Foreign Policy

Mexico’s midterm elections: The future of the López Obrador presidency and US-Mexico relations

10:00 AM - 11:30 AM EDT

A demonstrator gestures during a protest to express solidarity with the Palestinian people, near the Israeli embassy in Amman, Jordan May 16, 2021. REUTERS/Muath Freij

A separate peace? What the Gaza crisis means for Arab regimes

Sunday, May 16, 2021

Palestinians react during clashes with Israeli police at the compound that houses Al-Aqsa Mosque, known to Muslims as Noble Sanctuary and to Jews as Temple Mount, in Jerusalem's Old City, May 10, 2021. REUTERS/Ammar Awad

The perfect storm for Israelis and Palestinians

Saturday, May 15, 2021

Molotov cocktails are thrown by Arabs at Jewish right-wing protesters during clashes amid a night-time curfew in the mixed Israeli-Arab city of Lod.

This is what the death of the two-state solution looks like

Tamara Cofman Wittes

Friday, May 14, 2021

Floodwaters rise hours after the worst of Tropical Storm Isaias passed Crisfield, Maryland, on Tuesday, Aug. 4, 2020. Some officials on scene said the city saw serious flooding but nothing like Hurricane Sandy in 2012.M4r 9390

We’re not ready for the next big climate disasters

David G. Victor, Sadie Frank, and Eric Gesick

Friday, May 14, 2021

Flames and smoke rise during Israeli air strikes amid a flare-up of Israel-Palestinian violence, in the southern Gaza Strip May 11, 2021. REUTERS/Ibraheem Abu Mustafa TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY REFILE - QUALITY REPEAT

What hope is there for de-escalation between Israel and Hamas?

Shibley Telhami and Adrianna Pita

Wednesday, May 12, 2021

Flames and smoke rise during Israeli air strikes amid a flare-up of Israel-Palestinian violence, in the southern Gaza Strip May 11, 2021. REUTERS/Ibraheem Abu Mustafa TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY REFILE - QUALITY REPEAT

Hamas tries to seize the day

Daniel L. Byman

Wednesday, May 12, 2021

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Illiberal allies

James Goldgeier, Mark Hannah, and Elmira Bayrasli

None Of The Above

Wednesday, May 12, 2021

U.S. Vice-President Joe Biden arrives with his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping (not pictured) at a China-US Business Dialogue in the Beijing Hotel in Beijing August 19, 2011. China and the United States "have a responsibility to strengthen macro-economic policy coordination and together boost market confidence," Xi told visiting Biden on Thursday, according to Chinese state media. REUTERS/How Hwee Young/Pool (CHINA - Tags: POLITICS)

Biden’s China strategy: Coalition-driven competition or Cold War-style confrontation?

May 2021

People walk along Nanjing Pedestrian Road, a main shopping area, during the Labour Day holiday, following the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Shanghai, China May 5, 2021. REUTERS/Aly Song

Two tales of a city: How middle-class Shanghai reveals China’s unsettled future

Tuesday, May 11, 2021