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Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen delivers her inaugural address at the Taipei Guest House in Taipei, Taiwan May 20, 2020. Wang Yu Ching/Taiwan Presidential Office/Handout via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY. NO RESALES. NO ARCHIVES.

Taiwan’s president begins her second term with a call for unity

Richard C. Bush · Thursday, May 21, 2020

Vietnamese tourists visit Ha Long bay after the Vietnamese government eased the lockdown following the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Quang Ninh province, Vietnam May 19, 2020. REUTERS/Kham

Reopening Vietnam: How the country’s improving governance helped it weather the COVID-19 pandemic

Trang (Mae) Nguyen and Edmund Malesky

Wednesday, May 20, 2020

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy speaks during an open-air news conference, one year after his inauguration, amid the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Kiev, Ukraine May 20, 2020. Sergey Dolzhenko/Pool via REUTERS

Zelenskiy’s first year: New beginning or false dawn?

Wednesday, May 20, 2020

Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian speaks at a news conference in Beijing, China April 8, 2020. REUTERS/Carlos Garcia Rawlins

The Kremlin’s disinformation playbook goes to Beijing

Jessica Brandt and Torrey Taussig

Tuesday, May 19, 2020

The F-22 Raptor takes off for its maiden flight at the Lockheed Martin facility at Dobbins Air Force Base in Marietta, Georgia September 7. The $100 million dollar stealth fighter/bomber, built by the team of Lockheed Martin, Boeing and Pratt & Whittney, will run 8,690 tests during its first flight.

How COVID-19 might affect US nuclear weapons and planning

Monday, May 18, 2020

Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi uses his mobile phone at his office in Baghdad, Iraq May 9, 2020. Picture taken May 9, 2020. Iraqi Prime Minister Media Office/Handout via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY.

Iraq and the US still need each other

Michael E. O’Hanlon and Sara Allawi

Monday, May 18, 2020

Two German Air Force Panavia Tornado's trail a U.S. Air Forces Europe KC-135R Stratotanker April 28 after refueling in support of NATO Operation Allied Force. JbG-32 or Fighter-Bomber Wing Thirty-Two is one of the German Air Forces premier combat aircraft wings.

US nukes in Poland are a truly bad idea

Monday, May 18, 2020

News report on Kim Jong-Un, May 3, 2020 : A screen shows local TV station's report on North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un at a train station in Seoul, South Korea. According to local media, Kim Jong-Un's absence from an annual event marking the April 15 birth anniversary of his late grandfather and the North's founder Kim Il-Sung had spawned media speculation about ill health of the North Korean leader. North Korean media reported on May 2 that Kim attended a ribbon-cutting ceremony at a fertilizer factory. Kim Jong-Un appeared in public for the first time in 20 days last week. (Photo by Lee Jae-Won/AFLO) (SOUTH KOREA) No Use China. No Use Taiwan. No Use Korea. No Use Japan.

Why North Korea-US relations will remain stable unless Kim really needs coronavirus aid

Sheena Chestnut Greitens

Monday, May 18, 2020

A member of the Libyan National Army is seen atop a military vehicle during clashes with Islamist militants in Khreibish district in Benghazi, Libya, November 10, 2017. REUTERS/Esam Omran Al-Fetori

The global fragility strategy: Posturing the United States for a reshaping world order

Patrick W. Quirk

Friday, May 15, 2020

Afghan security forces stand guard outside a hospital which came under attack in Kabul, Afghanistan May 12, 2020. REUTERS/Mohammad Ismail

After recent violence, is Afghanistan’s peace process dead?

Vanda Felbab-Brown

Thursday, May 14, 2020

U.S. Defense Secretary Mark Esper gestures as he speaks during a joint news conference with Britain's Secretary of State of Defence Ben Wallace after their meeting at Pentagon in Arlington, Virginia, U.S., March 5, 2020. REUTERS/Yuri Gripas

How Mark Esper is navigating the coronavirus crisis

Michael E. O’Hanlon

Thursday, May 14, 2020

Vietnam's Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc addresses a special video conference with leaders of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) on the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Hanoi April 14, 2020. Manan Vatsyayana/Pool via REUTERS

US-China rivalry after COVID-19: Clues and early indications from Southeast Asia

Jonathan Stromseth

Thursday, May 14, 2020

AmeriCorps Guam members organize bags of produce for Guahan Sustainable Culture's drive-thru service at the Guam Public Library System Archival Center in Barrigada, April 24, 2020.Free Produce 05

The pandemic reminds us of the importance of public service

Wednesday, May 13, 2020

Taiwanese president Tsai Ing-Wen answers the media during a visit to a non woven filter fabric factory, where the fabric is used to make surgical face masks, in Taoyuan, Taiwan, March 30, 2020. REUTERS/Ann Wang

Taiwan’s Tsai Ing-wen enters second term with a strong political mandate, but no room for complacency

Wednesday, May 13, 2020

A demonstrator holds a papier-mache jaguar with a note reading " No ecocidal train" as Mexico's Zapatista National Liberation Army (EZLN) protest against the construction of the Mayan train and the Santa Lucia airport projects promoted by Mexico's government in Mexico City, Mexico, February 21, 2020. REUTERS/ Edgard Garrido TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY

Wildlife trade in Mexico, conservation, and pandemics

Vanda Felbab-Brown

Monday, May 11, 2020

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