Foreign Policy

An Israeli Arab casts her ballot at a polling station inside a church in the northern town of Reineh March 17, 2015. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu faced a fight for his political survival on Tuesday as Israelis voted in an election that opinion polls predict the centre-left opposition could win. REUTERS/Ammar Awad (ISRAEL - Tags: POLITICS ELECTIONS) - GM1EB3I09JH01

Will Israel’s Palestinian Arab citizens turn out to vote?

Shibley Telhami

Monday, March 25, 2019

On March 14, Brookings Senior Fellow Michael O’Hanlon spoke with Undersecretary of the United States Army Ryan McCarthy about the Army’s budget request, its operational outlook, and the role it will play in future defense strategy.

How does the army prepare for a new era of geopolitics?

Adam Twardowski

Friday, March 22, 2019

Anti-Brexit demonstrators protest in front of European Commission headquarters ahead of a EU Summit in Brussels, Belgium March 21, 2019. REUTERS/Yves Herman - RC16AB3A4770

Brexit endgame: European Union takes back control

Friday, March 22, 2019

Do counter-narratives actually reduce violent extremism?

Eric Rosand and Emily Winterbotham

Wednesday, March 20, 2019

A voter casts her ballot at a polling station, where Indonesian presidential candidate Joko "Jokowi" Widodo and his wife Iriana, will cast their vote later in Jakarta July 9, 2014. Indonesians voted in a presidential election on Wednesday that has become a closely fought contest between the old guard who flourished under decades of autocratic rule and a new breed of politician that has emerged in the fledgling democracy.Only the third direct election for a president in the world's fourth-most populous state, the contest pits former special forces general Prabowo Subianto against Jakarta Governor Joko "Jokowi" Widodo, who have been running neck-and-neck in opinion polls. REUTERS/Darren Whiteside (INDONESIA - Tags: ELECTIONS POLITICS) - GM1EA79192401

Indonesia’s upcoming elections, explained

Thomas Pepinsky

Wednesday, March 20, 2019

An attendent cleans the carpet next to U.S. and Chinese national flags before a news conference for the 6th round of U.S.-China Strategic and Economic Dialogue at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, July 10, 2014. REUTERS/Jason Lee (CHINA - Tags: POLITICS BUSINESS) - GM1EA7A1AO901

Where progress with China is most likely—and where it isn’t

Monday, March 18, 2019

Ukrainian soldiers drive a military vehicle with a torn Ukrainian flag at a checkpoint near Slaviansk in eastern Ukraine July 3, 2014. About half the 130,000 residents of Slaviansk are thought to have fled since fighters who want eastern Ukraine incorporated into Russia took control of the city in April, a month after Moscow annexed the Black Sea peninsula of Crimea. Since then, government forces trying to end the rebellion in towns and cities across the Russian-speaking region have pounded separatist positions in and around Slaviansk. Picture taken July 3, 2014. REUTERS/Andrew Kravchenko/Pool (UKRAINE - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST MILITARY TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY) - GM1EA7414HR01

Five years after Crimea’s illegal annexation, the issue is no closer to resolution

Monday, March 18, 2019

Britain's Prime Minister Theresa May reacts during the debate on extending Brexit negotiating period in Parliament in London, Britain, March 14, 2019. UK Parliament/Jessica Taylor/Handout via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY. TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY - RC11E05C2DF0

Brexit endgame: Parliament seeks delay to EU exit

Friday, March 15, 2019

People lay flowers outside New Zealand House, following Christchurch mosque attack in New Zealand, in London, Britain March 15, 2019. REUTERS/Henry Nicholls - RC178C0E1510

Five initial thoughts on the New Zealand terrorist attack

Daniel L. Byman

Friday, March 15, 2019

An Iranian man pins banknotes on an Arabic script during the Shi'ite Ashura religious festival in Tehran January 30, 2007. Muslim Shi'ites mark Ashura, the day when Imam al-Hussein, the "leader of the martyrs" and grandson of Prophet Mohammad was killed in Kerbala in 680 AD. REUTERS/Morteza Nikoubazl (IRAN) - GM1DUMRVDQAA

Iran’s economy 40 years after the Islamic Revolution

Djavad Salehi-Isfahani

Thursday, March 14, 2019