Order from Chaos

Smoke and flames rise after an Israeli air-strike hits at Al-Jalaa tower, which houses apartments and several media outlets, including The Associated Press and Al Jazeera, amid the escalating flare-up of Israeli-Palestinian violence.

Don’t take the narrow view of what’s happening in Gaza

Tuesday, May 18, 2021

Taiwanese people walk past a huge banner with a Taiwan national flag amid increased tensions with China, in Taipei, Taiwan. With more jet fighters cruising around the island sent by Beijing, Taiwan foreign minister Joseph Wu has said Taiwan will defend itself to the “very last day” whilst it has been fostering relationship with the United States on military, economy, technology and medical services.Where: Taipei, TaiwanWhen: 13 Apr 2021Credit: Daniel Ceng/Cover Images

Taiwan needs assuredness, not alarm

Tuesday, May 18, 2021

A demonstrator gestures during a protest to express solidarity with the Palestinian people, near the Israeli embassy in Amman, Jordan May 16, 2021. REUTERS/Muath Freij

A separate peace? What the Gaza crisis means for Arab regimes

Sunday, May 16, 2021

Palestinians react during clashes with Israeli police at the compound that houses Al-Aqsa Mosque, known to Muslims as Noble Sanctuary and to Jews as Temple Mount, in Jerusalem's Old City, May 10, 2021. REUTERS/Ammar Awad

The perfect storm for Israelis and Palestinians

Saturday, May 15, 2021

Molotov cocktails are thrown by Arabs at Jewish right-wing protesters during clashes amid a night-time curfew in the mixed Israeli-Arab city of Lod.

This is what the death of the two-state solution looks like

Tamara Cofman Wittes

Friday, May 14, 2021

Flames and smoke rise during Israeli air strikes amid a flare-up of Israel-Palestinian violence, in the southern Gaza Strip May 11, 2021. REUTERS/Ibraheem Abu Mustafa TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY REFILE - QUALITY REPEAT

Hamas tries to seize the day

Daniel L. Byman

Wednesday, May 12, 2021

People walk along Nanjing Pedestrian Road, a main shopping area, during the Labour Day holiday, following the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Shanghai, China May 5, 2021. REUTERS/Aly Song

Two tales of a city: How middle-class Shanghai reveals China’s unsettled future

Tuesday, May 11, 2021

Handover ceremony at Camp Anthonic, from U.S. Army to Afghan Defense Forces in Helmand province, Afghanistan May 2, 2021. Picture taken May 2, 2021. Ministry of Defense Press Office/Handout via REUTERS THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY. NO RESALES. NO ARCHIVES

Don’t expect an al-Qaida reboot in Afghanistan

Daniel L. Byman

Tuesday, May 4, 2021

Pressekonferenz mit Annalena Baerbock, Bundesvorsitzende Gruene und Kanzlerkandidatin. Berlin, 26.04.2021 Berlin Deutschland *** Press Conference with Annalena Baerbock, Federal Chairwoman of the Greens and Candidate for Chancellor Berlin, 26 04 2021 Berlin Germany Copyright: xThomasxImo/photothek.dexNo Use Switzerland. No Use Germany. No Use Japan. No Use Austria

Hello, Berlin? Germany’s future raises foreign policy concerns for allies

Constanze Stelzenmüller

Tuesday, May 4, 2021

FILE PHOTO: U.S. Vice President Joe Biden looks through binoculars to see North Korea from Observation Post Ouellette during a tour of the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ), the military border separating the two Koreas, in Panmunjom, December 7, 2013. REUTERS/Lee Jin-man/Pool/File Photo

The rollout of the Biden administration’s North Korea policy review leaves unanswered questions

Tuesday, May 4, 2021

Workers from Iraqi Independent High Electoral Commission (IHEC) count votes at an analysis centre in Kerbala, south of Baghdad May 2, 2014. Iraq held a democratic vote to choose a leader with no foreign troops present for the first time on Wednesday, as Shi'ite Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki sought to hold power for a third term in a country again consumed by sectarian bloodshed. The electoral commission said 60 percent of all voters had so far cast a ballot, according to initial data - but returns were not yet in from some areas. Counting may take three weeks. The commission hopes to declare final results by the end of May. REUTERS/Mushtaq Muhammed (IRAQ - Tags: POLITICS ELECTIONS)

The prospects and limitations of United Nations election observation in Iraq

Marsin Alshamary and Maya Nir

Monday, May 3, 2021

FILE PHOTO: A health official draws a dose of the AstraZeneca's COVID-19 vaccine manufactured by the Serum Institute of India, at Infectious Diseases Hospital in Colombo, Sri Lanka January 29, 2021. REUTERS/Dinuka Liyanawatte

Biden’s misstep in India

Friday, April 30, 2021

FILE PHOTO: Soldiers attend the state funeral of late Chadian President Idriss Deby in N'Djamena, Chad, April 23, 2021. Christophe Petit Tesson/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo

The death of Chadian President Idris Déby Itno threatens stability in the region

Thursday, April 29, 2021

Taiwanese troops seen walking in a military base after the exercise for lunar new year. Hsinshu, Taiwan. January 19, 2021.Troupes taiwanaises vues entrain de marcher dans une base militaire militaire apres l exercice militaire pour le nouvel an lunaire. Hsinshu, Taiwan. 19 janvier 2021.NO USE FRANCE

An asymmetric defense of Taiwan

Michael E. O’Hanlon

Wednesday, April 28, 2021

Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe speaks while other leaders listen during a working lunch at the Group of 20 (G-20) summit in Osaka, Japan, on Friday, June 28, 2019. Kiyoshi Ota/Pool via REUTERS

Strengthening the G-20 in an era of great power geopolitical competition

Colin I. Bradford

Tuesday, April 27, 2021