Order from Chaos

U.S. President Donald Trump speaks as Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, Mexico's president, left, listens during a signing ceremony in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Wednesday, July 8, 2020. Lopez Obrador has carefully built a rapport with Trump, even as the president lambasted Mexico for its drug cartels and crime rates, for migration flows into the U.S. and for allegedly taking advantage of America on trade. Photographer: Al Drago/Pool/Sipa USANo Use UK. No Use Germany.

The damage Trump’s wall causes in Mexico

Vanda Felbab-Brown

Monday, July 20, 2020

Bethesda, USA.- U.S. President Donald Trump wore a mask during a visit to a military hospital on Saturday (11), the first time the president has been seen in public with the type of facial covering recommended by health officials as a precaution against spreading or becoming infected by the novel coronavirus. Trump flew by helicopter to Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in Bethesda, Md., located just outside of Washington, D.C., to meet wounded servicemembers and health care providers caring for COVID-19 patients. As he left the White House, he told reporters: "When you're in a hospital, especially ... I think it's expected to wear a mask."

Why COVID-19 presents a world reordering moment

Thomas Wright and Robert D. Blackwill

Monday, July 20, 2020

Front of the headquarters of the United Nations Office in Geneva. Geneva, Switzerland, March 04, 2020.Facade du siege de l office des Nations Unis de Geneve. Geneve, 4 Mars 2020.NO USE FRANCE

Counterterrorism and the UN: The rise and hapless fall of American leadership

Monday, July 20, 2020

FILE PHOTO: Huawei's new flagship store is seen ahead of tomorrow's official opening in Shanghai, following the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, China June 23, 2020. REUTERS/Aly Song/File Photo

Europe faces a fateful choice on Huawei

Constanze Stelzenmüller

Friday, July 17, 2020

Supporters raise white paper to avoid slogans banned under the national security law as they support arrested anti-law protester, as a prison van leaves Eastern court in Hong Kong, China July 3, 2020. REUTERS/Tyrone Siu

Why now? Understanding Beijing’s new assertiveness in Hong Kong

Friday, July 17, 2020

Members of Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership（RCEP）including South Korea’s President Moon Jae-in (5th from R) and Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (6th from R) attend the 3rd RCEP Summit in Bangkok, Thailand on Nov. 4, 2019. ( The Yomiuri Shimbun )

China could help stop the freefall in global economic cooperation

Peter A. Petri and Michael Plummer

Thursday, July 16, 2020

FILE PHOTO: Russia's President Vladimir Putin waves as he leaves after the Victory Day Parade in Red Square in Moscow, Russia June 24, 2020. The military parade, marking the 75th anniversary of the victory over Nazi Germany in World War Two, was scheduled for May 9 but postponed due to the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19). REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov - RC2NFH9L23BA/File Photo

Putin 5.0?

Tuesday, July 14, 2020

U.S. President Donald Trump and Mexico's President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador arrive for a dinner at the White House, in Washington, U.S. July 8, 2020. Mexico's Presidency/Handout via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY. NO RESALES. NO ARCHIVES

López Obrador’s Washington visit played straight into Trump’s hands

Arturo Sarukhan

Friday, July 10, 2020

FILE PHOTO: An industrial port is pictured in Tokyo, Japan, May 23, 2019. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon

The post COVID-19 world: Economic nationalism triumphant?

Friday, July 10, 2020

Map showing COVID-19 outbreaks around the world.

Watch: Debating COVID-19’s impacts on the international system

Adam Twardowski

Friday, July 10, 2020

FILE PHOTO: Group of Bosnian refugees from Srebrenica, walk to be transported from eastern Bosnian village of Potocari to Kladanj near Olovo, July 13, 1995. Bosnia will mark the 25th anniversary of the massacre of more than 8,000 Bosnian Muslim men and boys on July 11, 2020, with many relatives unable to attend due to the novel coronavirus pandemic. REUTERS/Stringer/File Photo

25 years later, remembering Srebrenica — So we are not condemned to repeat it

Molly Montgomery

Friday, July 10, 2020

A National Guard secures Tverskaya Street as army servicemen get ready their military vehicle before a rehearsal for the Victory Day parade in Moscow, Russia, June 18, 2020. The military parade marking the 75th anniversary of the victory over Nazi Germany in World War Two was planned for May 9 and postponed due to the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19). REUTERS/Shamil Zhumatov

How to cut (and not cut) the defense budget

Michael E. O’Hanlon

Thursday, July 9, 2020

The Chinese national flag flies at half-mast at the headquarters of the People's Bank of China, the central bank (PBOC), as China holds a national mourning for those who died of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), on the Qingming tomb-sweeping festival in Beijing, China April 4, 2020. REUTERS/Carlos Garcia Rawlins TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY

The COVID-19 recession is a good time to accelerate Chinese reform

David Dollar, Yiping Huang, and Yang Yao

Tuesday, July 7, 2020

Defense Satellite Communication System with Alaska Range at the Ft. Greely missile defense complex in Fort Greely, Alaska, U.S., April 26, 2018. REUTERS/Mark Meyer

The U.S. Defense Space Strategy works on paper, but will it be implemented?

Monday, July 6, 2020

A soldier stands near police officers guarding a crime scene following an assassination attempt of Mexico City's chief of police Omar Garcia Harfuch, at the upscale neighborhood of Lomas de Chapultepec, in Mexico City, Mexico June 26, 2020. REUTERS/Luis Cortes

Mexico’s spiraling criminal market

Vanda Felbab-Brown

Monday, July 6, 2020