Order from Chaos

Two women visit the second job fair for migrants and refugees in Berlin, Germany, January 25, 2017. REUTERS/Fabrizio Bensch - LR1ED1P0SO387

Beyond camps: With more refugees living in cities, how can local and business leaders engage?

Jessica Brandt · Friday, February 15, 2019

German Chancellor Angela Merkel (L) looks on as U.S. President Donald Trump speaks to other leaders as they pose for a family photo at the Park of the Cinquantenaire during the NATO Summit in Brussels, Belgium July 11, 2018. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque - RC1E03D7E2D0

Blaming Trump for their problems is the one thing Europeans can agree on

Friday, February 15, 2019

Paolo Gentiloni and Thomas Wright at Brookings.

Paolo Gentiloni on the populist challenge in Europe

Filippos Letsas

Thursday, February 14, 2019

Iranian people gather during a ceremony to mark the 40th anniversary of the Islamic Revolution in Tehran, Iran February 11, 2019. Vahid Ahmadi/Tasnim News Agency/via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS PICTURE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTÝ - RC1507A9B400

After 40 years, is Iran’s revolution unravelling?

Suzanne Maloney

Tuesday, February 12, 2019

U.S. soldiers of the 82nd Airborne help load water onto a Navy helicopter at a staging area at Port-au-Prince international airport January 17, 2010. Relief efforts continue in the island nation's capital after last week's devastating earthquake. U.S. troops will help U.N. peacekeepers keep order on Haiti's increasingly lawless streets, the country's president said on Sunday as aid workers struggled to get food and medical assistance to desperate earthquake survivors. REUTERS/Hans Deryk (HAITI - Tags: DISASTER MILITARY) - GM1E61I0YZK01

The use of military diplomacy in great power competition

Tuesday, February 12, 2019

Components of SSC-8/9M729 cruise missile system are on display during a news briefing, organized by Russian defence and foreign ministries, at Patriot Expocentre near Moscow, Russia January 23, 2019. REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov - RC1EAAFF9260

The end of an era? The INF Treaty, New START, and the future of strategic stability

Tuesday, February 12, 2019

A voter casts his ballot at a polling station during general elections in New Taipei City, Taiwan January 16, 2016. REUTERS/Pichi Chuang - GF20000096424

An open letter to Mr. Kuo Pei-hung and his colleagues

Richard C. Bush

Monday, February 11, 2019

Taiwan's President Tsai Ing-wen speaks during a news conference in Taipei, Taiwan January 5, 2019. REUTERS/Fabian Hamacher - RC1D863F97B0

The problem with inviting Taiwan’s Tsai Ing-wen to speak to a joint meeting of Congress

Richard C. Bush

Friday, February 8, 2019

U.S. President Donald Trump and North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un walk together before their working lunch during their summit at the Capella Hotel on the resort island of Sentosa, Singapore June 12, 2018. Picture taken June 12, 2018. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst - RC116285B8A0

What to expect from the second U.S.-North Korea summit

Michael E. O’Hanlon, Jung H. Pak, and Evans J.R. Revere

Friday, February 8, 2019

Sheikh Muktar Robow Abuu Mansuur, a senior official of the Al-Shabaab group, walks along the frontline, north of Mogadishu, June 29, 2010. REUTERS/Omar Faruk (SOMALIA - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST) - GM1E66T1U5E01

Robbing justice or enabling peace?

Vanda Felbab-Brown

Thursday, February 7, 2019

A voter casts his ballot at a polling station during the presidential election in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo, December 30, 2018. REUTERS/Olivia Acland - RC190B6199F0

What did elections in the Democratic Republic of the Congo mean? Experts discuss

Adam Twardowski

Thursday, February 7, 2019

Assistant Secretary of Defense for Strategy, Plans, and Capabilities James Anderson at Brookings.

Highlights from a recent discussion on the Missile Defense Review

Adam Twardowski

Wednesday, February 6, 2019

Spectators display a huge Chinese national flag during the Nanning International Arts Festival of Folk Songs, the gala show for the opening of the ninth China-ASEAN expo, in Guangxi province September 21, 2012. Picture taken September 21, 2012. REUTERS/Stringer (CHINA - Tags: SOCIETY TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY) CHINA OUT. NO COMMERCIAL OR EDITORIAL SALES IN CHINA - GM1E89M19VY01

Responsible competition and the future of U.S.-China relations

Ryan Hass and Mira Rapp-Hooper

Wednesday, February 6, 2019

Presidential candidate Nayib Bukele of the Great National Alliance (GANA) gestures to his supporters after official results in downtown San Salvador, El Salvador February 3, 2019. REUTERS/Jose Cabezas - RC1DBAEDEFD0

The significance of Nayib Bukele’s surprising election as president of El Salvador

Charles T. Call

Tuesday, February 5, 2019

A group of Syrian refugees who crossed the Evros river, the natural border between Greece and Turkey, walks towards the city of Didymoteicho, Greece, April 30, 2018. Picture taken April 30, 2018. REUTERS/Alkis Konstantinidis - RC155DC7E740

A refugee compact for Turkey?

Kemal Kirişci and Jessica Brandt

Tuesday, February 5, 2019

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