Order from Chaos

Prime Minister Fayez al-Serraj of Libya's internationally recognised Government of National Accord (GNA) wears a protective mask as he meets with Italian Foreign Minister Luigi Di Maio in Tripoli, Libya June 24, 2020. The Media Office of the Prime Minister/Handout via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY.

The next steps in Libya

Michael E. O’Hanlon and Federica Saini Fasanotti

Friday, June 26, 2020

BRUSSELS, BELGIUM- The President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, attends the 22nd meeting by videoconference of leaders of China and the European Union (EU) in Brussels, Belgium, on June 22, 2020. China and the Union European (EU) reaffirmed this Monday (22) their commitment to conclude a comprehensive bilateral investment agreement in 2020.

The future of trans-Atlantic collaboration on China: What the EU-China summit showed

Friday, June 26, 2020

Pakistan's Prime Minister Imran Khan speaks during an international conference on the future of Afghan refugees living in Pakistan, organized by Pakistan and the UN Refugee Agency in Islamabad, Pakistan February 17, 2020. REUTERS/Saiyna Bashir

Will the Afghan peace process be Pakistan’s road to redemption?

Thursday, June 25, 2020

A Jewish settler wearing a Jewish prayer shawl stands at the entrance to a temporary structure in the Jewish settler outpost of Maoz Ester in the Israeli-occupied West Bank June 23, 2020. REUTERS/Ronen Zvulun TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY

Israel is about to reveal its West Bank annexation plans. How will Congress respond?

Shibley Telhami

Thursday, June 25, 2020

June 18, 2020; Washington, DC, U.S.A; Ambassador John Bolton sits for an interview with USA TODAY's Washington, DC bureau chief Susan Page in advance of the release of his book, 'In the Room Where It Happened.' Mandatory Credit: Jasper Colt-USA TODAY

Bolton’s book reveals a botched bureaucratic process on Venezuela

Richard E. Feinberg

Wednesday, June 24, 2020

Polish President Andrzej Duda attends election rally in Bialystok, Poland June 20, 2020. Agnieszka Sadowska/Agencja Gazeta via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY. POLAND OUT. NO COMMERCIAL OR EDITORIAL SALES IN POLAND

Why Trump shouldn’t be hosting Polish President Duda

Molly Montgomery

Wednesday, June 24, 2020

Tanks take part in the Amphibious Assault Demonstration during the Cobra Gold multilateral military exercise in Hat Yao Beach, Sattahip District, Chonburi Province, Thailand February 28, 2020. REUTERS/Soe Zeya Tun

The questionable future of amphibious assault

Michael E. O’Hanlon

Tuesday, June 23, 2020

US Department of State Secretary Mike Pompeo(right) and Kosovo President Hashim Thaci(left) hold a meeting today on February 26, 2020 at the Department of State in Washington DC, USA. (Photo by Lenin Nolly/Sipa USA)No Use UK. No Use Germany.

Why a Kosovo-Serbia White House deal could be dangerous

Molly Montgomery

Friday, June 19, 2020

FILE PHOTO: A picture of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad is seen on a door of a butcher shop, during a lockdown to prevent the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Damascus, Syria April 22, 2020. Picture taken April 22, 2020. REUTERS/Yamam Al Shaar/File Photo

The Caesar Act and a pathway out of conflict in Syria

Steven Heydemann

Friday, June 19, 2020

Former U.S. national security advisor John Bolton listens to a question from the moderator during his lecture at Duke University in Durham, North Carolina, U.S. February 17, 2020. REUTERS/Jonathan Drake

What matters most is that Bolton publishes the book before the election

June 18, 2020

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy, Prime Minister Denys Shmygal and Interior Minister Arsen Avakov, wearing protective face masks amid the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), discuss a recent armed conflict between representatives of transportation companies in the town of Brovary, during a meeting in Kiev, Ukraine May 29, 2020. Ukrainian Presidential Press Service/Handout via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY.

What does COVID-19 mean for Ukraine’s frontlines?

Thursday, June 18, 2020

People wearing face masks hold signs and copies of the German constitution as they participate in a protest by the Alternative for Germany (AfD) party against the government's restrictions following the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Berlin, Germany, May 16, 2020. REUTERS/Fabrizio Bensch

Germany’s far-right a major loser from COVID-19, so far

Constanze Stelzenmüller

Thursday, June 18, 2020

Indian army trucks move along a highway leading to Ladakh, at Gagangeer in Kashmir's Ganderbal district June 17, 2020. REUTERS/Danish Ismail

As India and China clash, JFK’s ‘forgotten crisis’ is back

Wednesday, June 17, 2020

French military pilots are preparing for the first flight in the Kiev region May 15, 2001. A French military mission arrived in Ukraine for a two-day series of observation overflights according to" The Open Skies Treaty" signed in 1992 between member states of NATO and the former Warsaw Pact.AS/GB

A farewell to the Open Skies Treaty, and an era of imaginative thinking

Tuesday, June 16, 2020

Anti-government demonstrators hold a banner that reads "Out Bolsonaro," in reference to Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro, during a protest named "Amazonas for Democracy" in Manaus, Brazil, June 2, 2020. REUTERS/Bruno Kelly

Reopening the World: How the pandemic is reinforcing authoritarianism

Tuesday, June 16, 2020