Foreign Policy

Belgium, Brussels, 2021/05/26. Press conference at European Commission by Vice-President Vera Jourova and Commissioner Thierry Breton on guidance on strengthening the Code of Practice on Disinformation. Photograph by Dursun Aydemir / Pool / Hans Lucas.Belgique, Bruxelles, 2021/05/26. Conference de presse a la Commission Europeenne du Vice-President Vera Jourova et du Commissaire Thierry Breton sur le renforcement du Code de bonnes pratiques sur la desinformation. Photographie de Dursun Aydemir / Pool / Hans Lucas.NO USE FRANCE

How democracies can win an information contest without undercutting their values

Monday, August 2, 2021

Tokyo 2020 Olympics - Athletics - Men's 400m Hurdles - Round 1 - OLS - Olympic Stadium, Tokyo, Japan - July 30, 2021. Athletes compete as Olympic rings are seen REUTERS/Peter Jebautzke

The 2020 Tokyo Olympics were always meant to be a story of resilience

Mireya Solís and David Dollar

Monday, August 2, 2021

Chinese and Taiwanese national flags are displayed alongside military airplanes in this illustration taken April 9, 2021. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration

Will Beijing invade Taiwan?

Ryan Hass, Susan A. Thornton, Bonnie Glaser, Scott W. Harold, Yu-Jie Chen, and Scott Swift

Friday, July 30, 2021

People visit a main shopping area in Shanghai, China July 12, 2021. Picture taken July 12, 2021. REUTERS/Aly Song

The Shanghai middle class: Embracing “cosmopolitanism with Chinese characteristics”?

Friday, July 30, 2021

Silhouette of a woman in front of a fence and American flag

Addressing America’s crisis of despair and economic recovery

Friday, July 30, 2021

Despite the global pandemic of Covid-19, Taiwan, which has remained unaffected, has decided to maintain this year what has been designated as one of the three largest religious festivals in the world by Discovery Channel, and inscribed by UNESCO on the Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity: The Mazu Pilgrimage. The pilgrimage will welcome 300 000 people during its 9 days, from April 9 to 19, 2021. Back to the departure of the Mazu pilgrimage from his residence, Zhenlan Temple, in Dajia District, Taichung. Taiwan, 2021-04-09. Photograph by Jimmy Beunardeau / Hans Lucas.Malgre la pandemie mondiale de la Covid-19, Taiwan qui a su rester epargnee, a decide de maintenir cette annee ce qui a ete designe comme l un des trois plus grands festivals religieux du monde par Discovery Channel, et inscrit par l UNESCO sur la liste representative du patrimoine culturel immateriel de l humanite Le pelerinage de Mazu. Le pelerinage accueillera 300 000 personnes pendant ses 9 jours, du 9 au 19 Avril 2021. Retour sur le depart du pelerinage de Mazu depuis sa residence, le temple Zhenlan, dans le district de Dajia a Taichung. France, le 2021-04-09. Photographie par Jimmy Beunardeau / Hans Lucas.

Examining the role of cross-Strait relations in Taiwan’s politics

Lev Nachman and Ryan Hass

Friday, July 30, 2021

Mexican Foreign Minister Marcelo Ebrard speaks during a news conference as Mexico aims to gradually lift pandemic-induced restrictions on its shared border with the United States as it progresses in vaccinating the local population against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), at the National Palace in Mexico City, Mexico June 15, 2021. REUTERS/Luis Cortes

US-Mexico security collaboration won’t be easily resurrected

Vanda Felbab-Brown

Mexico Today Friday, July 30, 2021

A protester holds a rainbow flag during the demonstration.The annual equal rights demonstration for the global rainbow community took place in Amsterdam. Due to the COVID-19 measures, the demonstration didn't start at the Homo monument like each year, but at the Martin Luther King Park where there was more space for the thousands of participants. The march walked from the park, crossed the city center, and ended at the Amsterdam central station. (Photo by Ana Fernandez / SOPA Images/Sipa USA)No Use Germany.

Injustice upon injustice: Compensating for decades of discrimination

Friday, July 30, 2021

U.S. President Joe Biden SPEAKS with Iraq's Prime Minister Mustafa Al-Kadhimi during a bilateral meeting in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, U.S., July 26, 2021. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein

Treat Iraq’s Iran-aligned militias like ISIS

Friday, July 30, 2021

[Public broadcasting in Germany] started off as a means of democratic reeducation and rerooting political pluralism in Germany, and then morphed into a means of preventing new forms of disinformation or propaganda, particularly from the East.

Constanze Stelzenmüller The Atlantic Friday, July 30, 2021