Foreign Policy

Pro-Trump protesters storm into the U.S. Capitol during clashes with police, during a rally to contest the certification of the 2020 U.S. presidential election results by the U.S. Congress, in Washington, U.S, January 6, 2021. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton

Around the halls: How leaders and publics around the world are reacting to events at the Capitol

Madiha Afzal, Ranj Alaaldin, Marsin Alshamary, Célia Belin, Charles T. Call, Vanda Felbab-Brown, Lindsey W. Ford, Ryan Hass, Kemal Kirişci, Suzanne Maloney, Michael E. O’Hanlon, Bruce Riedel, Natan Sachs, and Constanze Stelzenmüller

Friday, January 8, 2021

Supporters of Evo Morales demonstrate to protest against the interim government and coup d'etat in Paris, France, on November 17, 2019. Photo by Karim Ait Adjedjou/Avenir Pictures/ABACAPRESS.COMNo Use France Digital. No Use France Print.

No, it’s not a coup — It’s a failed ‘self-coup’ that will undermine US leadership and democracy worldwide

Charles T. Call

Friday, January 8, 2021

Hanoi, Vietnam.- In the photos taken on December 28, 2020, the Academy of Military Medicine (AMM) carried out the experimental injection of the Nano Covax vaccine against Covid-19 to the volunteers of the group corresponding to the dose of 50 micrograms (mcg). Of the 20 volunteers in the 25 mcg dose group, they remained stable, without the presence of side effects. The first phase of the trial is expected to finish in a month and a half.

What state-party relations mean for COVID-19 management in Southeast Asia

Thomas Pepinsky

Thursday, January 7, 2021

Bundestag DEU, Deutschland, Germany, Berlin, 24.04.2020 Uebersicht vom leeren Plenarsaal Deutscher Bundestag waehrend einer Sitzungspause in Berlin, Deutschland. Overview of the empty German parliament Deutscher Bundestag in Berlin on April 24, 2020, Germany.No Use Switzerland. No Use Germany. No Use Japan. No Use Austria

Imagining Germany without Angela Merkel has got harder

Constanze Stelzenmüller

Wednesday, January 6, 2021

A Honduran migrant trying to reach the U.S. with his sons talks to Guatemalan soldiers blocking a road to stop migrants from reach the Mexico's border, in San Pedro Cadenas, Izabal, Guatemala October 2, 2020. REUTERS/Luis Echeverria

How the Biden administration can get the Global Fragility Strategy right

Patrick W. Quirk and Richmond Blake

Tuesday, January 5, 2021

Susan Rice, U.S. President-elect Joe Biden's appointee to be director of his Domestic Policy Council, speaks after Biden announced her appointment among another round of nominees and appointees for his administration during a news conference at his transition headquarters in Wilmington, Delaware, U.S., December 11, 2020. REUTERS/Mike Segar

Under Susan Rice, will there be increased overlap between the Domestic Policy Council and the National Security Council?

Michael Sinclair

Tuesday, January 5, 2021

A police officer keeps watch at a crime scene, where two men were found in the trunk of a car shot to death, according to local media, in San Pedro Garza Garcia, on the outskirts of Monterrey, Mexico December 8, 2020. REUTERS/Daniel Becerril

Crime and anti-crime security policy in Mexico in 2020

Vanda Felbab-Brown

Monday, January 4, 2021

FILE PHOTO: Containers are seen at the Yangshan Deep-Water Port in Shanghai, China October 19, 2020. REUTERS/Aly Song

Is America back? The high politics of trade in the Indo-Pacific

Monday, January 4, 2021

Vice President Joe Biden speaks at the closing session of the US-China Climate Leaders Summit in Los Angeles, California September 16, 2015. Biden's journey to a decision on whether to run for president is taking him this week to California, Michigan, and Ohio -- critical states for fundraising and electoral recognition if he decides to jump in the race. REUTERS/Jonathan Alcorn

Avoiding the climate canard in US-China relations

Monday, January 4, 2021

A pedestrian wearing gloves, goggles and a mask walks by the State Department in Washington, D.C. on April 23, 2020 amid the Coronavirus pandemic. After extended negotiations over an additional $500 billion in stimulus funding in response to the ongoing COVID-19 outbreak, the U.S. Congress is set send another economic relief bill to President Trump to sign into law after a House vote later today. (Graeme Sloan/Sipa USA)No Use UK. No Use Germany.

To rebuild the foreign service, avoid an “amnesty” and promote functional roles

Jeffrey Feltman

Monday, December 28, 2020