Foreign Policy

Opium poppies are pictured in the fields of Pueblo Viejo in the Sierra Madre del Sur in the southern state of Guerrero, Mexico, August 25, 2018. REUTERS/Carlos Jasso

The pitfalls of poppy licensing in Mexico

Vanda Felbab-Brown

Monday, August 31, 2020

U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during an executive order signing ceremony on lowering drug prices in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Friday, July 24, 2020. Lowering prescription drug prices is a top priority of Trump including a policy to tie Medicare payments to foreign countries' drug prices. Photographer: Stefani Reynolds/Pool/Sipa USANo Use UK. No Use Germany.

Will Trumpism change Republican foreign policy permanently?

Saturday, August 29, 2020

Hand out photo dated August 24, 2020 of Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Winston S. Churchill (DDG 81) executes maneuvering drills with Greek Navy warship Kortenaer FF Class Aegean (F 460) off the coast of Crete, in the Mediterranean Sea. Tension is simmering in the waters of the Eastern Mediterranean as Greece and Turkey, NATO allies but historic rivals, inch toward a possible military confrontation that could end up engulfing the region. Naval vessels from both countries made a show of force in the contested region of the Eastern Mediterranean this week as a race for gas and oil reserves adds a new point of friction to old disputes. U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Louis Thompson Staats IV via ABACAPRESS.COM

The new, great, dangerous game in the eastern Mediterranean

Federica Saini Fasanotti

Friday, August 28, 2020

FILE PHOTO: Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko and Russian President Vladimir Putin meet at the Sirius Educational Center in the Black sea resort of Sochi, Russia February 15, 2019. Sergei Chirikov/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo

Is Putin about to make a costly mistake in Belarus?

Friday, August 28, 2020

U.S. President Donald Trump and China's President Xi Jinping make joint statements at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China, November 9, 2017. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst - RC16EDA92520

The US cooperated with the Soviets on smallpox – it should do the same with China on COVID-19 vaccine distribution

James Haynes and Cheng Li

Thursday, August 27, 2020

Pakistan's Army Chief of Staff General Qamar Javed Bajwa is welcomed by Saudi Arabia's Deputy Defense Minister Prince Khalid bin Salman, in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia August 17, 2020. Picture taken August 17, 2020. Saudi Press Agency/Handout via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS PICTURE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY.

The Pakistan-Saudi Arabia relationship hits a bump in the road

Monday, August 24, 2020

FILE PHOTO: A view shows the damage at the site of a massive explosion in Beirut port, Lebanon August 17, 2020. REUTERS/Aziz Taher/File Photo

Lebanon needs a new start

Thursday, August 20, 2020

Members of the NYPD Counterterrorism unit monitor a Blues Lives Matter rally in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn, on July 11, 2020. (Photo by Gabriele Holtermann/Sipa USA)No Use UK. No Use Germany.

Counterterrorism in a time of COVID

Daniel L. Byman and Andrew Amunson

Thursday, August 20, 2020

People walk past a Taiwanese flag amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic in Taipei, Taiwan, August 10, 2020. REUTERS/Ann Wang

China’s dangerous Taiwan temptation

Thursday, August 20, 2020

Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa Al-Kadhimi speaks during a news conference in Basra, Iraq, July 15, 2020. Ahmad Al-Rubaye/Pool via REUTERS

Iraq’s best hope is developing stronger ties to the Gulf — with US help

Wednesday, August 19, 2020