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United States President Bill Clinton reviews the honour guard during the official welcoming ceremony at the Presidential Palace in New Delhi March 21. Clinton is on an official five day visit to the region. A massacre of 35 Sikh villagers in the rebellion-torn province of Kashmir cast a shadow over the pomp, ceremony and cordiality planned for President Clinton as he opened his visit to India.TS/CC

20 years after Clinton’s pathbreaking trip to India, Trump contemplates one of his own

Bruce Riedel · Wednesday, January 22, 2020

Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson, Republic of Congo's President Denis Sassou Nguesso, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, French President Emmanuel Macron, German Chancellor Angela Merkel, United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, Russian President Vladimir Putin, Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune, U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen pose for a family photo during the Libya summit in Berlin, Germany, January 19, 2020. Murat Cetinmuhurdar/Turkish Presidential Press Office/Handout via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS PICTURE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY. NO RESALES. NO ARCHIVE

The Berlin Conference on Libya: Will hypocrisy undermine results?

Jeffrey Feltman

Tuesday, January 21, 2020

Handout picture of Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei leading the main weekly Muslim Friday prayers in Tehran, Iran on January 17, 2020. Photo by SalamPix/ABACAPRESS.COM

Iran’s leaders have a problem they can’t fix

Suzanne Maloney

Tuesday, January 21, 2020

Iranian protesters demonstrate following a tribute for the victims of Ukraine International Airlines Boeing 737 in front of the Amirkabir University in the capital Tehran, on January 11, 2020.Photo By Ali Shaeigan/Parspix/ABACAPRESS.COM

The US-Iran crisis has calmed down — but things won’t ever go back to how they were before

Christopher Clary and Caitlin Talmadge

Friday, January 17, 2020

Hong Kong anti-government protesters attend a rally in support of Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen outside the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) headquarters in Taipei, Taiwan January 11, 2020. REUTERS/Tyrone Siu

Taiwan stands up to Xi

Friday, January 17, 2020

A US Air Force missile maintenance team removes the upper section of an intercontinental ballistic missile with a nuclear warhead in an undated USAF photo at Malmstrom Air Force Base, Montana. Reviews of the U.S. nuclear arsenal show significant changes are needed to ensure the security and effectiveness of the force, a Defense Department report said November 14, 2014. REUTERS/USAF/Airman John Parie/handout via Reuters (UNITED STATES - Tags: MILITARY POLITICS) FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY. NOT FOR SALE FOR MARKETING OR ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS. THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY. IT IS DISTRIBUTED, EXACTLY AS RECEIVED BY REUTERS, AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS

Deterrence, modernization, and alliance cohesion: The case for extending New START with Russia

Thursday, January 16, 2020

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani speaks during the cabinet meeting in Tehran, Iran, January 15, 2020. Official President website/Handout via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY. NO RESALES. NO ARCHIVES

Is deterrence restored with Iran?

Daniel L. Byman

Thursday, January 16, 2020

FILE PHOTO: Sultan Haitham bin Tariq al-Said gives a speech after being sworn in before the royal family council in Muscat, Oman January 11, 2020. REUTERS/Sultan Al Hasani/File Photo

As Oman enters a new era, economic and political challenges persist

Yasmina Abouzzohour

Wednesday, January 15, 2020

Anti-government demonstration in the center of the capital Algiers, Algeria on January 10, 2020. Photo by Louiza Ammi/ABACAPRESS.COM

Can Algeria overcome its long-lasting political crisis?

Yahia H. Zoubir

Wednesday, January 15, 2020

WASHINGTON, USA - The US Secretary of Defense Dr. Mark T. Esper speaks to the press during a press conference at the Pentagon Information Room in Washington, DC, on January 7, 2020. Mark Esper justified the military operation that, last Friday, ended the life of Iranian General Soleimani when he was in Baghdad. In addition, he explained that the US does not seek to start a war, but ?is prepared to end one? in case a conflict erupts

Why did the Pentagon ever give Trump the option of killing Soleimani?

Alice Friend, Mara Karlin, and Loren Dejonge Schulman

Tuesday, January 14, 2020

FILE PHOTO: Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson speaks during a lawmakers meeting to elect a speaker, in London, Britain December 17, 2019. ©UK Parliament/Jessica Taylor/Handout via REUTERS THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY./File Photo

Brexit endgame: Brexit nears, Northern Ireland assembly reconvenes, and Megxit distracts

Monday, January 13, 2020

U.S. President Donald Trump, joined by Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar, announces opioid response grants to state governments in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington, U.S. September 4, 2019. REUTERS/Erin Scott

What the US and Canada can learn from other countries to combat the opioid crisis

Keith Humphreys, Jonathan P. Caulkins, and Vanda Felbab-Brown

Monday, January 13, 2020

U.S. Army soldiers, assigned to the East Africa Response Force (EARF), 101st Airborne Division await takeoff on a mission to bolster the security of Manda Bay Airfield, Kenya after an attack by Somalia's al Shabaab militants that killed three Americans, are seen aboard a transport plane in Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti January 5, 2020. Picture taken January 5, 2020. U.S. Air Force/Senior Airman Daniel Hernandez/Handout via REUTERS. THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY.

8 truths to remember before starting another military campaign

Monday, January 13, 2020

FILE PHOTO: Sultan of Oman Qaboos bin Said al-Said at the Beit Al Baraka Royal Palace in Muscat, Oman January 14, 2019. Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo

Remembering Oman’s Sultan Qaboos, a critical interlocutor for the US in the Middle East

Saturday, January 11, 2020

Iranian people attend a funeral procession and burial for Iranian Major-General Qassem Soleimani, head of the elite Quds Force, who was killed in an air strike at Baghdad airport, at his hometown in Kerman, Iran January 7, 2020. Mehdi Bolourian/Fars News Agency/WANA (West Asia News Agency) via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY

Iran’s next move

Daniel L. Byman

Friday, January 10, 2020

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