Order from Chaos

Marine General Kenneth McKenzie, head of U.S. Central Command, speaks with a U.S. soldier as they stand in front of a U.S. attack helicopter during a visit to Forward Operating Base Fenty in Jalalabad, Afghanistan, September 9, 2019. REUTERS/Phil Stewart

Watch: Experts debate American policy in Afghanistan

Adam Twardowski

Wednesday, August 19, 2020

HAWAII, UNITED STATES - United States Secretary of State Mike Pompeo (right) met with senior Chinese diplomat Yang Jiechi (left), a member of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (CCP) and director of the Office of the Commission of Foreign Affairs of the CPC Central Committee, in Hawaii, United States on June 17, 2020. The meeting between Pompeo and Yang comes at a time of increasing tension between the United States and China. The United States has hardened its speech on China since the coronavirus pandemic began, and both President Donald Trump and Pompeo have launched repeated attacks on China in this regard, accusing the Asian country of little transparency in communicating the threat. of COVID-19.

Let’s end the COVID-19 blame game: Reconsidering China’s role in the pandemic

Jamie P. Horsley

Wednesday, August 19, 2020

Soldiers cut opium poppies as they destroy a field of illegal plantation in the Sierra Madre del Sur, in the southern state of Guerrero, Mexico, August 25, 2018. REUTERS/Carlos Jasso SEARCH "JASSO OPIUM" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES.

Poppy, eradication, and alternative livelihoods in Mexico

Vanda Felbab-Brown

Tuesday, August 18, 2020

National flags of U.S. and China wave in front of an international hotel in Beijing February 4, 2010. Relations between China and the United States will be tested this year by a range of issues, including currency rates, trade, Internet censorship, human rights, the Dalai Lama and arms sales to Taiwan. REUTERS/Jason Lee (CHINA - Tags: POLITICS BUSINESS) - GM1E6241FE901

Avoiding a new Cold War between the US and China

Jeffrey A. Bader

Monday, August 17, 2020

German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Finance Minister and Vice-Chancellor Olaf Scholz arrive for the weekly cabinet meeting in Berlin, Germany August 12, 2020. Tobias Schwarz/Pool via REUTERS

Hard road back to power for Germany’s Social Democrats

Constanze Stelzenmüller

Monday, August 17, 2020

Presidential candidate Joe Biden signs documents for receiving the Democratic nomination at the Hotel Du Pont in Wilmington on Friday, Aug. 14.Biden Harris Sign Running Paperwork 8 14 2

The Biden factor in the UAE-Israel deal

Shibley Telhami

Saturday, August 15, 2020

U.S. President Donald Trump announces that Israel and the United Arab Emirates have reached a peace deal that will lead to the full normalization of diplomatic relations between the two Middle Eastern nations in an agreement that Trump helped broker, at White House in Washington, U.S., August 13, 2020. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque

Around-the-halls: Experts analyze the normalization of Israel-UAE ties

Natan Sachs, Bruce Riedel, Jeffrey Feltman, Tamara Cofman Wittes, Suzanne Maloney, Shadi Hamid, and Salam Fayyad

Thursday, August 13, 2020

U.S. Military Joint Chief of Staff Mark Miley looks on as U.S. President Donald Trump shakes hands with Afghanistan President Ashraf Ghani during a surprise visit at Bagram Air Base in Afghanistan, November 28, 2019. REUTERS/Tom Brenner

Rightsizing the Afghanistan mission

Michael E. O’Hanlon

Thursday, August 13, 2020

Officials, including Afghan former President Hamid Karzai (L), Head of Political Office of Taliban Mohammad Abbas Stanikzai (2nd R) and Taliban chief negotiator Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar (3rd R), attend peace talks in Moscow, Russia May 30, 2019. REUTERS/Evgenia Novozhenina

Revitalizing American diplomacy: Why mediation support should be part of the foreign policy rebuild

Wednesday, August 12, 2020

Palestinians ride a horse-drawn cart transporting aid supplies distributed by UNRWA at Beach refugee camp amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) crisis, in Gaza City June 1, 2020. REUTERS/Mohammed Salem

COVID-19 and the chance to reform US refugee policy

Kemal Kirişci and Samuel Denney

Tuesday, August 11, 2020

Members of civil society activists, distribute face masks to the villagers during a campaign spreading the awareness of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Nangarhar province, Afghanistan March 18, 2020. REUTERS/Parwiz

Want to reduce global fragility? Empower civil society

Patrick W. Quirk and Richmond Blake

Tuesday, August 11, 2020

A Detroit Police officer talks with two armed men, one of whom is carrying a "The Boogaloo stands with George Floyd" sign, during a rally against the death in Minneapolis police custody of George Floyd, in Detroit, Michigan, U.S. May 30, 2020. Picture taken May 30, 2020. REUTERS/Rebecca Cook

How a new administration might better fight white supremacist violence

Daniel L. Byman

Tuesday, August 11, 2020

FILE PHOTO: U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo speaks with U.S. soldiers based in Grafenwoehr, Germany November 7, 2019. Jens Meyer/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo

You wouldn’t know it from the coverage, but most Germans are fine with Trump’s withdrawal of US troops

Tuesday, August 11, 2020

Former U.S. National Security Advisors Brent Scowcroft (L) and Zbigniew Brzezinski (R) appear before the Senate Armed Services Committee in Washington January 21, 2015. REUTERS/Gary Cameron (UNITED STATES - Tags: POLITICS MILITARY)

Remembering Brent Scowcroft, a true national security maverick

Monday, August 10, 2020

A soldier salutes (L-R) Director of the Institute for National Security Studies Feng Shih-kuan, Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen, and Minister of National Defense Yen Teh-fa after the joint military academies graduation ceremony, in Taipei, Taiwan June 29, 2018. REUTERS/Tyrone Siu

Tsai’s steadiness should set the tone

Monday, August 10, 2020