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FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Joe Biden speaks about administration plans to strengthen American manufacturing during a brief appearance in the South Court Auditorium at the White House in Washington, U.S., January 25, 2021. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque

The Biden presidency and Ukraine

Thursday, January 28, 2021

Pro-Trump protesters storm into the U.S. Capitol during clashes with police, during a rally to contest the certification of the 2020 U.S. presidential election results by the U.S. Congress, in Washington, U.S, January 6, 2021. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton

Around the halls: How leaders and publics around the world are reacting to events at the Capitol

Madiha Afzal, Ranj Alaaldin, Marsin Alshamary, Célia Belin, Charles T. Call, Vanda Felbab-Brown, Lindsey W. Ford, Ryan Hass, Kemal Kirişci, Suzanne Maloney, Michael E. O’Hanlon, Bruce Riedel, Natan Sachs, and Constanze Stelzenmüller

Friday, January 8, 2021

Bundestag DEU, Deutschland, Germany, Berlin, 24.04.2020 Uebersicht vom leeren Plenarsaal Deutscher Bundestag waehrend einer Sitzungspause in Berlin, Deutschland. Overview of the empty German parliament Deutscher Bundestag in Berlin on April 24, 2020, Germany.No Use Switzerland. No Use Germany. No Use Japan. No Use Austria

Imagining Germany without Angela Merkel has got harder

Constanze Stelzenmüller

Wednesday, January 6, 2021

A bank clerk counts Lira banknotes before they are due to be destroyed inmain Banca d'Italia in Palermo, February 28, 2002. At midnight on Thursdayin nine of the 12 euro zone countries shops will stop accepting old notesand coins, completing the largest monetary changeover in history.REUTERS/Tony GentileAMP

How political uncertainty hurts the US economy: Lessons from Italy

Friday, December 18, 2020

German Chancellor Angela Merkel (C) and United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres (C R) poses for a group picture with the participants of the International conference on Libya, at the Federal Chancellery.

How Joe Biden must view Libya

Michael E. O’Hanlon and Federica Saini Fasanotti

Friday, December 18, 2020

The U.S. Navy Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Porter sails in formation during the multinational maritime exercise Sea Breeze 2020, co-hosted by Ukraine and the United States, in the Black Sea July 25, 2020. Ukrainian Defence Ministry/Handout via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY

The Black Sea: How America can avoid a great-power conflict

Philip Breedlove and Michael E. O’Hanlon

Tuesday, December 15, 2020

Flags of NATO member countries are seen at the Alliance headquarters in Brussels, Belgium, November 26, 2019. REUTERS/Francois Lenoir

Stronger together: A strategy to revitalize trans-Atlantic power

Constanze Stelzenmüller

Monday, December 14, 2020

U.S. President-elect Joe Biden stands by after announcing retired U.S. General Lloyd Austin as his nominee to be defense secretary at his transition headquarters in Wilmington, Delaware, U.S., December 9, 2020. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque

Managing US sanctions toward Russia

Friday, December 11, 2020

FILE PHOTO: Turkish drilling vessel Yavuz is escorted by Turkish Navy frigate TCG Gemlik (F-492) in the eastern Mediterranean Sea off Cyprus, August 6, 2019. Picture taken August 6, 2019. REUTERS/Murad Sezer/File Photo

Is there a new window of opportunity in the Eastern Mediterranean crisis?

Wednesday, December 9, 2020

Supporters of U.S. President Donald Trump participate in a "Stop the Steal" protest after the 2020 U.S. presidential election was called for Democratic candidate Joe Biden, in Washington, U.S. November 14, 2020. REUTERS/Hannah McKay

The West must live up to its own principles on democracy

Constanze Stelzenmüller

Thursday, December 3, 2020