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AmeriCorps Guam members organize bags of produce for Guahan Sustainable Culture's drive-thru service at the Guam Public Library System Archival Center in Barrigada, April 24, 2020.Free Produce 05

The pandemic reminds us of the importance of public service

Wednesday, May 13, 2020

Hairdresser Oguz Kutlu gives hair treatment to his customer Elena Kuznetsova, both wearing protective masks, on the first day of the reopening of his hair salon which was closed since March 21 amid the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Istanbul, Turkey, May 11, 2020. REUTERS/Umit Bektas

How are countries reopening? Firsthand reports from around the world

Saturday, May 9, 2020

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan chairs a meeting with ministers, bankers and business leaders to discuss dealing with coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Ankara, Turkey, March 18, 2020. Presidential Press Office/Handout via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS PICTURE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY. NO RESALES. NO ARCHIVE

The coronavirus has led to more authoritarianism for Turkey

Friday, May 8, 2020

Russian President Putin attends wreath laying ceremony to mark Defender of Fatherland Day at Tomb of Unknown Soldier by Kremlin wall in Moscow

Russia: Do we live in Putin’s world?

Fiona Hill, Arkady Ostrovsky, Sir Laurie Bristow, and Alexey Minyaylo

The Oxford Union

Friday, May 1, 2020

Webinar: Inspired to serve – The future of public service

2:00 PM - 3:15 PM EDT

French President Emmanuel Macron walks in a greenhouse for tomatoes as he visits the Roue farm in Cleder during a day trip centered on agriculture amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Brittany, France, April 22, 2020. REUTERS/Stephane Mahe/Pool

Macron, the lonely Europeanist

William Drozdiak

Wednesday, April 29, 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

Russian President Vladimir Putin chairs a meeting at Vnukovo II government airport outside Moscow, Russia March 1, 2020. Sputnik/Alexei Druzhinin/Kremlin via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY.

Why are US-Russia relations so challenging?

Monday, April 27, 2020

If there’s depressed demand for oil for many years to come, [that leaves] Putin looking forward to a pretty bleak decade for Russia.

Fiona Hill Politico 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