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Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman meets Qatar's Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani during the Gulf Cooperation Council's (GCC) 41st Summit in Al-Ula, Saudi Arabia January 5, 2021. Bandar Algaloud/Courtesy of Saudi Royal Court/Handout via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS PICTURE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY

Order from Chaos

The blockade on Qatar helped strengthen its economy, paving the way to stronger regional integration

Tuesday, January 19, 2021

On the front line of Al Swani during the battle, two fighters of the 610 Brigade (GNA) are passing a revolver from hand to hand. Since April, the Libyan National Army (LNA) led by Khalifa Haftar is attempting to take control of Tripoli defended by the forces of UN-backed recognised Government of National Accord of Fayez el-Sarraj (GNA). Libya, outskirts of Tripoli, December 6, 2019.Sur la ligne de front de Al Swani pendant les combats, deux combattants de la brigade 610 (GAN) se passe un revolver de la main a la main. Depuis avril, l'armee nationale Libyenne (LNA) dirigee par Khalifa Haftar essaie de prendre le control de Tripoli defendu par les forces du gouvernement d'accord national de Fayez al-Sarraj, soutenu par l'onu (GAN). Libye, banlieue de Tripoli, 6 decembre 2019.NO USE FRANCE

Order from Chaos

The Biden administration inherits a rapidly deteriorating Libya

Federica Saini Fasanotti

Tuesday, January 19, 2021

The first intercity railway line operates by a domestic local rail transit company, Guangqing Guangzhou East Ring Intercity Railway opens to traffic in Guangzhou city, south China's Guangdong province, 30 November 2020. No Use China. No Use France.

TechTank

One lesson the U.S. can learn from China to improve its competitiveness in technology development

Joseph Kannarkat and Norman Augustine

Tuesday, January 19, 2021

Thomas Coverson, 19, a freshman at Morehouse College in Atlanta, Georgia, explains his passion for the history of the civil rights movement in front of Martin Luther King Jr.'s famous "I Have a Dream" speech" at Martin Luther King Jr. International Chapel at Morehouse College in Atlanta, Georgia, January 8, 2009. Barack Obama's election as the first black U.S. president has rekindled interest in the U.S. civil rights struggles of the 1950s and 1960s at a time of continuing wide disparities in income, education and health care between whites and minority groups. Picture taken January 8, 2009. REUTERS/Andrea Shalal-Esa (UNITED STATES)

Brown Center Chalkboard

When it comes to student success, HBCUs do more with less

Monday, January 18, 2021

The West Wing of the White House is pictured ahead of U.S. President-elect Joe Biden's inauguration, in Washington, U.S., January 16, 2021. REUTERS/Cheriss May

FixGov

Presidential pardons: Settled Law, unsettled issues, and a downside for Trump

Richard Lempert

Sunday, January 17, 2021

An election official shows a ballot after polling stations closed during the presidential elections in Kampala, Uganda, January 14, 2021. REUTERS/Baz Ratner

Africa in Focus

Africa in the news: Central African Republic, Ethiopia, and Uganda updates

Saturday, January 16, 2021

Policemen stand guard beside razor wire outside Gaddafi stadium before the second Twenty20 Cricket match between Pakistan and Zimbabwe in Lahore, Pakistan, May 24, 2015. Zimbabwe is the first test-playing nation to tour Pakistan since a 2009 terror attack on the Sri Lanka team bus in Lahore left the driver dead and several players injured. REUTERS/Mohsin Raza

Order from Chaos

Terrorism in Pakistan has declined, but the underlying roots of extremism remain

Friday, January 15, 2021

Police are seen outside the office of Daniel Wong Kwok-tung, a lawyer who tried to help the 12 people detained in mainland China, in Hong Kong, China January 14, 2021. REUTERS/Tyrone Siu

Order from Chaos

Extending the long arm of the law: China’s international law enforcement drive

Lindsey W. Ford

Friday, January 15, 2021

National Guard members walk at the Capitol, in Washington, U.S., January 15, 2021. REUTERS/Joshua Roberts TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY

FixGov

Biden’s inaugural address in a time of crisis

Friday, January 15, 2021

FILE PHOTO: A wind farm shares space with corn fields the day before the Iowa caucuses, where agriculture and clean energy are key issues, in Latimer, Iowa, U.S. February 2, 2020. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst/File Photo

Up Front

Time to pivot: The role of the energy transition and investors in forging resilient resource-rich country outcomes

Victoria Bassetti, Norman Eisen, Michael Jarvis, Suneeta Kaimal, Daniel Kaufmann, Kelsey Landau, Robin J. Lewis, Allison Merkel, Mario Picon, and Erica Westenberg

Friday, January 15, 2021

European Union flag at half mast

TechTank

Platform data access is a lynchpin of the EU’s Digital Services Act

Friday, January 15, 2021

Students of Bogazici University protest against President Tayyip Erdogan's appointment of a new rector, in Istanbul, Turkey January 6, 2021. REUTERS/Umit Bektas

Order from Chaos

A new assault on a democratic citadel in Turkey, too

Ayşe Candan Kirişci and Kemal Kirişci

Friday, January 15, 2021

Brookings Now

Charts of the Week: College reopening; for-profit college debt; declining US white population

Friday, January 15, 2021

Law enforcement officers unload part of approximately 3,200 lbs. of cocaine, which was seized at the Port of New York/Newark on February 28, 2019 in a joint operation involving U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), the U.S. Coast Guard (USCG), Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), the New York Police Department (NYPD), and the New York State Police (NYSP), in Newark, New Jersey, U.S., in this image released on March 11, 2019. Courtesy U.S. Customs and Border Protection/Handout via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY.

Order from Chaos

The wicked problem of drug trafficking in the Western Hemisphere

Michael Sinclair

Friday, January 15, 2021

A NATO solider (L) speaks on radio at the site of a car bomb blast in Kabul, Afghanistan August 22, 2015. A car bomb outside a Kabul hospital killed at least 10 people and caused widespread casualties among Afghan civilians, although it appeared to have targeted a vehicle carrying foreign citizens, witnesses and security sources said. REUTERS/Ahmad Masood

Order from Chaos

In Afghanistan, different priorities means vastly different policies

Vanda Felbab-Brown

Friday, January 15, 2021