Order from Chaos

Russia's President Vladimir Putin holds talks with China's President Xi Jinping via a video link from Moscow, Russia, December 30, 2022. Sputnik/Mikhail Kuravlev/Kremlin via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY.

Taiwan is feeling the pressure from Russian and Chinese autocracy

Thursday, March 16, 2023

People take part in a protest in support of the National Electoral Institute (INE) and against President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador's plan to reform the electoral authority, in Mexico City, Mexico, February 26, 2023. REUTERS/Luis Cortes

Mexico takes another step toward its authoritarian past

Valerie Wirtschafter and Arturo Sarukhan

Thursday, March 16, 2023

FILE PHOTO: The Virginia-class USS North Dakota (SSN 784) submarine is seen during bravo sea trials in this U.S. Navy handout picture taken in the Atlantic Ocean August 18, 2013. The Navy commissioned its newest attack submarine North Dakota, during a ceremony October 25, 2014, at Submarine Base New London in Groton, Connecticut, defense officials announced. REUTERS/U.S. Navy/Handout (MID-SEA - Tags: MILITARY) THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY. IT IS DISTRIBUTED, EXACTLY AS RECEIVED BY REUTERS, AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS. FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY. NOT FOR SALE FOR MARKETING OR ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS/File Photo

Around the halls: AUKUS defines an emerging alliance at sea

Bruce Jones, Michael E. O’Hanlon, Ryan Hass, Amy J. Nelson, Tom Stefanick, Constanze Stelzenmüller, Caitlin Talmadge, and Andrew Yeo

Wednesday, March 15, 2023

U.S. President Joe Biden walks to board a plane following an Arab summit, at King Abdulaziz International Airprot, in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, July 16, 2022. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein

Should “Islam” matter in US foreign policy?

Tuesday, March 14, 2023

Handout photo dated January 26, 2023 shows Air Force 33rd Search and Rescue Squadron prepares to land aboard Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Benfold (DDG 65) in the Philippine Sea. The United States and the Philippines on Thursday announced plans to expand America's military presence in the Southeast Asian nation, with access to four more bases as they seek to deter China’s increasingly aggressive actions toward Taiwan and in the disputed South China Sea. The agreement was reached as US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin was in the country for talks about deploying US forces and weapons in more Philippine military camps. U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class RuKiyah Mack via ABACAPRESS.COM

The Philippines’ evolving view on Taiwan: From passivity to active involvement

Renato Cruz De Castro

Thursday, March 9, 2023

Chinese President Xi Jinping (front row, C) and others sing the national anthem during the opening ceremony of the National People's Congress at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on March 5, 2023. (Kyodo)==KyodoNO USE JAPAN

China’s new State Council: What analysts might have missed

Cheng Li and Mallie Prytherch

Tuesday, March 7, 2023

Israel Defence Forces soldiers preventing access for locals and activists from olive plantations during harvest season in Salfit, The West Bank on Oct. 11, 2021. The plantation on the outskirts of the town of Salfit was annexed in the last year to a new Jewish outpost - Avi view farm, although Plestinians hold land deeds for the land. During an attempt to break the white line zoning a closed military zone in the plantations, the army used stun grenades and arrested three activists. (Photo by Matan Golan/Sipa USA)No Use Germany.

Violence in the West Bank is a nightmare for Netanyahu

Monday, March 6, 2023

View of the old Sanaa city in Sanaa January 14, 2012. REUTERS/Mohamed al-Sayaghi (YEMEN - Tags: CITYSPACE SOCIETY)

Jimmy Carter’s forgotten crisis in Yemen

Friday, March 3, 2023

FILE PHOTO: A boy uses a bamboo stick to adjust national flags at an overhead bridge ahead of Pakistan's Independence Day, in Islamabad, Pakistan August 10, 2018. REUTERS/Faisal Mahmood

The Biden administration’s two-track Pakistan policy misses the mark

Thursday, March 2, 2023

Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi attends a military parade for the members of Iraqi Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF) marking its eighth anniversary, in Diyala province, Iraq July 23, 2022. Iraqi Prime Minister Media Office/Handout via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY

Shiite rivalries could break Iraq’s deceptive calm in 2023

Wednesday, March 1, 2023

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Justice Minister Yariv Levin, Foreign Minister Eli Cohen and cabinet secretary Yossi Fuchs attend the weekly cabinet meeting in the prime minister's office Jerusalem, February 19, 2023. Abir Sultan/Pool via REUTERS

Israel’s majoritarian nightmare should be a US concern

Thursday, February 23, 2023

Displaced people from the earthquake in shelters and temporary camps on the outskirts of Jenderes, northwest Syria, on February 13, 2023.

After the earthquake: Refugees should be included in Turkey’s reconstruction

Thursday, February 16, 2023

GEO BARENTS: The MSF SAR teams (Search and Rescue) are rescuing 99 people on a wooden boat in the Libya SAR zone. Women, men and children were on distress since hours as the boat was taking water and was overcrowded. At the end of the rescue, 10 lifeless bodies were discovered in the bottom of the boat. These people, including 5 minors, died of suffocation hours before the rescue, the 16th November 2021. In May 2021, Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) has relaunched its search and rescue (SAR) activities in the central Mediterranean Sea to save the lives of refugees and migrants attempting the deadly sea crossing from Libya. For this purpose, they are using their own chartered ship, the Geo Barents. Photo by Virginie Nguyen Hoang / Hans Lucas GEO BARENTS : Les equipes SAR de MSF (Search and Rescue) ont sauve 99 personnes sur un bateau en bois dans la zone SAR de la Libye. Des femmes, des hommes et des enfants etaient en detresse depuis pres de 13 heures dans un bateau qui commencait a prendre l eau et en surcharge. A la fin du sauvetage, 10 corps sans vie ont ete decouverts dans le fond du bateau. Ces personnes, dont 5 mineurs, sont mortes par suffocation des heures avant le sauvetage, le 16 novembre 2021, le 16 novembre 2021. En mai 2021, Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) a relance ses activites de recherche et sauvetage (SAR) en Mediterranee centrale pour sauver la vie des refugies et des migrants tentant la traversee maritime meurtriere depuis la Libye. A cette fin, ils utilisent leur propre navire affrete, le Geo Barents. Photo de Virginie Nguyen Hoang / Hans Lucas

US migration policy and nonstate groups: Lessons from Libya

Wednesday, February 15, 2023

Demonstrators hold a portrait of pro-democracy icon Aung San Suu Ky and raise their three finger salute during a rally to mark the second anniversary of the coup in Myanmar outside the Myanmar embassy in Bangkok. Myanmar nationals living in Thailand hold a rally on the occasion of the second anniversary of the coup in Myanmar. Myanmar's military seized power on February 1, 2021, ousting the civilian government and arresting its de facto leader, Aung San Suu Kyi. (Photo by Chaiwat Subprasom / SOPA Images/Sipa USA)No Use Germany.

The civil war in Myanmar: No end in sight

Monday, February 13, 2023

Civilians and White Helmets members inspect a building that collapsed in the city of Harem following the devastating earthquake that struck the Turkish-Syrian border and left more than 5000 people dead.

Northwestern Syria needs humanitarian assistance. Getting it there must be a priority.

Wednesday, February 8, 2023