Foreign Policy

Demonstrators hold a Nicaraguan flag during protest march against Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega's government in Managua, Nicaragua May 9, 2018. REUTERS/Oswaldo Rivas - RC13C200BAF0

Nicaragua: Revolution and restoration

Richard E. Feinberg

November 2018

Personnel work at the Air Force Space Command Network Operations & Security Center at Peterson Air Force Base in Colorado Springs, Colorado July 20, 2010. U.S. national security planners are proposing that the 21st century's critical infrastructure -- power grids, communications, water utilities, financial networks -- be similarly shielded from cyber marauders and other foes. The ramparts would be virtual, their perimeters policed by the Pentagon and backed by digital weapons capable of circling the globe in milliseconds to knock out targets. To match Special Report USA-CYBERWAR/ REUTERS/Rick Wilking (UNITED STATES - Tags: MILITARY SCI TECH POLITICS) - GM1E6A51SA301

The implications of artificial intelligence for national security strategy

Thursday, November 1, 2018

A woman shouts during a protest against upcoming presidential elections, in Caracas, Venezuela May 16, 2018. REUTERS/Marco Bello - RC15653DF940

Venezuela: A path out of misery

Dany Bahar, Ted Piccone, and Harold Trinkunas

October 2018

27-year-old Syrian refugee Alaa Masalmeh and her children, 5-year-old Samer and 3-year-old Mieral, look out of their home's window in Amman, Jordan, August 1, 2018. Picture taken August 1, 2018. REUTERS/Muhammad Hamed - RC18B300D870

Implementing the Global Compact for Migration: Ideas for city engagement

October 2018

France's President Emmanuel Macron speaks to U.S. President Donald Trump as they hold a bilateral meeting on the sidelines of the 73rd United Nations General Assembly in New York, U.S., September 24, 2018. REUTERS/Carlos Barria - RC13D2AE5120

Balancing act: The limits of pragmatism in the Franco-American relationship and the way forward

October 2018

A piper leads protesters waving Saltires and EU flags as they take part in a demonstration to demand a vote on the Brexit deal between Britain and the European Union in Edinburgh, Scotland, March 24, 2018. REUTERS/Russell Cheyne - RC13724D73C0

Divided kingdom: How Brexit is remaking the UK’s constitutional order

October 2018

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau high fives a robotic arm as he takes part in a robotics demonstration at Kinova Robotics in Boisbriand, Quebec

What is machine learning?

Thursday, October 4, 2018

Green lights are projected onto the facade of the Hotel de Ville in Paris, France, after U.S. President Donald Trump announced his decision that the United States will withdraw from the Paris Climate Agreement at a news conference June 1, 2017. REUTERS/Philippe Wojazer - UP1ED611NP15U

The Paris Agreement and its future

October 2018

U.S. President Donald Trump addresses the 73rd session of the United Nations General Assembly at U.N. headquarters in New York, U.S., September 25, 2018. REUTERS/Carlos Barria

Brookings experts on Trump’s UNGA speech

Wednesday, September 26, 2018

A Japan Air Self-Defense Force CH-47 Chinook helicopter collects water from the ocean to drop on the reactors at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant in Fukushima March 17, 2011. Operators of the quake-crippled nuclear plant in Japan again deployed military helicopters on Thursday in a bid to douse overheating reactors, as U.S. officials warned of the rising risk of a catastrophic radiation leak from spent fuel rods. REUTERS/Yomiuri (JAPAN - Tags: MILITARY DISASTER ENVIRONMENT ENERGY IMAGES OF THE DAY) FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY. NOT FOR SALE FOR MARKETING OR ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS. THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY. IT IS DISTRIBUTED, EXACTLY AS RECEIVED BY REUTERS, AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS. JAPAN OUT. NO COMMERCIAL OR EDITORIAL SALES IN JAPAN - GM1E73H0VIG01

Japan's current air defense readiness and new methods for air policing

September 2018