The first edition of the 2024/25 academic year offers renewed coverage of pressing global challenges. It features the first regional updates by the Dispatch’s new editorial team and diverse topics such as U.S. trade policy, the Venezuelan diaspora, the Georgian elections, the Sudan crisis, Iranian strategy towards the Eastern Mediterranean, Japanese reactions to Chinese grey zone tactics, and an overview of the many elections which took place in the Indo-Pacific this year. This issue marks the introduction of the Eastern Mediterranean as a region of interest, and starts out with an article from a member of the Board of USAID’s Middle East Partnership for Peace Fund. It also features contributions from several students and professors at Oxford.

The final edition of the 2023/24 academic year offers a global perspective on pressing international challenges and emerging diplomatic trends. It features end-of-year summaries from regional Editors and explores diverse topics including Gabriella Kchozyan's examination of global health diplomacy and Dr Marsha McGraw Olive's analysis of Central Asian cooperation. Tim Eaton discusses human smuggling in Libya, while Angus Kingsley-Anderson considers Israel-Palestine peace processes. Henning Melber and William Piekos offer forward-looking pieces on South Africa's 2024 elections and Pacific Island competition, respectively. Oliver Smith and Anton Rizki Sulaiman address crises in New Caledonia and Indonesia, whilst Ian Seow Cheng Wei, Sébastien Maillard, and Fiona De Cuyper examine China's regional security, the EU's political landscape, and Arctic governance, providing a comprehensive view of contemporary international relations.

Key articles examine Milo Vinikas' internship at Turkmenistan's Brussels embassy, the Gaza war's impact on Jordanian engagement by Layan Ounis, Israeli settler expansion affecting Palestinians analysed by Yonatan Kanonich of Yesh Din, UN peacekeeping efforts in Sub-Saharan Africa evaluated by editor Tom Wells, the environmental crisis in Guadeloupe reported by Karina Chabour of France 24, India's election season and climate urgency by editor Julia Hoffmann, implications of UK Foreign Secretary David Cameron's meeting with Donald Trump analysed by Patrick Breeze, and gender bias in multilateralism affecting women diplomats raised by "Ms. Bol.", an anonymous diplomat.

This issue covers Armenia's changing foreign policy including insights from H.E. Tigran Balayan, Armenian Ambassador to Belgium, developments like Georgia's "foreign agents" bill and the Georgian Programme at Oxford, securitisation of Tajiks in Russia, evolving Tajikistan-Iran ties, the aftermath of attacks on Jerusalemites by Asma Odetallah of Grassroots Al-Quds, charitable organisations Farm Africa and Girls Talk Organisation in eastern Africa and The Gambia, China's "Blue Dragon Strategy," Japan's regional positioning, and tensions between Venezuela and Chile.

Contents explore the widening Gaza war effects including the Houthis' role analysed by Ambassador Gerald Feierstein, Israeli-Iranian tensions in Syria by journalist Siba Madwar, Armenia's solar energy reducing Russian gas dependence underscored by editor Gabriella Kchozyan, Kazakhstan's "Multivector 2.0" policy by Wilder Alejandro Sánchez, viability of the "Chip 4" coalition against China's semiconductors evaluated by Brian Kot, Tunisian youth climate activism spotlighted by Ahmed Elhadj Taieb, and critique of US-British intervention undermining Brazil by Sophia Santos-Pearcy.

This edition examines the difficulties in achieving Armenia-Azerbaijan peace by journalist Lindsey Snell, Armenia's wine sector revival as gastrodiplomacy by entrepreneur Karen Tsharakyan, Netanyahu's conflict management strategy undermining the Oslo Accords analysed by Dr. Roee Kibrik of Mitvim Institute, Hamas' complex weaponry sourcing explored by Jack Jacobs, Jordan's perspective by politician Dr. Rawan Al Hiyari on the Gaza crisis and UNRWA's importance, the debate on Chinese investment in Angola by Rui Verde, tensions between legitimacy and legality in disputes by Tabitha Spindler, India's nationalist strategic posture analysed by Patrick Maxwell, and the rise of Hindu nationalist soft power by Mayank Kumar influencing Indian diplomacy.

Key contents include analysis of Georgia's Black Sea security role by Natia Seskuria of RUSI, Benjamin Remler-Nougayrede on Eurasian trade paradigm shifts involving Iran and the CIS, insights by editor Fiona De Cuyper on Russian-driven Arctic opportunism, Edwards Sanders on Polynesian climate migration, insights from Omar Al-Ubaydli of the Bahrain Center on the country's fiscal remittance strategy, and Regional Editor Tom Wells on the 2024 elections in Chad.

The edition features insights from the Ambassadors of Georgia and Kazakhstan to the UK, an analysis of the Eurasian Economic Union's role in Central Asia, and an examination of how memory and guilt have shaped Germany's relationship with Israel. It covers Indonesia's successful political reforms, a report on a speech by former Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos, commentary on the de-historicisation of events in Gaza, a Lebanese diplomat's perspective on the migration crisis, and the use of open intelligence in the Gaza conflict. Additionally, it explores colonial influence in the Sahel, the new roles of Russia and China in Africa, the future of US-Turkey relations, and China's Belt and Road Initiative as a contrast to the US Marshall Plan.

This edition evaluates Israeli-Azerbaijani diplomatic ties and their impact on Gaza and Nagorno-Karabakh, alongside analysis of China's potential role with Armenia. It explores EU reforms, emphasises the Indo-Pacific's importance for Australia's diplomacy, and examines Japanese domestic politics and Latin American leftism. The complexities of the Middle East situation are unpacked, while the North America section discusses U.S. policy revisions regarding sanctions and China relations. Finally, it explores Africa's new role in a multipolar world order.

In this edition, Lord Ricketts, a British diplomat for 40 years and now a crossbench peer, provides commentary on the geopolitics of the Ukraine war in his article. Sir Andrew Wood, a former British ambassador to Yugoslavia and Russia and an associate fellow at Chatham House, contributes an article titled “Russia Then. Russia Now. And Us?”. Syed Nizamuddin, a student in the MSt in Diplomatic Studies program, authors an article “The Future of Diplomacy is with the Substates" on the role of substates in future diplomacy”.