Foreign Policy

FILE PHOTO: U.S. Marines fire during a Taliban ambush as they carry out an operation to clear an area in Helmand province, Afghanistan, October 9, 2009. REUTERS/Asmaa Waguih/File Photo

What the Biden administration’s narrative on Afghanistan gets wrong

Monday, June 7, 2021

FILE PHOTO: The Pentagon building is seen in Arlington, Virginia, U.S. October 9, 2020. REUTERS/Carlos Barria/File Photo

Deterrence, US grand strategy, and the wisdom of Bob Gates

Michael E. O’Hanlon

Monday, June 7, 2021

Person receives their first dose of a COVID-19 vaccine in Mumbai, India.

We are a long way from vaccinating the world. Could a patent waiver help?

David Dollar and Matthew M. Kavanagh

Monday, June 7, 2021

Yamina party leader Naftali Bennett smiles as he speaks to Yesh Atid party leader Yair Lapid, during a special session of the Knesset whereby Israeli lawmakers elect a new president, at the plenum in the Knesset, Israel's parliament, in Jerusalem June 2, 2021. REUTERS/Ronen Zvulun

After Bibi

Friday, June 4, 2021

FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Joe Biden gestures as he speaks before signing the COVID-19 Hate Crimes Act into law, in the East Room at the White House in Washington, U.S., May 20, 2021. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque/File Photo

China: Two key questions

Sheena Chestnut Greitens

Democracy Friday, June 4, 2021

Russian service members drive T-34 Soviet-era tanks during a military parade on Victory Day, which marks the 76th anniversary of the victory over Nazi Germany in World War Two, in Red Square in central Moscow, Russia May 9, 2021. REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov

The art of negotiating non-strategic nuclear weapons

Friday, June 4, 2021

Relatives take part during a march at Reforma Avenue as part of the International Week of the Disappeared persons in Mexico, relatives protest against the inaction and indifference of the governments to solve their cases on May 30, 2021 in Mexico City, Mexico. (Photo by Eyepix/Sipa USA)No Use Germany.

Will Mexican voters start demanding that elected officials pay attention to public safety?

Vanda Felbab-Brown

Friday, June 4, 2021

U.S. President Joe Biden laughs while speaking with Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson during their meeting, ahead of the G7 summit, at Carbis Bay, Cornwall, Britain June 10, 2021REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY

Biden talks a big game on Europe. But his actions tell a different story.

Friday, June 4, 2021

An electoral worker shows voting material to a woman who was selected by the National Electoral Institute (INE) to act as a president of a polling station, ahead of the mid-term elections on June 6, at the Anapra neighborhood, in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico June 1, 2021. REUTERS/Jose Luis Gonzalez

The profound issues at stake in Mexico’s midterms

Vanda Felbab-Brown

June 4, 2021

The United States Air Force Air Demonstration Squadron "Thunderbirds" and the United States Navy Flight Demonstration Squadron, the Blue Angels, debut the Super Delta formation consisting of six F-16 Fighting Falcons and six F/A-18 Super Hornets over a C-130J Super Hercules at Naval Air Facility El Centro, March 2, 2021. This is the first time the demo teams performed the formation which grew out of joint training opportunities held in 2020 and 2021.Where: NAF El Centro, California, United StatesWhen: 02 Mar 2021Credit: AF Thunderbirds/Cover-Images.com**Editorial Use Only**

The art of war in an age of peace

Michael E. O’Hanlon and Fred Dews

Friday, June 4, 2021