Order from Chaos

A Southern Popular Resistance fighter fires a weapon mounted on a truck during clashes with Houthi fighters in Yemen's southern city of Aden May 3, 2015. Between 40-50 Arab special forces soldiers arrived in Aden on Sunday and deployed alongside local fighters against the Houthi militia, a spokesman for the Southern Popular Resistance said. REUTERS/Stringer TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY - GF10000082449

In Yemen, the Houthi strategy has promise and risk

Bruce Riedel · Thursday, May 16, 2019

Palestinian boys sit atop the ruins of a house that witnesses said was destroyed by Israeli shelling during a 50-day war last summer, in the east of Gaza City May 12, 2015. REUTERS/Mohammed Salem TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY - GF10000092322

What we can learn from yet another round of conflict in Gaza

Eyal Tsir Cohen

Thursday, May 16, 2019

An attendent cleans the carpet next to U.S. and Chinese national flags before a news conference for the 6th round of U.S.-China Strategic and Economic Dialogue at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, July 10, 2014. REUTERS/Jason Lee (CHINA - Tags: POLITICS BUSINESS) - GM1EA7A1AO901

Democrats need to place China at the center of their foreign policy

Wednesday, May 15, 2019

Officials sing the national anthem at the closing session of the National People's Congress (NPC) at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China March 15, 2019. REUTERS/Thomas Peter - RC17C6B7C7E0

A primer on how Chinese law might enforce a US-China trade deal

Jamie P. Horsley

Wednesday, May 15, 2019

Sen. Mark Warner and Victoria Nuland speak at an event at Brookings.

The China challenge and critical next steps for the United States

Mark Warner (D-VA)

Wednesday, May 15, 2019

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban arrives for the informal meeting of European Union leaders in Sibiu, Romania, May 9, 2019. REUTERS/Francois Lenoir - RC1D05778E80

Trump should be isolating Viktor Orbán, not feting him at the White House

Monday, May 13, 2019

Immigrants hold passports and residence permits at an immigration office in Granada January 26, 2010. The government once spoke of how immigration could increase Spain's population by 50 percent to 66 million. Now unemployment is around 18 percent -- and 10 percentage points higher among foreign workers -- it is changing its tune. It has drastically cut back on working visas, tightened rules on family reunification and offered money to migrants wanting to leave Spain. To match feature SPAIN-IMMIGRANTS/ REUTERS/Pepe Marin (SPAIN - Tags: SOCIETY BUSINESS) - GM1E62N0MOX01

The emigration election: Why the EU is not like America

Susi Dennison and Jeremy Shapiro

Monday, May 13, 2019

Ekrem Imamoglu of the main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP), who was elected mayor after the March 31 elections, addresses his supporters after the High Election Board (YSK) decided to re-run the mayoral election, in Istanbul, Turkey, May 6, 2019. REUTERS/Murad Sezer - RC1A237C6860

Is democracy dead in Turkey? The re-run of Istanbul’s mayoral race will tell

Friday, May 10, 2019

Smoke rises following an Israeli air strike in Gaza May 5, 2019. REUTERS/Mohammed Salem - RC18154DCF90

Why Gaza hasn’t erupted into all-out war

Daniel L. Byman

Friday, May 10, 2019

A man watches Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressing to the nation, on TV screens inside a showroom in Mumbai, India, March 27, 2019. REUTERS/Francis Mascarenhas - RC1B207CBD20

India’s anti-satellite test presents a window of opportunity for the Trump administration

Friday, May 10, 2019

Students raise their hands to ask a question to German Chancellor Angela Merkel during her talk with students at Keio University in Tokyo, Japan, February 5, 2019. REUTERS/Issei Kato TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY - RC119CD54670

Trump treats Germany like “America’s worst ally”

Constanze Stelzenmüller

Thursday, May 9, 2019

A prison guard looks through a small window at the El Harrach prison in Algiers July 14, 2010. Algeria is ready to open its prisons to international inspection to counter allegations that inmates are abused, Farouk Ksentini, chairman of the National Consultative Commission for the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights, a government-backed human rights body, said on Wednesday. To match Interview ALGERIA-PRISONS/ REUTERS/Louafi Larbi (ALGERIA - Tags: CRIME LAW) - GM1E67F02LF01

Unveiling Algeria’s dark side

Wednesday, May 8, 2019

People cast their votes during Berlin state election, Germany, September 18, 2016. German Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservatives look set to suffer a second electoral blow in two weeks in a Berlin city vote on Sunday as voters are expected to express their unease with her refugee-friendly policy. REUTERS/Fabrizio Bensch - LR1EC9I0MBW00

Europe votes: Why the European Parliament elections matter

Ted Reinert and Thomas Wright

Wednesday, May 8, 2019

Muslims hold a prayer session on the road as police block them from marching towards the U.S. Embassy to protest against U.S. President Donald Trump's recognition of Jerusalem as Israel's capital in Dhaka, Bangladesh, December 13, 2017. REUTERS/Mohammad Ponir Hossain - RC14E96D48C0

In strategies to counter violent extremism, politics often trump evidence

Monday, May 6, 2019

A part of the disputed islands in the East China Sea, known as the Senkaku isles in Japan, Diaoyu in China, is seen in the East China Sea in this aerial view photo taken in October, 2010. A member of Japan's Coast Guard admitted on Wednesday putting a video of a collision between a Chinese trawler and Japanese patrol boats on the Internet , a development that could hurt efforts to mend bilateral ties. Relations between Asia's biggest economies have chilled since September, when Japan detained the Chinese skipper of the fishing boat after it crashed into Coast Guard ships near disputed isles in the East China Sea. REUTERS/Kyodo (JAPAN - Tags: POLITICS) FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY. NOT FOR SALE FOR MARKETING OR ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS. JAPAN OUT. NO COMMERCIAL OR EDITORIAL SALES IN JAPAN. THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY. IT IS DISTRIBUTED, EXACTLY AS RECEIVED BY REUTERS, AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS - GM1E6BA1HB901

The Senkaku paradox: Preparing for conflict with the great powers

Michael E. O’Hanlon

Thursday, May 2, 2019

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