Order from Chaos

REFILE - CORRECTING TYPO An Iranian woman holds a red flower as she attends a ceremony to bury remains of 150 "martyrs" from 1980-88 Iran-Iraq war in Tehran, Iran June 27, 2019. Nazanin Tabatabaee/West Asia News Agency via REUTERS. ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS PICTURE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY

How the Iran-Iraq war will shape the region for decades to come

Friday, October 9, 2020

India's Foreign Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar, Japan's counterpart Toshimitsu Motegi, Japan's Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga, Australian Foreign Minister Marise Payne and U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo attend the meeting at the prime miniter's office in Tokyo, Japan October 6, 2020. Nicolas Datiche/Pool via REUTERS

This week’s Quad ministerial meeting, in four charts

Thursday, October 8, 2020

People walk past a Taiwanese flag amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic in Taipei, Taiwan, August 10, 2020. REUTERS/Ann Wang

A conversation on the evolving attitudes and shifting politics in Taiwan

Shelley Rigger and Ryan Hass

Thursday, October 8, 2020

India's Foreign Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar, Japan's Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi, Australian Foreign Minister Marise Payne and U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo pose for a picture as they attend a meeting in Tokyo, Japan October 6, 2020. Charly Triballeau/Pool via REUTERS

What you need to know about the “Quad,” in charts

Monday, October 5, 2020

Tsai ING-WEN, President of Taiwan, seen giving her speech during the EU Investment Forum 2020 in Taipei, Taiwan on September 22, 2020. (Photo by Walid Berrazeg/Sipa USA)No Use UK. No Use Germany.

For Taiwan, diplomatic green shoots are emerging in Europe

Monday, October 5, 2020

Sep 29, 2020; Cleveland, OH, USA; Democratic presidential candidate, former Vice President Joe Biden debates President Donald Trump in the first Presidential debate in the Sheila and Eric Samson Pavilion at the Cleveland Clinic, Tuesday, Sept. 29, 2020, in Cleveland. Mandatory Credit: Meg Vogel/Cincinnati Enquirer via USA TODAY NETWORK

Between restoration and change

Thursday, October 1, 2020

U.S. President Donald Trump is silhouetted as he delivers a speech while campaigning at Dayton International Airport in Dayton, Ohio, U.S., September 21, 2020. REUTERS/Tom Brenner

What a second Trump term would mean for the world

Thursday, October 1, 2020

Aerial view of Qingdao Aera of Shandong Free Trade Zone in Qingdao city, east China's Shandong province, 20 September 2020.No Use China. No Use France.

Seven years into China’s Belt and Road

Thursday, October 1, 2020

The body of Kuwait's late Emir Sheikh Sabah al-Ahmed al-Sabah, who died after treatment in U.S., is carried by officials during his funeral procession, in Kuwait City, Kuwait September 30, 2020. Kuwait News Agency/Handout Via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGES WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY. NO RESALES. NO ARCHIVES.

The post-Sabah era in Kuwait

Wednesday, September 30, 2020

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and European Council President Charles Michel (not pictured), connected via video with German Chancellor Angela Merkel, hold a news conference after a virtual summit with China's President Xi Jinping, in Brussels, Belgium, September 14, 2020. REUTERS/Yves Herman/Pool

Bonding over Beijing

Erik Brattberg and Torrey Taussig

Wednesday, September 30, 2020

Deutschland, Berlin, Bundestag, 179. Sitzung, Generaldebatte zum Haushaltsentwurf, Rede von Bundeskanzlerin Angela Merkel CDU, 30.09.2020 *** Germany, Berlin, Bundestag, 179 Session, General debate on the draft budget, Speech by Chancellor Angela Merkel CDU, 30 09 2020No Use Switzerland. No Use Germany. No Use Japan. No Use Austria

Angela Merkel’s final year

Constanze Stelzenmüller

Wednesday, September 30, 2020

An ethnic Armenian soldier fires an artillery piece during fighting with Azerbaijan's forces in the breakaway region of Nagorno-Karabakh, in this handout picture released September 29, 2020. Defence Ministry of Armenia/Handout via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY. NO RESALES. NO ARCHIVES. MANDATORY CREDIT. PICTURE WATERMARKED AT SOURCE. TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY

No peacemakers for the new/old Caucasian war

Wednesday, September 30, 2020

Photo dated September 18, 2020 of the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN 68) and the guided-missile cruiser USS Philippine Sea (CG 58) steam in formation during a Strait of Hormuz transit. The Nimitz aircraft carrier passed the Strait of Hormuz uneventfully to enter the Gulf Friday, the Navy announced. A strike group led by the USS Nimitz and including two guided-missile cruisers and a guided-missile destroyer sailed into the Gulf to operate and train with US partners and support the coalition fighting the Islamic State (ISIS) group, the US 5th Fleet added in a statement. The Nimitz, Americas oldest carrier in active service, carries some 5,000 sailors and Marines. U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Elliot Schaudt via ABACAPRESS.COM

How the US military is prioritizing great power competition

Michael E. O’Hanlon and Adam Twardowski

Tuesday, September 29, 2020

Firefighters from Mexico and Honduras cut and move branches in the Fremont National Forest while prepping the fire line ahead of the Brattain Fire in the outskirts of Paisley, Oregon, U.S., September 17, 2020. REUTERS/Adrees Latif

Global warming, fires, and crime in Mexico and beyond

Vanda Felbab-Brown and Elisa Norio

Monday, September 28, 2020

People light candles as they pay their respects to late former Czech President Vaclav Havel at Wenceslas Square in Prague December 22, 2011. Havel, an anti-Communist playwright who became Czech president and a worldwide symbol of peace and freedom after leading the bloodless "Velvet Revolution", died at the age of 75 on Sunday. His funeral mass will be held on Friday in the presence of dignitaries from around the world. REUTERS/David W Cerny (CZECH REPUBLIC - Tags: OBITUARY POLITICS)

Large-scale political unrest is unlikely, but not impossible

September 26, 2020