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A general view of the hall during a meeting of NATO defence ministers at the Alliance's headquarters in Brussels, Belgium June 16, 2022. REUTERS/Yves Herman

European security after NATO’s Madrid summit

Javier Solana · Friday, June 24, 2022

Russian President Vladimir Putin and German Chancellor Angela Merkel pose for a picture during a meeting at the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia August 20, 2021. Sputnik/Kremlin via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY.

Merkel’s lack of regrets illustrates the fallacies of Germany’s Russia policy

Constanze Stelzenmüller

June 21, 2022

U.S. President Joe Biden and Russia's President Vladimir Putin meet for the U.S.-Russia summit at Villa La Grange in Geneva, Switzerland, June 16, 2021. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse/Pool

U.S.-Russia relations, one year after Geneva

Thursday, June 16, 2022

Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic (R) listens to NATO Supreme Allied Commander General Wesley Clark (L) during talks in Belgrade late January 19. General Clark held crisis talks with Milosevic on Tuesday but made no progress of softening its policy on Kosovo, diplomatic sources said. Clark said the visit to Belgrade to see Milosevic was not a failure and that the meeting accomplished what it set out to do.PEK/

America’s real deterrence problem

Melanie W. Sisson

Wednesday, June 15, 2022

China's State Councilor and Defence Minister General Wei Fenghe speaks at a plenary session during the 19th Shangri-La Dialogue in Singapore June 12, 2022. REUTERS/Caroline Chia

America and China present dueling narratives at Shangri-La Dialogue

Tuesday, June 14, 2022

Taiwan Flag, Taipei, Taiwan. (Photo by Jose Lopes Amaral/NurPhoto)NO USE FRANCE

For Taiwan, reading the moment is essential

Monday, June 13, 2022

The Armed Forces of Ukraine are carrying the coffin of the dead Ukrainian serviceman in Poltava, Ukraine, on June 10, 2022. (Photo by Pavlo Pakhomenko/NurPhoto)

Is time on Ukraine’s side?

Marvin Kalb and Henry J. Aaron

Friday, June 10, 2022

Ibrahim Kalin, Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan's spokesman and chief foreign policy adviser, meets with Finnish delegation led by the State Secretary at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Jukka Salovaara, amid Russia's invasion of Ukraine, in Ankara, Turkey May 25, 2022. Presidential Press Office/Handout via REUTERS

Turkey’s threat to derail Swedish and Finnish NATO accession reraises the Kurdish question

Friday, June 3, 2022

A Taiwanese military corvette sails as a Navy soldier stands guard on a vessel, during a Navy Drill for Preparedness Enhancement ahead of the Chinese New Year, amid escalating Chinese threats to the island, in Keelung, Taiwan, 7 Jan, 2022. With the US approving an increasing number of arms sales to Taipei and China sending more PLA warplanes to cruise around the self governing island, military tensions in the Taiwan Strait have been expected to grow. (Photo by Ceng Shou Yi/NurPhoto)

But CAN the United States defend Taiwan?

Michael E. O’Hanlon

Wednesday, June 1, 2022

Demonstrators carry banners and flags during a protest against Tunisian President Kais Saied in Tunis, Tunisia May 15, 2022. REUTERS/Zoubeir Souissi

Restoring Tunisia’s democracy requires pressure — and an off-ramp for Kais Saied

Thursday, May 26, 2022

Mexico's President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador looks on during a ceremony at the Revolution Palace in Havana, Cuba, May 8, 2022. Yamil Lage/Pool via REUTERS

Mexican President López Obrador snubs the Summit of the Americas

Arturo Sarukhan

Tuesday, May 24, 2022

WARSAW, POLAND - MARCH 26, 2022 - US President Joe Biden holds a briefing outside the Royal Palace, Warsaw, Poland. (Photo by Anna Voitenko/Ukrinform/NurPhoto)

Measuring the impact of partisanship on attitudes toward the US response to the Russia-Ukraine war

Shibley Telhami and Stella M. Rouse

Tuesday, May 24, 2022

U.S. President Joe Biden and Japan Prime Minister Fumio Kishida at a welcoming ceremony in Tokyo, Japan, on May 23, 2022. Biden launched his plan for U.S. economic engagement in Asia on Monday by initiating the new Indo-Pacific Economic Framework with 13 founding countries. Speaking at the launch event in Tokyo, Biden said that the future of the 21st Century economy will be written in the Indo-Pacific. The 13 initial members of the group, the Indo-Pacific Economic Framework (IPEF), are the U.S., Japan, India, South Korea, Australia, Indonesia, Thailand, Singapore, Malaysia, the Philippines, Vietnam, New Zealand and Brunei, the Biden administration said Monday. The members accounting for about 40% of the world's gross domestic product.

Will Biden’s Asia trip help the US meet its strategic objectives?

Tuesday, May 24, 2022

People stand amid newly-made graves at a cemetery in the course of Ukraine-Russia conflict in the settlement of Staryi Krym outside Mariupol, Ukraine May 22, 2022. REUTERS/Alexander Ermochenko

The Russia-Ukraine war at three months

Monday, May 23, 2022

Supporters of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) political party listen to the speech of the ousted Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan during a rally, in Lahore, Pakistan April 21, 2022. REUTERS/Mohsin Raza

What is happening in Pakistan’s continuing crisis?

Friday, May 20, 2022

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