Thomas Wright

A White House staff member gestures to move the press corps back as U.S. President Donald Trump walks between lines of riot police for a photo opportunity at St John's Church during ongoing protests over racial inequality in the wake of the death of George Floyd while in Minneapolis police custody, near the White House in Washington, U.S., June 1, 2020. REUTERS/Tom Brenner

We’ve now entered the final phase of the Trump era

Thursday, June 4, 2020

Flags of NATO member countries are seen at the Alliance headquarters in Brussels, Belgium, November 26, 2019. REUTERS/Francois Lenoir

The end of world order and American foreign policy

Thomas Wright and Robert D. Blackwill

May 2020

Democratic presidential candidate and former Vice President Joe Biden speaks at the SC Democratic Convention in Columbia, South Carolina, U.S., June 22, 2019. REUTERS/Randall Hill - RC161999ACC0

How should Biden handle China?

Thursday, May 28, 2020

French President Emmanuel Macron and EU adviser Clement Beaune attend a videoconference at the Elysee Palace, in Paris, France March 10, 2020. Michel Euler/Pool via REUTERS

Trans-Atlantic Scorecard – April 2020

Thursday, April 23, 2020

Webinar: Emmanuel Macron — The last president of Europe

10:00 AM - 11:00 AM EDT

Vice President Joe Biden speaking at a Brookings-Biden Institute event, May 8, 2018 (Paul Morigi photos)

If Biden wins, he’ll have to put the world back together

Thomas Wright and Kurt Campbell

Tuesday, April 14, 2020

BRASILIA, BRAZIL- Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro speaks during the videoconference with the G20 member countries about measures to combat the coronavirus in Brasilia, Brazil on March 26, 2020. At the G20, Bolsonaro highlighted the progress of the research carried out in Brazil and in other countries on the treatment with hydroxychloroquine against Covid-19, the first clinical study in the country that tests the use of the drug against the virus. He also expressed his opinion on the need to protect people's health and, at the same time, protect jobs.

Stretching the international order to its breaking point

Monday, April 6, 2020

TURIN, ITALY - March 16, 2020: A nurse stands in front of a temporary pre triage tent. The Italian government imposed unprecedented restrictions to halt the spread of COVID-19 coronavirus outbreak, among other measures people movements are allowed only for work, for buying essential goods and for health reasons. (Photo by Nicolò Campo/Sipa USA)No Use UK. No Use Germany.

Brookings experts comment on the COVID-19 outbreak in Europe

Thomas Wright, Amanda Sloat, Giovanna De Maio, and Constanze Stelzenmüller

Monday, March 23, 2020

Democratic 2020 U.S. presidential candidate and former Vice President Joe Biden holds a campaign rally in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. May 18, 2019. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst - RC155E77EB70

The quiet reformation of Biden’s foreign policy

Friday, March 20, 2020

A CNN headline reading "Trump Suspends Travel From Europe to U.S." is pictured on the television in the bar at A Pizza Mart, in Seattle, Washington, U.S. March 11, 2020. REUTERS/Jason Redmond

What does the coronavirus crisis mean for European unity?

Thomas Wright and Adrianna Pita

Friday, March 13, 2020