Order from Chaos

A United Launch Alliance Atlas V 551 rocket blasts off from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida, January 20, 2015. The unmanned rocket blasted off with a next-generation communications satellite designed to provide cellular-like voice and data services to U.S. military forces around the world. Picture taken using long exposure, looking over the campus of Florida Institute of Technologies in Melbourne, about 40 miles from the launch pad. REUTERS/Michael Brown (UNITED STATES - Tags: SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY MILITARY TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY) - GM1EB1L0SXU01

How space-based missile defenses could make us less safe, not more

James N. Miller and Frank A. Rose · Friday, December 14, 2018

Flags of NATO member countires fly during a ceremony at the new NATO headquarters before the start of a summit in Brussels, Belgium, May 25, 2017. REUTERS/Christian Hartmann - RC1AE63D1910

Will Europe try to save the INF Treaty?

Thursday, December 13, 2018

A man offers prayers inside the shrine of Sufi saint Khwaja Moinuddin Chishti during the holy month of Ramadan, in Ajmer, India June 8, 2017. REUTERS/Himanshu Sharma - RC1A46586140

Positive branding and soft power: The promotion of Sufism in the war on terror

Thursday, December 13, 2018

View of Bibi Heybat Mosque and a Caspian sea shore with oil rigs inBaku May 20, 2002. Pope John Paul II is going to visit the capital ofex-Soviet state Azerbaijan May 22-23. REUTERS/Shamil ZhumatovSZH/CLH/ - RP3DRHZLHUAB

Religious soft power in the South Caucasus: The influence of Iran and Turkey

Ansgar Jödicke

Thursday, December 13, 2018

A man walks in front of the Saudi Mosque in central Nouakchott, February 2, 2008. Growing Al Qaeda presence in the Islamic Republic of Mauritania raises diplomatic and political concerns about security in Mauritania following three Al Qaeda attacks since December 2007. To match feature MAURITANIA-SECURITY/ REUTERS/Normand Blouin (MAURITANIA) - GM1DXGAVMTAA

How Mauritania exports religion to Saudi Arabia—And not just the other way around

Michael Farquhar and Alex Thurston

Thursday, December 13, 2018

U.S. President Donald Trump flanked by Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and White House Chief of Staff John Kelly attend a lunch with Singapore's Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong and officials at the Istana in Singapore June 11, 2018. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY - RC1DD6963FF0

How Trump’s management of his team hurts his own foreign policy

Elizabeth N. Saunders

Thursday, December 13, 2018

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Brexit endgame: Theresa May’s terrible, horrible, no good, very bad week

Wednesday, December 12, 2018

American and Israeli flags are seen during a dress rehearsal of the arrival ceremony which will be held to welcome U.S. President Donald Trump upon his arrival, at Ben Gurion International Airport in Lod, Israel May 21, 2017. REUTERS/Amir Cohen - RC116816C0C0

Americans are increasingly critical of Israel

Shibley Telhami

Wednesday, December 12, 2018

A soldier salutes during ceremonies on Veteran's Day at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Virginia, U.S., November 11, 2018. REUTERS/Joshua Roberts - RC1EAE159A00

What does survey data about service members and veterans tell us? Experts discuss

Adam Twardowski

Tuesday, December 11, 2018

An aerial view of the coast of the Red Sea and the two islands of Tiran and Sanafir is pictured through the window of an airplane near Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt November 1, 2016. Picture taken November 1, 2016. REUTERS/Amr Abdallah Dalsh - RC1B224A9E00

Getting America out of Middle East purgatory

Mara Karlin and Tamara Cofman Wittes

Tuesday, December 11, 2018

Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan speaks at the opening ceremony for the first China International Import Expo (CIIE) in Shanghai, China November 5, 2018. REUTERS/Aly Song/Pool - RC128E965F40

Experts discuss Pakistan’s Imran Khan’s first 100 days in office

Monday, December 10, 2018

The Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis conducts a replenishment-at-sea with the dry cargo and ammunition ship USNS Charles Drew November 13, 2018. Picture taken November 13, 2018. Courtesy Nick Bauer/U.S. Navy/Handout via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY. - RC1913660520

How much should the United States spend on defense?

James N. Miller and Michael E. O’Hanlon

Monday, December 10, 2018

A voter casts their ballot during the presidential election at a polling centre in Analakely, Antananarivo, Madagascar November 7, 2018. REUTERS/Malin Palm - RC15F4D62800

Experts discuss power transitions in Africa

Adam Twardowski

Friday, December 7, 2018

The front of the Brookings Institution is pictured.

What’s it like to be a post-doctoral fellow with Brookings Foreign Policy?

Rush Doshi, Sharan Grewal, and Tanvi Madan

Thursday, December 6, 2018

U.S. President Donald Trump and German Chancellor Angela Merkel attend a meeting during the G20 leaders summit in Buenos Aires, Argentina December 1, 2018. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque - RC1835828BD0

The G-20 summit was overshadowed by other news. But there wasn’t much to overshadow anyway.

Elizabeth N. Saunders

Thursday, December 6, 2018

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