Vanda Felbab-Brown

People crowd around a water tanker to fill their buckets and pots in the western Indian city of Ahmedabad May 11, 2006. At least 27 people have died in India from scorching weather, officials said on Monday. REUTERS/Amit Dave - RTR1DA14

Water theft and water smuggling

Vanda Felbab-Brown

March 2017

U.S. Border Patrol Agent David Ruiz patrols the U.S. border with Mexico in Nogales, Arizona, U.S., January 31, 2017. Picture taken January 31, 2017. REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson - RTSYW9V

Drugs, crime, and immigration: Nicer words from Trump, still bad policies

Vanda Felbab-Brown

Wednesday, March 1, 2017

U.S. President Donald Trump delivers his first address to a joint session of Congress from the floor of the House of Representatives iin Washington, U.S., February 28, 2017. REUTERS/Jim Lo Scalzo/Pool - RTS10VUT

Trump’s speech to Congress: Reactions from foreign policy experts

Ted Piccone, David Dollar, Dhruva Jaishankar, Vanda Felbab-Brown, and Richard C. Bush

Wednesday, March 1, 2017

The border fence between Mexico and the United States is pictured near Calexico, California, U.S. February 8, 2017. Picture taken February 8, 2017. REUTERS/Mike Blake - RTX30D00

President Trump’s border wall

Vanda Felbab-Brown

Wednesday, March 1, 2017

Women carry posters with the image of the newly elected Somalian President Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed as they celebrate his victory, near the Daljirka Dahson monument in Mogadishu, Somalia February 11, 2017. REUTERS/Feisal Omar - RC1BD325F8B0

What’s next for Somalia

Vanda Felbab-Brown

Monday, February 20, 2017

Afghan refugee girls carry drinking water in containers at a refugee camp on the outskirts of Jalalabad, Afghanistan, February 12, 2017. Picture taken February 12, 2017. REUTERS/Parwiz - RTSYEKZ

The Trump administration and Afghanistan: What’s in the poppy leaves?

Vanda Felbab-Brown

Tuesday, February 14, 2017

A member of the police force stands guard in Times Square on New Year's Eve in New York, U.S. December 31, 2016. REUTERS/Stephanie Keith - RTX2X3F9

Trump’s counterproductive attack on sanctuary cities

Vanda Felbab-Brown

Tuesday, January 31, 2017

A worker chats with residents at a newly built section of the U.S.-Mexico border fence at Sunland Park, U.S. opposite the Mexican border city of Ciudad Juarez, Mexico January 26, 2017. REUTERS/Jose Luis Gonzalez - RTSXKER

Why the border wall’s costs far outweigh its benefits

Vanda Felbab-Brown

Monday, January 30, 2017

Iraqi soldiers train with members of the U.S. Army 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, at Camp Taji, Iraq, in this U.S. Army photo released June 2, 2015. The United States is expected to announce on Wednesday plans for a new military base in Iraq's Anbar province and the deployment of around 400 additional U.S. trainers to help Iraqi forces in the fight against Islamic State, a U.S. official said.

Fleeting convergence: Building partner capacity and militias

Vanda Felbab-Brown

Tuesday, December 6, 2016

The flag of Mexico changes in front of a large U.S. flag in front of the New York Stock Exchange September 4, 2015. REUTERS/Lucas Jackson - RTX1R4GU

U.S.-Mexican relations

Vanda Felbab-Brown

Wednesday, November 16, 2016