Foreign Policy

Demonstrators march during the so-called "mother of all marches" against Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro in Caracas, Venezuela, April 19, 2017. Carlos Garcia Rawlins: "That day was one of the biggest rallies up to then. There were thousands of people trying to find their way to the office of the state ombudsman after gathering in more than two dozen points around Caracas. But as in previous rallies, they were blocked by the National Guard. Waving the country's yellow, blue and red flag and shouting 'No more dictatorship' and 'Maduro out,' demonstrators clogged a stretch of the main highway in Caracas. I remember the desperation of the people trying to escape the tear gas and not having space to run because there were so many." REUTERS/Carlos Garcia Rawlins/File Photo SEARCH "POY VENEZUELA" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "REUTERS POY" FOR ALL BEST OF 2017 PACKAGES. TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY. - RC1DC4F53B10

Resilient or in decline?: Current trends in Latin American democracy

Friday, September 29, 2017

Soldiers stand guard under the pictures of Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, the founder of the Islamic Republic (R), and Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei during the anniversary ceremony of Iran's Islamic Revolution at the Khomeini shrine in the Behesht Zahra cemetery, south of Tehran, February 1, 2011.

The roots and evolution of Iran’s regional strategy

Suzanne Maloney

September 2017

An Israeli soldier guards an observation tower, July 17, 2005. REUTERS/Goran Tomasevic GOT/mk (ISRAEL POLITICS CONFLICT) BEST QUALITY AVAILABLE - RTXJU89

Enigma: The anatomy of Israel’s intelligence failure almost 45 years ago

September 25, 2017

The Ohio-class ballistic missile submarine USS Tennessee returns to Naval Submarine Base Kings Bay, Georgia in this February 6, 2013 handout photo. The Tennessee and 13 other Ohio-class submarines are critical elements of the U.S. nuclear deterrent but the oldest has been in service for 33 years and the end of the fleet's useful life of 42 years is in sight. Every nuclear weapons delivery system in the U.S. arsenal ? the so-called triad of bombers, ballistic missiles and submarines ? will have to be replaced in the coming 30 years. REUTERS/Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class James Kimber/U.S. Navy/Handout via Reuters (UNITED STATES) - Tags: MILITARY POLITICS) THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY. IT IS DISTRIBUTED, EXACTLY AS RECEIVED BY REUTERS, AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS. FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY. NOT FOR SALE FOR MARKETING OR ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - TM3EAAK0WCJ01

Meeting U.S. deterrence requirements

Robert Einhorn and Steven Pifer

September 2017

Russian President Vladimir Putin (R) shakes hands with his Turkish counterpart Tayyip Erdogan during a meeting in Sochi, Russia, May 3, 2017. REUTERS/Alexander Zemlianichenko/

An ambiguous partnership: The serpentine trajectory of Turkish-Russian relations in the era of Erdoğan and Putin

Pavel K. Baev and Kemal Kirişci

September 2017

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Crafting Trump’s first National Security Strategy

Wednesday, September 13, 2017

A soldier stands with flowers in the barrel of his gun in front of the headquarters of the Constitutional Democratic Rally (RCD) party of ousted president Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali during a demonstration in downtown Tunis, January 20, 2011. Tunisian police fired shots into the air on Thursday to try to disperse hundreds of protesters demanding that ministers associated with the rule of ousted president Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali leave the government. The protesters, who had gathered outside the central Tunis headquarters of the RCD, Tunisia's ruling party for several decades, refused to move back when the police fired shots from behind a metal fence. REUTERS/ Finbarr O'Reilly (TUNISIA - Tags: CIVIL UNREST POLITICS) - GM1E71K1QVN01

Liberal democracy and the path to peace and security

Madeleine Albright and Mehdi Jomaa

September 2017

New Rohingya refugees take shelter during rain as they arrive near the Kutupalang makeshift Refugee Camp, in Coxs Bazar, Bangladesh, August 29, 2017. REUTERS/Mohammad Ponir Hossain - RTX3DT4E

Democracy and human security

September 2017

Rebel fighters hold up their rifles as they walk in front of a bushfire in a rebel-controlled territory in Upper Nile State, South Sudan February 13, 2014. South Sudan's rebels said on Tuesday that government soldiers had launched attacks against their positions in oil-rich Unity State in what they said was a violation of a peace deal signed in August. Picture taken February 13, 2014. REUTERS/Goran Tomasevic TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY - RTS7JEQ

Democracy and civil war

September 2017

A man lights a candle at an impromptu memorial where a van crashed into pedestrians at Las Ramblas in Barcelona, Spain August 21, 2017. REUTERS/Susana Vera - RTS1CLTL

Democracy and terrorism

September 2017