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U.S. President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris face reporters after meeting with members of their coronavirus disease "Transition COVID-19 Advisory Board" in Wilmington, Delaware, U.S., November 9, 2020. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst

Brookings experts comment on the future of US foreign policy under a Biden administration

David Dollar, Ryan Hass, Suzanne Maloney, Michael E. O’Hanlon, and Célia Belin

Wednesday, November 11, 2020

FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Donald Trump listens to Secretary of Defense Mark Esper address the daily White House coronavirus response briefing with members of the administration's coronavirus task force at the White House in Washington, U.S., March 18, 2020. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst - RC2GMF9QPP29/File Photo

Why did Trump fire Secretary of Defense Esper?

Michael E. O’Hanlon and Adrianna Pita

Monday, November 9, 2020

A voter casts his ballot at Mancini Hall in the Ocean County Library Tuesday. Board of Election workers helped residents who had never received or had problems with ballots mailed to them. Toms River, NJTuesday, November 3, 2020Ocvote110320a

US democracy rescues itself

Vanda Felbab-Brown

Monday, November 9, 2020

A U.S. Army crew chief flying on board a CH-47F Chinook helicopter observes the successful test of flares during a training flight in Afghanistan, March 14, 2018. Picture taken March 14, 2018. U.S. Air Force/Tech. Sgt. Gregory Brook/Handout via REUTERS. ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY  TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY

How to demilitarize America’s presence in the Middle East

Bruce Riedel and Michael E. O’Hanlon

Friday, November 6, 2020

The US election and right-wing militias

12:00 PM - 1:00 PM EST

Pará, Brazil.- Armed forces seize property in Moju after flagrant deforestation in Pará, Brazil on October 27, 2020. The Vice President of Brazil, Hamilton Mourao, announced this Monday (26) that the Government will extend the operation of the Armed Forces destined to fight environmental crimes in the Amazon until April 2021, against deforestation and forest fires.

Empowering whistleblowing to counter environmental crimes and prevent pandemics

Vanda Felbab-Brown

Friday, October 30, 2020

U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during a campaign rally at Hickory Regional Airport in Hickory, North Carolina U.S., November 1, 2020. REUTERS/Carlos Barria

It’s up to the people to foil Trump’s plot against democracy

Friday, October 30, 2020

The United Nations Security Council meets about the situation in Syria at United Nations Headquarters in the Manhattan borough of New York City, New York, U.S., February 28, 2020. REUTERS/Carlo Allegri

Restoring (some) impartiality to UN senior appointments

Jeffrey Feltman

The Cairo Review of Global Affairs Thursday, October 29, 2020

An Afghan policeman keeps watch near the site of an attack at the university of Kabul, Afghanistan November 2, 2020. REUTERS/Omar Sobhani

Drugs, security, and counternarcotics policies in Afghanistan

Vanda Felbab-Brown

Thursday, October 29, 2020

A police officer in front of a giant Chinese flag takes pictures with a mobile phone outside an exhibition marking the 70th founding anniversary of People's Republic of China, in Kunming, Yunnan province, China September 25, 2019. REUTERS/Stringer CHINA OUT.

How China’s ‘wolf warrior’ diplomats use and abuse Twitter

Jessica Brandt and Bret Schafer

Wednesday, October 28, 2020