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Modern Diplomacy is a crucial resource for understanding and exploring complex global issues that are often overlooked by mainstream Western media and academic circles. We deliver fair and objective qualitative analysis through various formats, including political commentary, policy investigations, in-depth interviews, special reports, and commissioned research. As a prominent opinion leader in Europe, we have a significant impact across the Middle East, Africa, and Asia. Unlike a traditional news outlet, we don't just relay information; we provide deeper insights that go beyond standard media narratives. In a world flooded with both true and false information, there is a growing need for platforms that offer shared experiences, genuine perspectives, and unique insights backed by thorough analysis. Committed to fostering open dialogue, we aim to encourage inquiry without imposing any specific agenda, narrative, or ideology. Our mission is to illuminate diverse ideas, thinkers, and viewpoints, allowing them to be assessed for their validity and soundness. In contrast to many news platforms, Modern Diplomacy is open to all creative and insightful writers who are eager to express their opinions, as long as those opinions are supported by solid, fair, and logical arguments. This is the core purpose of Modern Diplomacy.

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Equity, Ethics and Cooperation in the age of AI

1 week ago | moderndiplomacy.eu | Jenna Ellis

On May 22nd, the Understanding AI and Robotics Training Program kickoff participants engaged in a dynamic session that exemplified the program’s multidisciplinary, multi-spatial, and true global approach.
ECOWAS at 50 Starkly Faces Security Challenges

1 week ago | moderndiplomacy.eu | Kester Kenn Klomegah

Within the context of an enduring relationship dating back to May 1975, the establishment of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) as a regional bloc with an aspiration of transforming the elongated region along the Atlantic coast and stretching across the Sahel-Savanna bordering the Maghreb. ECOWAS sets out its broad operations incorporating politics, economy, security, social, and culture.
Can NATO’s Middle Powers Lead the Alliance Without the US?

1 week ago | moderndiplomacy.eu | Alexander Gale

With the recent pivot in US foreign policy regarding Europe and NATO, it has become clear that NATO’s European members need to ramp up spending on defense, and the time of relying on the US for defense in Europe is over. Many would argue that it’s well overdue, with Trump saying that NATO members should boost their defense spending to 5% of their GDP versus the traditional 2% target set by NATO.
African Union Marks Africa Day 2025 with a Call for Justice, Unity, and Forward Momentum

1 week ago | moderndiplomacy.eu | Kester Kenn Klomegah

The African Union commemorates Africa Day 2025 with a renewed call to justice, unity, and shared progress. Speaking on behalf of the African Union Commission (AUC), Mahmoud Ali Youssouf, Chairperson of the AUC, delivered a stirring address that reflected on Africa’s historic journey while calling for bold steps toward a just and prosperous future.
Sacred Birthplace of Gigantic Global Enterprises

2 weeks ago | moderndiplomacy.eu | Naseem Javed

Discover the unknown, sacred birthplace of gigantic global enterprises.Start with 100 great global enterprises operating worldwide and how they keep the global economy’s pulse throbbing. Most importantly, where and how were they born? Two facts would emerge: first, none of these giants were hatched on a chicken farm or created by some advanced, academically advanced economic theorems. Two surprises will follow.
Iran is updating its strategic agenda. But, on “domestic” nuclear, no step back

2 weeks ago | moderndiplomacy.eu | Lorenzo Somigli

Tehran, May 21— “The countries of the region have the opportunity to build an autonomous path,” based on “harmony, unity, and synergy.” The words of President Masoud Pezeshkian at the opening of the Tehran Dialogue Forum 2025, the most prestigious platform for dialogue and cooperation promoted by the Institute for Political and International Studies (IPIS), photograph a tangible evolution in the Iranian strategic agenda for the MENA quadrant.
Legality and Morality in the Digital Age: A Global Call for Action

2 weeks ago | moderndiplomacy.eu | Jenna Ellis

At a major United Nations conference focused on international criminal law, world experts came together to raise a powerful warning: children are facing growing threats in the digital world. The 34th Session of the UN Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice (CCPCJ) brought attention to how modern technologies, while often beneficial, are also being used to harm and exploit the most vulnerable members of society—our children.
Youth Diplomacy at the Core of Russian-African Relations

3 weeks ago | moderndiplomacy.eu | Kester Kenn Klomegah

Amid the geopolitical reconfiguration, Russia’s invaluable support for multitude engagement with African countries and integration associations across the continent were aspects of the significant theme thoroughly discussed at the 4th “Russia-Africa Forum: What Next?” and the inaugural Forum of Young Diplomats Russia-Africa from 22nd-25th April, 2025, at the Moscow University of International Affairs (MGIMO), and that week-long event included a plenary session, roundtables, expert and panel...
The Changing Face of Global Power: Who Wins, Who Loses?

3 weeks ago | moderndiplomacy.eu | Kester Kenn Klomegah

In the context of emerging new world, key global powers are thumbing up their strategic agendas, seriously evaluating their approaches in taking positions on diverse issues including security, trade and economics with implications for and impact on developing countries.
Global Power Shift. Determining African Union's Future

3 weeks ago | moderndiplomacy.eu | Kester Kenn Klomegah

Unbelievably, a new world has already emerged, and developing countries are ultimately shifting their focus from the western world toward East and Southern hemisphere! Several years of throttling with policy phrases of peace and security, economic development and growth, and yet Africa has been entangled in persistent ethnic conflicts and largely falls short of the expected level of economic development.