Global Outlook

In this article, Tobias Ide provides a brief overview about how the policies of the second Trump administration affect climate security, with a particular focus on the Indo-Pacific region.

On April 22, 26 tourists were brutally murdered in the Indian-controlled part of Kashmir. In the following days, gun battles erupted between Indian and Pakistani armed forces. Is the next war now looming in Kashmir?

Ideally, the Korean negotiators will be modest in their ambitions and leave the lion’s share of the negotiations for the next administration to handle.

Sri Lanka is at a crossroads. The impacts of climate change are becoming increasingly visible, with erratic rainfall, prolonged droughts, and rising sea levels disrupting livelihoods and threatening fragile ecosystems.

The details of a new visa enabling Tuvaluan citizens to permanently migrate to Australia were released this week. The Australia–Tuvalu Falepili Union, as it is known, is the world’s first bilateral agreement to create a special visa like this in the context of climate change.

Donald Trump may be a good campaigner, but his government policy in the first few months is characterized by chaotic and irrational decisions: "Dangerous and dumb", according to former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.