Foreign Policy

U.S. President Joe Biden greets 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

What will US combat forces withdrawal mean for Iraq?

Ranj Alaaldin and Adrianna Pita

Thursday, July 29, 2021

A member of Taliban forces inspects the area outside Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul, Afghanistan August 16, 2021. REUTERS/Stringer NO RESALES. NO ARCHIVES TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY

Counterterrorism after the Afghanistan withdrawal

Daniel L. Byman and Cynthia Miller-Idriss

Conversation Six

Thursday, July 29, 2021

United States President Joe Biden delivers remarks on the Middle East ceasefire agreed to by Israel and Hamas in the Cross Hall at the White House in Washington.Featuring: President Joe BidenWhere: Washington, District Of Columbia, United StatesWhen: 20 May 2021Credit: POOL via CNP/INSTARimages/Cover Images

Most Americans, including half of young Democrats, disapprove of Biden’s handling of recent Gaza crisis

Shibley Telhami

Thursday, July 29, 2021

Even though [President Xi Jinping] has said that he aspires to [have] globally successful companies operating abroad, I think that there are real challenges for regime security.

Jessica Brandt Yahoo! Finance Wednesday, July 28, 2021

Recruits to join Ethiopia's Defense Force gather during the farewell ceremony at the Meskel Square in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia July 27, 2021. REUTERS/Tiksa Negeri

How the UN can solidify Ethiopia as an African success story

Abigael Ajuma and Michael E. O’Hanlon

Wednesday, July 28, 2021

FILE PHOTO: U.S. Army soldiers from the 2nd Platoon, B battery 2-8 field artillery, fire a howitzer artillery piece at Seprwan Ghar forward fire base in Panjwai district, Kandahar province southern Afghanistan, June 12, 2011. REUTERS/Baz Ratner

The war on terror has not yet failed: A net assessment after 20 years

Michael E. O’Hanlon and Hal Brands

Survival August - September 2021

Moroccan Foreign Minister Nasser Bourita speaks during a visit by Israeli envoys to Rabat, Morocco, December 22, 2020. Picture taken December 22, 2020. REUTERS/Shereen Talaat

Israel, Africa, and Libya: Morocco’s foreign policy trump cards

Yasmina Abouzzohour

Tuesday, July 27, 2021

After the announcement the evening before by the President of the Republic Kais Saied is freezing the activities of the assembly and the dismissal of the head of government and its members, Rached Ghannouchi, president of the assembly and the Islamist Ennahdha party, went to the assembly with some deputies, in Tunis, Tunisia, on Monday 3 a.m. July 26, 2021. They found themselves in front of a closed gate and an assembly held by the military who denied him access to parliament. He then established a sitin in front of the gates of the assembly and called on his supporters to join him in regaining power. Photo by Nicolas Fauque/Images De Tunisie/ABACAPRESS.COM

Kais Saied’s power grab in Tunisia

Sharan Grewal

Monday, July 26, 2021

FILE PHOTO: Scientists return a vaquita, a tiny stubby-nosed porpoise on the verge of extinction, into the ocean as part of a conservation project, in the Sea of Cortez, Baja California, Mexico October 18, 2017. Semarnat/Handout via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY./File Photo

A porpoise to serve: Rescuing the vaquita and the US-Mexico relationship

Kristin Nowell and Vanda Felbab-Brown

Monday, July 26, 2021

On the day of 'World Refugee Day,' people across Europe commemorate the 44,000+ victims who died on European borders in the past years. On the beach of Scheveningen, in The Hague, a pop-up memorial monument was placed close to the sea to pay the last respect to the victims. The memorial monument consisted of 44,000 memorial signs out of wood sticking out of the sand on the beach with the names of the victims written on them. (Photo by /Sipa USA)

The 1951 Refugee Convention is falling short of its mission. Could the Global Compact on Refugees help?

Kemal Kirişci

Monday, July 26, 2021