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Russia's President Vladimir Putin gestures during a joint news conference with U.S. President Donald Trump after their meeting in Helsinki, Finland, July 16, 2018. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque - RC1308EDF9C0

U.S.-Russia relations and a second Trump-Putin summit

Friday, July 27, 2018

U.S. President Donald Trump gestures as he addresses the Veterans of Foreign Wars 119th VFW national convention in Kansas City, Missouri, U.S., July 24, 2018. REUTERS/Carlos Barria - RC1B6B27E100

A doctor’s guide to surviving Trump

Michael E. O’Hanlon

Wednesday, July 25, 2018

A peasant walks among coca crops in Cauca, Colombia, January 27, 2017. Picture taken January 27, 2017. REUTERS/Jaime Saldarriaga - RC1258D3C600

Can Colombia eradicate coca by drones? The illusion of a technological fix

Vanda Felbab-Brown

Tuesday, July 24, 2018

Colombia's President-Elect Ivan Duque addresses the audience after receiving his credentials from the election council, in Bogota, Colombia July 16, 2018. REUTERS/Luisa Gonzalez - RC114FCC4240

Death by bad implementation? The Duque administration and Colombia’s peace deal(s)

Vanda Felbab-Brown

Tuesday, July 24, 2018

Russia's President Vladimir Putin gestures during a joint news conference with U.S. President Donald Trump after their meeting in Helsinki, Finland, July 16, 2018. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque - RC1B10C69EC0

For those keeping score: Putin-1; Trump-0

Frank A. Rose and Kate Hewitt

Thursday, July 19, 2018

U.S. President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin shake hands as they hold a joint news conference after their meeting in Helsinki, Finland, July 16, 2018. REUTERS/Leonhard Foeger - RC119D3EE840

What Helsinki agreements? This is not normal

Thursday, July 19, 2018

U.S. President Donald Trump and Russia's President Vladimir Putin shake hands during a joint news conference after their meeting in Helsinki, Finland, July 16, 2018. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque - RC145902DE10

The Trump-Putin summit produces little. What can come next?

Wednesday, July 18, 2018

U.S. President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump arrive aboard Air Force One, for their first official visit to Britain, at Stansted Airport, Britain, July 12, 2018. REUTERS/Henry Nicholls - RC1138DA3BE0

Around the halls: Brookings experts react to the Trump-Putin meeting and NATO summit

Thomas Wright, Alina Polyakova, Constanze Stelzenmüller, Steven Pifer, Pavel K. Baev, Amanda Sloat, Célia Belin, Kemal Kirişci, and Tarun Chhabra

Monday, July 16, 2018

Russia's President Vladimir Putin (R) and U.S. President Donald Trump attend a meeting in Helsinki, Finland July 16, 2018. Sputnik/Alexei Nikolsky/Kremlin via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY. - RC1AA427BD00

Here’s what a Trump-Putin deal on Syria could look like

Steven Heydemann and Michael E. O’Hanlon

Monday, July 16, 2018

A convoy of U.S. troops, a part of NATO's reinforcement of its eastern flank, who are on their way from Germany to Orzysz in northeast Poland, drive through Sulejowek towards a military base in Wesola, near Warsaw, Poland, March 28, 2017. REUTERS/Kacper Pempel - RC18B77382F0

What Trump gets wrong on allied burden-sharing

Michael E. O’Hanlon

Wednesday, July 11, 2018