Project on International Order and Strategy

Chengdu J-20 stealth fighter jets of Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) Air Force perform with open weapon bays during the China International Aviation and Aerospace Exhibition, or Zhuhai Airshow, in Zhuhai, Guangdong province, China November 11, 2018. REUTERS/Stringer ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY. CHINA OUT. - RC12CF4CDC00

Diversionary aggression in Chinese foreign policy

Erin Baggott Carter

Tuesday, January 22, 2019

Souvenir plates featuring portraits of current and late Chinese leaders (R-L) Xi Jinping, Deng Xiaoping, Zhou Enlai and Mao Zedong are displayed for sale at a shop next to Tiananmen Square in Beijing, China, March 1, 2018. REUTERS/Jason Lee - RC1F3D851180

Elite politics and foreign policy in China from Mao to Xi

Joseph Torigian

Tuesday, January 22, 2019

Hu’s to blame for China’s foreign assertiveness?

Tuesday, January 22, 2019

U.S. and Chinese flags are seen before Defense Secretary James Mattis welcomes Chinese Minister of National Defense Gen. Wei Fenghe to the Pentagon in Arlington, Virginia, U.S., November 9, 2018. REUTERS/Yuri Gripas - RC138EB22270

The era of U.S.-China cooperation is drawing to a close—What comes next?

Monday, January 7, 2019

U.S. President Donald Trump attends a meeting of the North Atlantic Council during a NATO summit in Brussels, Belgium, July 11, 2018. Reuters photographer Francois Lenoir: "I like the contrast in the photograph. The presence of U.S. President Trump posing smiling and the lack of interest of the officials in the background." REUTERS/Francois Lenoir SEARCH "TRUMP POY" FOR FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "REUTERS POY" FOR ALL BEST OF 2018 PACKAGES. TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY. - RC1B4F951220

5 ways the U.S. retreated from the world stage under Trump this year

December 26, 2018

The American flag flies at half staff at the US Capitol prior to the service for former President George H. W. Bush at the US Capitol in Washington, DC, USA, 03 December 2018. Shawn Thew/Pool via REUTERS - RC1FFB18A0B0

‘America First’ is only making the world worse. Here’s a better approach.

Antony J. Blinken and Robert Kagan

Friday, January 4, 2019

U.S. President Donald Trump flanked by Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and White House Chief of Staff John Kelly attend a lunch with Singapore's Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong and officials at the Istana in Singapore June 11, 2018. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY - RC1DD6963FF0

How Trump’s management of his team hurts his own foreign policy

Elizabeth N. Saunders

Thursday, December 13, 2018

Ted Piccone spoke on a panel hosted by the Washington Office on Latin America (WOLA) on Jair Bolsonaro’s election in Brazil.

Ted Piccone

Washington Office on Latin America

The front of the Brookings Institution is pictured.

What’s it like to be a post-doctoral fellow with Brookings Foreign Policy?

Rush Doshi, Sharan Grewal, and Tanvi Madan

Thursday, December 6, 2018

U.S. President Donald Trump and German Chancellor Angela Merkel attend a meeting during the G20 leaders summit in Buenos Aires, Argentina December 1, 2018. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque - RC1835828BD0

The G-20 summit was overshadowed by other news. But there wasn’t much to overshadow anyway.

Elizabeth N. Saunders

Thursday, December 6, 2018