Foreign Policy

Handover ceremony at Camp Anthonic, from U.S. Army to Afghan Defense Forces in Helmand province, Afghanistan May 2, 2021. Picture taken May 2, 2021. Ministry of Defense Press Office/Handout via REUTERS THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY. NO RESALES. NO ARCHIVES

Don’t expect an al-Qaida reboot in Afghanistan

Daniel L. Byman

Tuesday, May 4, 2021

A performing monkey is seen at a monkey farm in Baowan village, Xinye county of China’s central Henan province, February 2, 2016. Baowan village of China’s central Henan province appears to be your average farming community from the surface, but at a closer look, one can hear monkey hoots from every direction. Although no official number exists, villagers say that they have been a breeding ground for both monkeys and monkey trainers for centuries. Picture taken on February 2, 2016. REUTERS/Jason Lee

Conservation leadership is key to pandemic prevention

Vanda Felbab-Brown and Catherine Semcer

Tuesday, May 4, 2021

Pressekonferenz mit Annalena Baerbock, Bundesvorsitzende Gruene und Kanzlerkandidatin. Berlin, 26.04.2021 Berlin Deutschland *** Press Conference with Annalena Baerbock, Federal Chairwoman of the Greens and Candidate for Chancellor Berlin, 26 04 2021 Berlin Germany Copyright: xThomasxImo/photothek.dexNo Use Switzerland. No Use Germany. No Use Japan. No Use Austria

Hello, Berlin? Germany’s future raises foreign policy concerns for allies

Constanze Stelzenmüller

Tuesday, May 4, 2021

FILE PHOTO: U.S. Vice President Joe Biden looks through binoculars to see North Korea from Observation Post Ouellette during a tour of the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ), the military border separating the two Koreas, in Panmunjom, December 7, 2013. REUTERS/Lee Jin-man/Pool/File Photo

The rollout of the Biden administration’s North Korea policy review leaves unanswered questions

Tuesday, May 4, 2021

The Long Museum West Bund was founded in 2014 by Shanghainese entrepreneur couple Liu Yiqian and Wang Wei. The museum site was previously the terminal for coal shipping on the Huangpu River. Visitors to the museum can still see the view of a coal hopper unloading bridge from atop a retainer column built in the 1950s.

Shanghai’s dynamic art scene: China’s cosmopolitan middle class and the value of international cultural exchanges

Tuesday, May 4, 2021

Workers from Iraqi Independent High Electoral Commission (IHEC) count votes at an analysis centre in Kerbala, south of Baghdad May 2, 2014. Iraq held a democratic vote to choose a leader with no foreign troops present for the first time on Wednesday, as Shi'ite Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki sought to hold power for a third term in a country again consumed by sectarian bloodshed. The electoral commission said 60 percent of all voters had so far cast a ballot, according to initial data - but returns were not yet in from some areas. Counting may take three weeks. The commission hopes to declare final results by the end of May. REUTERS/Mushtaq Muhammed (IRAQ - Tags: POLITICS ELECTIONS)

The prospects and limitations of United Nations election observation in Iraq

Marsin Alshamary and Maya Nir

Monday, May 3, 2021

FILE PHOTO: A health official draws a dose of the AstraZeneca's COVID-19 vaccine manufactured by the Serum Institute of India, at Infectious Diseases Hospital in Colombo, Sri Lanka January 29, 2021. REUTERS/Dinuka Liyanawatte

Biden’s misstep in India

Friday, April 30, 2021

A bird flies near the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) secretariat building, ahead of the ASEAN leaders' meeting in Jakarta, Indonesia, April 23, 2021. REUTERS/Willy Kurniawan

Southeast Asia’s great power dynamics

Jonathan Stromseth and Sebastian Strangio

Tuesday, April 27, 2021

Fragility in Chad and counterterrorism strategies in West Africa

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FILE PHOTO: Soldiers attend the state funeral of late Chadian President Idriss Deby in N'Djamena, Chad, April 23, 2021. Christophe Petit Tesson/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo

The death of Chadian President Idris Déby Itno threatens stability in the region

Thursday, April 29, 2021