new study by 🇨🇭 researcher analysed nearly 18,000 #PubMed papers and found 413 cases where Ukrainian cities were incorrectly listed as Russian, mostly #Simferopol and #Sevastopol:
https://doi.org/10.1177/01655515251388044
The work shows a clear post-2014 rise in such misattributions and highlights how #war shape academic metadata. A concise and rigorous contribution to understanding the visibility of Ukrainian research.
#Science #Diplomacy #Ukraine #Research #ScholarlyCommunication
Geopolitical conflict and author affiliation: Designation of Ukrainian cities under Russia in academic publishing
A new study by 🇨🇭 researcher analysed nearly 18,000 #PubMed papers and found 413 cases where Ukrainian cities were incorrectly listed as Russian, mostly #Simferopol and #Sevastopol:
https://doi.org/10.1177/01655515251388044
The work shows a clear post-2014 rise in such misattributions and highlights how #war shape academic metadata. A concise and rigorous contribution to understanding the visibility of Ukrainian research.
#Science #Diplomacy #Ukraine #Research #ScholarlyCommunication
Geopolitical conflict and author affiliation: Designation of Ukrainian cities under Russia in academic publishing
US declines to join more than 70 countries in signing UN cybercrime treaty
https://therecord.media/us-declines-signing-cybercrime-treaty?
#HackerNews #US #cybercrime #treaty #UN #treaty #international #relations #cybersecurity #diplomacy
Michael Bacon
boosted
this's remarkably good on hegemony post trump
"Hegemony is not a birthright. It is a practice, renewed daily by choices—some grand, some mundane. The U.S. had immense resources, allies, and reservoirs of goodwill in 2016. But these assets have and are now being squandered at an extraordinarily rapid rate, definitely in part by simple malice, but even more so by neglect, confusion, and the ever-present temptation to turn inward"
#internationalRelations #hegemony #diplomacy #politics
https://braddelong.substack.com/p/a-note-on-the-closing-of-the-path
this's remarkably good on hegemony post trump
"Hegemony is not a birthright. It is a practice, renewed daily by choices—some grand, some mundane. The U.S. had immense resources, allies, and reservoirs of goodwill in 2016. But these assets have and are now being squandered at an extraordinarily rapid rate, definitely in part by simple malice, but even more so by neglect, confusion, and the ever-present temptation to turn inward"
#internationalRelations #hegemony #diplomacy #politics
https://braddelong.substack.com/p/a-note-on-the-closing-of-the-path
U.S. Vice President JD Vance says America’s strikes on Iran show military power succeeding where diplomacy failed — but history since the Cold War shows most such attempts flop. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2025/07/18/world/trump-doctrine-is-wishful-thinking/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #worldnews #donaldtrump #us #defense #diplomacy #iran #iraq #serbia
#Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said the time for #diplomacy had passed & that his country had the right to defend itself, saying the #US had “crossed a very big red line.”
#Trump#Defense Secy #PeteHegseth echoed his remarks in a press conference.
“I can only confirm that there are both public & private messages being directly delivered to the Iranians in multiple channels, giving them every opportunity to come to the table,” #Hegseth said.