Foreign Policy

Chinese President Xi Jinping attends a news conference at the end of the Belt and Road Forum in Beijing, China May 15, 2017. REUTERS/Jason Lee - RC16AB221480

China’s Belt and Road: The new geopolitics of global infrastructure development

Amar Bhattacharya, David Dollar, Rush Doshi, Ryan Hass, Bruce Jones, Homi Kharas, Jennifer Mason, Mireya Solís, and Jonathan Stromseth

April 2019

Sri Lanka's newly appointed Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa and President Maithripala Sirisena talk during a rally near the parliament in Colombo, Sri Lanka November 5, 2018. REUTERS/Dinuka Liyanawatte - RC1F3E67FE20

Sri Lanka’s presidential elections: Progress, regression, or paralysis?

Jeffrey Feltman

April 2019

Visitors walk past a wall with a map showing the species of peony in Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) countries, at horticultural exhibition Beijing Expo 2019, in Beijing, China April 29, 2019. Picture taken April 29, 2019. REUTERS/Stringer ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY. CHINA OUT.

Grading China’s Belt and Road

Rush Doshi, Daniel Kliman, Kristine Lee, and Zack Cooper

Monday, April 8, 2019

A man stands at Imam Muhammad ibn Abd al-Wahhab Mosque in Doha, Qatar, June 9, 2017. REUTERS/Naseem Zeitoon - RC1242A98100

Reflecting on Qatar’s “Islamist” soft power

David B. Roberts

April 2019

A U.S. Border and Customs and Border Protection (CBP) official stands next a concrete K-rail with concertina wire at Cordova-Americas bridge to enhance security efforts in preparation for increasing number of migrants arriving at the border, as seen from Ciudad Juarez, Mexico February 22, 2019. REUTERS/Jose Luis Gonzalez - RC1F2181F4D0

US-Mexico security cooperation 2018-2024

Tuesday, March 26, 2019

Sudanese demonstrators chant slogans as they participate in anti-government protests in Khartoum, Sudan January 17, 2019. REUTERS/Mohamed Nureldin Abdallah - RC12DA214610

Prospects for democracy in the Middle East: An interview with Salam Fayyad

Salam Fayyad and Bruce Jones

March 2019

DATE IMPORTED: March 06, 2019 Police officers patrol a street after a blockade set by members of the Santa Rosa de Lima Cartel to repel security forces during an anti-fuel theft operation in Santa Rosa de Lima, in Guanajuato state, Mexico, March 6, 2019. REUTERS/Edgard Garrido

AMLO’s security policy: Creative ideas, tough reality

Vanda Felbab-Brown

March 2019

DATE IMPORTED: March 15, 2019. Soldiers keep watch near a crime scene where the bodies were left by unknown assailants, on the outskirts of Ciudad Juarez, Mexico March 15, 2019. REUTERS/Jose Luis Gonzalez

Mexico’s out-of-control criminal market

Vanda Felbab-Brown

March 2019

EDITORS' NOTE: Reuters and other foreign media are subject to Iranian restrictions on their ability to film or take pictures in Tehran.An Iranian Zelzal missile is ready for launch during a test at an unknown location in central Iran September 27, 2009. Iran test-fired short-range missiles on Sunday to show it was prepared to head off any military threat, four days before the Islamic Republic is due to hold rare talks with world powers worried about its nuclear ambitions. REUTERS/Fars News/Ali Shayegan (IRAN MILITARY POLITICS) QUALITY FROM SOURCE - GM1E59R1K5U01

Constraining Iran’s missile capabilities

Robert Einhorn and Vann H. Van Diepen

March 2019

EDITORS' NOTE: Reuters and other foreign media are subject to Iranian restrictions on their ability to film or take pictures in Tehran. An Iranian Zelzal missile is ready for launch during a test at an unknown location in central Iran September 27, 2009. Iran test-fired short-range missiles on Sunday to show it was prepared to head off any military threat, four days before the Islamic Republic is due to hold rare talks with world powers worried about its nuclear ambitions. REUTERS/Fars News/Ali Shayegan (IRAN MILITARY POLITICS) QUALITY FROM SOURCE - GM1E59R1K5U01

Constraining Iran’s future nuclear capabilities

Robert Einhorn and Richard Nephew

March 2019