Order from Chaos

Members of the American Red Cross remove Spanish influenza victims from a house at Etzel and Page avenues in 1918. (St. Louis Post-Dispatch file photo/TNS/ABACAPRESS.COM)

We’re a nation all too ripe for another shock

Robert Kagan · Sunday, March 29, 2020

FILE PHOTO: A banner depicts Benny Gantz, leader of Blue and White party, and Israel Prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu, as part of Blue and White party's campaign ahead of the upcoming election, in Tel Aviv, Israel February 17, 2020. REUTERS/Ammar Awad/File Photo

In Israel, Benny Gantz decides to join with rival Netanyahu

Natan Sachs and Kevin Huggard

Friday, March 27, 2020

A woman casts her ballot as an another voter waits for his turn at a polling station during the presidential election, in Yaounde, Cameroon October 7, 2018. REUTERS/Zohra Bensem

Stabilizing Cameroon requires a sustained solution for democracy, rights, and governance

Patrick W. Quirk and Daniella Montemarano

Friday, March 27, 2020

FILE PHOTO: A patient infected with coronavirus is carried on a stretcher by a French rescue team before being transferred by a helicopter of the civil security (Securite Civile) from Strasbourg university hospital to Pforzheim in Germany as the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) continues, in France, March 24, 2020. REUTERS/Christian Hartmann/File Photo

Now is the time to revisit the Global Health Security Agenda

Friday, March 27, 2020

Image of someone holding up a remote pointed at a television screen.

Stuck inside? Brookings Foreign Policy recommends movies and shows to watch

Police officers check identity cards of commuters before letting them cross a checkpoint during a partial lockdown after Pakistan shut all markets, public places and discouraged large gatherings amid an outbreak of coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Karachi, Pakistan, March 24, 2020. REUTERS/Akhtar Soomro

Pakistan teeters on the edge of potential disaster with the coronavirus

Friday, March 27, 2020

A commuter wearing a protective face mask walks inside metro installations as the outbreak of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) continues, in Mexico City, Mexico March 24, 2020. REUTERS/Gustavo Graf

As coronavirus hits Latin America, expect serious and enduring effects

Charles T. Call

Thursday, March 26, 2020

FILE PHOTO: European Union chief Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier and British Prime Minister's Europe adviser David Frost 5 are seen at start of the first round of post -Brexit trade deal talks between the EU and the United Kingdom, in Brussels, Belgium March 2, 2020. Oliver Hoslet/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo

Brexit is not immune to coronavirus

Thursday, March 26, 2020

A nearly empty East 42nd Street is seen in midtown Manhattan as the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak continues, in New York City, New York, U.S., March 23, 2020. REUTERS/Mike Segar

Will investments in greener energy be yet another victim of the coronavirus?

Monday, March 23, 2020

Russian servicemen drive Yars RS-24 intercontinental ballistic missile systems during the Victory Day parade, which marks the anniversary of the victory over Nazi Germany in World War Two, in Red Square in central Moscow, Russia May 9, 2019. REUTERS/Shamil Zhumatov

As US-Russian arms control faces expiration, sides face tough choices

Monday, March 23, 2020

Democratic 2020 U.S. presidential candidate and former Vice President Joe Biden holds a campaign rally in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. May 18, 2019. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst - RC155E77EB70

The quiet reformation of Biden’s foreign policy

Friday, March 20, 2020

US President Donald Trump (R) and Iraqi President Barham Salih attend a bilateral meeting on the sidelines of the 50th World Economic Forum.

The relationship between Iraq and the US is in danger of collapse. That can’t happen.

Michael E. O’Hanlon and Sara Allawi

Friday, March 20, 2020

Iraq's President Barham Salih meets with new prime minister-designate Adnan al-Zurfi in Baghdad, Iraq March 17, 2020. The Presidency of the Republic of Iraq Office/Handout via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY.

Iraq has a new prime minister. What next?

Friday, March 20, 2020

Coronavirus - Covid 19 - School, street and square was empty after Government measure Confinement. No traffic and no pollution. Confinement is necessary for the protection of the public on March 19, 2020 in Paris, France. Photo by Nasser Berzane/ABACAPRESS.COM

European elections in a time of coronavirus

Friday, March 20, 2020

Book shelf

A reading list from Brookings Foreign Policy while you practice social distancing

Madiha Afzal, Daniel L. Byman, Adrien Chorn, Sam Denney, Katherine Elgin, James Goldgeier, Emilie Kimball, James Kirchick, Caroline Klaff, Filippos Letsas, Michael E. O’Hanlon, Ted Reinert, Bruce Riedel, and Amanda Sloat

Friday, March 20, 2020

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