Order from Chaos

Security men wearing protective masks stand on a street during a 24-hour curfew amid concerns about the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Sanaa, Yemen May 6, 2020. REUTERS/Khaled Abdullah TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY

Yemen’s disaster becomes “cataclysmic”

Monday, July 6, 2020

A missile being fired out to sea from a mobile launch vehicle reportedly on the southern coast of Iran along the Gulf of Oman during a military exercise. Iran test-fired a "new generation" of cruise missiles on June 18, the navy said, in the first such military exercises since 19 sailors were killed last month in a friendly fire incident. The armed forces' website published pictures of the exercises in the Gulf of Oman showing missiles being fired from a warship and the back of a truck, and a vessel exploding out at sea. A statement said both short- and long-range missiles were test-fired, some reportedly hitting targets at a distance 280 kilometres (174 miles) away. Gulf of Oman, Iran, June 18, 2020. Photo by SalamPix/ABACAPRESS.COM

Unattainable conditions for New START extension?

Wednesday, July 1, 2020

Iraqi Prime Minister-designate Mustafa al-Kadhimi delivers a speech during the vote on the new government at the parliament headquarters in Baghdad, Iraq, May 7, 2020. Iraqi Parliament Media Office/Handout via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS PICTURE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY.

Was Iraq’s prime minister right to go after an Iranian proxy?

Wednesday, July 1, 2020

FILE PHOTO: Former U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell (R) takes part in an onstage interview with Aspen Institute President and CEO Walter Isaacson (L) at the Washington Ideas Forum in Washington, September 30, 2015. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst/File Photo

Retired military endorsements erode public trust in the military

Thomas Burke and Eric Reid

Tuesday, June 30, 2020

A person drives a motorcycle by shipping containers at a port in Keelung, Taiwan, June 10, 2020. REUTERS/Ann Wang

Taiwan faces a changed economic outlook in Asia following COVID-19

Monday, June 29, 2020

Palestinian Americans and supporters demonstrate against U.S. President Donald Trump's recognition of Jerusalem as Israel's capital in Detroit, Michigan, U.S., December 8, 2017. REUTERS/Rebecca Cook

What Americans think about the looming Israeli annexation and Trump’s Middle East plan

Shibley Telhami

Monday, June 29, 2020

Migrants rest in a ditch, after crossing from Turkey to Greece, near the border crossing of Kastanies, Greece, March 2, 2020. REUTERS/Alexandros Avramidis

How trade concessions can improve refugee self-reliance

Monday, June 29, 2020

Prime Minister Fayez al-Serraj of Libya's internationally recognised Government of National Accord (GNA) wears a protective mask as he meets with Italian Foreign Minister Luigi Di Maio in Tripoli, Libya June 24, 2020. The Media Office of the Prime Minister/Handout via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY.

The next steps in Libya

Michael E. O’Hanlon and Federica Saini Fasanotti

Friday, June 26, 2020

BRUSSELS, BELGIUM- The President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, attends the 22nd meeting by videoconference of leaders of China and the European Union (EU) in Brussels, Belgium, on June 22, 2020. China and the Union European (EU) reaffirmed this Monday (22) their commitment to conclude a comprehensive bilateral investment agreement in 2020.

The future of trans-Atlantic collaboration on China: What the EU-China summit showed

Friday, June 26, 2020

Pakistan's Prime Minister Imran Khan speaks during an international conference on the future of Afghan refugees living in Pakistan, organized by Pakistan and the UN Refugee Agency in Islamabad, Pakistan February 17, 2020. REUTERS/Saiyna Bashir

Will the Afghan peace process be Pakistan’s road to redemption?

Thursday, June 25, 2020

A Jewish settler wearing a Jewish prayer shawl stands at the entrance to a temporary structure in the Jewish settler outpost of Maoz Ester in the Israeli-occupied West Bank June 23, 2020. REUTERS/Ronen Zvulun TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY

Israel is about to reveal its West Bank annexation plans. How will Congress respond?

Shibley Telhami

Thursday, June 25, 2020

June 18, 2020; Washington, DC, U.S.A; Ambassador John Bolton sits for an interview with USA TODAY's Washington, DC bureau chief Susan Page in advance of the release of his book, 'In the Room Where It Happened.' Mandatory Credit: Jasper Colt-USA TODAY

Bolton’s book reveals a botched bureaucratic process on Venezuela

Richard E. Feinberg

Wednesday, June 24, 2020

Polish President Andrzej Duda attends election rally in Bialystok, Poland June 20, 2020. Agnieszka Sadowska/Agencja Gazeta via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY. POLAND OUT. NO COMMERCIAL OR EDITORIAL SALES IN POLAND

Why Trump shouldn’t be hosting Polish President Duda

Molly Montgomery

Wednesday, June 24, 2020

Tanks take part in the Amphibious Assault Demonstration during the Cobra Gold multilateral military exercise in Hat Yao Beach, Sattahip District, Chonburi Province, Thailand February 28, 2020. REUTERS/Soe Zeya Tun

The questionable future of amphibious assault

Michael E. O’Hanlon

Tuesday, June 23, 2020

US Department of State Secretary Mike Pompeo(right) and Kosovo President Hashim Thaci(left) hold a meeting today on February 26, 2020 at the Department of State in Washington DC, USA. (Photo by Lenin Nolly/Sipa USA)No Use UK. No Use Germany.

Why a Kosovo-Serbia White House deal could be dangerous

Molly Montgomery

Friday, June 19, 2020