Order from Chaos

A man with a protective mask walks past a mosque in tha background, during a lockdown in efforts to stem the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Karachi, Pakistan May 1, 2020. REUTERS/Akhtar Soomro

Pakistan’s dangerous capitulation to the religious right on the coronavirus

Monday, May 4, 2020

FILE PHOTO: A woman wearing a protective mask is seen past a portrait of Chinese President Xi Jinping on a street as the country is hit by an outbreak of the coronavirus, in Shanghai, China March 12, 2020. REUTERS/Aly Song/File Photo

Clouded thinking in Washington and Beijing on COVID-19 crisis

Monday, May 4, 2020

Kim Yo Jong, sister of North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un attends wreath laying ceremony at Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum in Hanoi, Vietnam March 2, 2019. REUTERS/Jorge Silva/Pool - RC137238E550

Why we shouldn’t rule out a woman as North Korea’s next leader

Monday, May 4, 2020

Demonstrators, wearing masks as preventive measures against the spread of coronavirus disease (COVID-19), gesture and carry Lebanese flags during a protest against the growing economic hardship and to mark Labour Day in Beirut, Lebanon May 1, 2020. REUTERS/Mohamed Azakir

Lebanon’s latest reform-for-support plan

Jeffrey Feltman

Monday, May 4, 2020

A man distributes food to residents living in a slum on the banks of Yamuna river, during an extended nationwide lockdown to slow the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in New Delhi, India, April 29, 2020. REUTERS/Anushree Fadnavis

How is the coronavirus outbreak affecting China’s relations with India?

Thursday, April 30, 2020

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani speaks during the cabinet meeting, as the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) continues, in Tehran, Iran, April 8, 2020. Official Presidential website/Handout via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY. NO RESALES. NO ARCHIVES

Iran’s corona-diplomacy

Ali Fathollah-Nejad and Amin Naeni

Wednesday, April 29, 2020

FILE PHOTO: Displaced people, who fled from attacks by armed militants in the town of Roffenega arrive on a truck in the city of Kaya near Pissila, Burkina Faso January 24, 2020. Picture taken January 24, 2020. REUTERS/Anne Mimault/File Photo

Preventing violent extremism during and after the COVID-19 pandemic

Eric Rosand, Khalid Koser, and Lilla Schumicky-Logan

Tuesday, April 28, 2020

Russian President Vladimir Putin chairs a meeting with members of the Security Council via a video link at the Novo-Ogaryovo state residence outside Moscow, Russia April 16, 2020. Sputnik/Alexei Druzhinin/Kremlin via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY.

The imperatives and limitations of Putin’s rational choices

Tuesday, April 28, 2020

FILE PHOTO: Southern Yemeni separatist security members patrol a street during a campaign to seize unlicensed motorcycles in Aden, Yemen December 10, 2019. REUTERS/Fawaz Salman/File Photo

Following the separatist takeover of Yemen’s Aden, no end is in sight

Tuesday, April 28, 2020

Mexican cartels are providing COVID-19 assistance. Why that’s not surprising.

Vanda Felbab-Brown

Monday, April 27, 2020

A health worker disinfects a market amid concerns of the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), on the outskirts of Sanaa, Yemen April 13, 2020. Picture taken April 13, 2020. REUTERS/Khaled Abdullah

COVID-19 will prolong conflict in the Middle East

Friday, April 24, 2020

Russian President Vladimir Putin wearing protective gear walks at a hospital for patients infected with coronavirus disease (COVID-19) on the outskirts of Moscow, Russia March 24, 2020. Sputnik/Alexey Druzhinin/Kremlin via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY. TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY

Putin’s not-so-excellent spring

Thursday, April 23, 2020

SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA - Senior officials from South Korea attend a conference call between President Moon Jae-in and the leaders of the Association of 10 Southeast Asian Nations, China and Japan at the Cheong Wa Dae presidential office in Seoul, South Korea on April 14, 2020. The summit was held to discuss ways to address the new Covid-19 coronavirus pandemic. (NO RESALE)

Moon’s moment in the sun

Wednesday, April 22, 2020

A U.S. Army National Guard soldier wears a protective face mask while directing vehicles to pick up food for delivery to residents in need, at the Kingsbridge Armory which is being used as a temporary food distribution center during the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in the Bronx borough of New York City, New York, U.S., April 21, 2020. REUTERS/Mike Segar

COVID-19 and military readiness: Preparing for the long game

Thomas Burke, Chesley Dycus, Michael E. O’Hanlon, Eric Reid, and Jessica Worst

Wednesday, April 22, 2020

NATO flag is seen during NATO enhanced Forward Presence battle group military exercise Silver Arrow in Adazi, Latvia October 5, 2019. REUTERS/Ints Kalnins

NATO and outer space: Now what?

Wednesday, April 22, 2020