Bruce Jones

US President Joe Biden makes a foreign policy speech at the State Department in Washington, DC, USA, 04 February 2021.Biden announced that he is ending US support for the Saudis offensive operations in Yemen.No Use Germany.

Around the halls: Brookings experts analyze President Biden’s first foreign policy speech

Pavel K. Baev, Célia Belin, Samuel Denney, Federica Saini Fasanotti, Sadie Frank, James Goldgeier, Ryan Hass, Bruce Jones, Kemal Kirişci, Daniel L. Magruder Jr., Giovanna De Maio, Steven Pifer, Douglas A. Rediker, Constanze Stelzenmüller, Angela Stent, Christopher A. Thomas, David G. Victor, and Constantino Xavier

Friday, February 5, 2021

Please ride motorcycles through a flooded road in Cihanjuang Village.Landslides occurred due to heavy rainfall and unstable soil conditions, at least the latest data caused 18 people injured, 12 people died and dozens of others still missing. (Photo by Algi Febri Sugita / SOPA Images/Sipa USA)No Use UK. No Use Germany.

What climate change will mean for US security and geopolitics

John R. Allen and Bruce Jones

Thursday, February 4, 2021

Chinese President Xi Jinping walks next to Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro during his welcoming ceremony in Beijing, China September 14, 2018. Miraflores Palace/Handout via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS PICTURE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY

The new geopolitics of state fragility

Alexandre Marc and Bruce Jones

Wednesday, February 3, 2021

--FILE--View of a signboard of ICBC (Industrial and Commercial Bank of China) in Xuchang city, central China's Henan province, 22 May 2016.The Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (ICBC), the world's biggest in terms of capital and deposit, on Thursday voiced its readiness to continue its "all-round" financial services for "Belt and Road" projects. "ICBC is keen and active in promoting the Belt and Road Initiative," said Gu Shu, ICBC's senior executive vice president. The initiative, which comprises the Silk Road Economic Belt and the 21st Century Maritime Silk Road, is aiming at building a trade and infrastructure network connecting Asia with Europe and Africa along the ancient Silk Road routes. "ICBC has 123 branches in 18 countries along the Belt and Road, making it the Chinese financial institution that covers the most countries along the route," Gu said. "ICBC has been actively providing all-round and integrated financial services for 'Belt and Road' projects," he added. "So far, ICBC has operated 208 projects along the route, with a combined investment of 220.8 billion U.S. dollars." Gu was in Istanbul for the first anniversary of the inauguration of ICBC Turkey, which was established after ICBC purchased a majority of shares of Turkey's Tekstilbank in May last year.No Use China. No Use France.

How US-China tensions could hamper development efforts

Thursday, September 17, 2020

FILE PHOTO: Director General of the World Health Organization (WHO) Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus attends a news conference on the situation of the coronavirus (COVID-2019), in Geneva, Switzerland, February 28, 2020. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse/

Reopening the World: The WHO, international institutions, and the COVID-19 response

Bonnie Jenkins and Bruce Jones

Tuesday, June 16, 2020

Democracy & Disorder: The struggle for influence in the new geopolitics

Watch: What today’s geopolitical competition means for democracy

Tuesday, February 26, 2019

U.S. and Chinese flags are seen before Defense Secretary James Mattis welcomes Chinese Minister of National Defense Gen. Wei Fenghe to the Pentagon in Arlington, Virginia, U.S., November 9, 2018. REUTERS/Yuri Gripas - RC138EB22270

The era of U.S.-China cooperation is drawing to a close—What comes next?

Monday, January 7, 2019

Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe stands in front of Japan's national flag after his ruling Liberal Democratic Party's (LDP) annual party convention in Tokyo, Japan, March 5, 2017. REUTERS/Toru Hanai - RC1EEE131EC0

Around the halls: Experts discuss Japan’s role in North Korea diplomacy

Bruce Jones, Mireya Solís, Richard C. Bush, and Michael E. O’Hanlon

Tuesday, October 23, 2018

U.S. President Donald Trump shakes hands with North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un before their bilateral meeting at the Capella Hotel on Sentosa island in Singapore June 12, 2018. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst - RC1BD9794C10

Second summit, second chance

Thursday, October 18, 2018

U.S. President Donald Trump talks with the media as U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo looks on after a meeting with North Korea's envoy Kim Yong Chol at the White House in Washington, U.S., June 1, 2018. REUTERS/Leah Millis - RC1A4DC63180

Diplomacy can still succeed with North Korea, but risks are mounting

Monday, June 4, 2018