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U.S. President Donald Trump waits for the arrival of Egypt's President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi at the White House in Washington, U.S., April 3, 2017. REUTERS/Carlos Barria TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY - RTX33W7D

Order from Chaos

An assessment of Trump’s first 100 days of foreign policy, from Brookings experts

David Dollar, Vanda Felbab-Brown, Steven Pifer, Bruce Riedel, Richard C. Bush, Kemal Kirişci, and Dhruva Jaishankar

Friday, April 28, 2017

The vehicle barrier on the U.S.- Mexico border weaves around Saguaro cactus in the Sonoran desert on the Tohono O'odham reservation in Chukut Kuk, Arizona April 6, 2017. Picture taken April 6, 2017. REUTERS/Rick Wilking TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY - RTX358UC

FixGov

Why the wall on the Mexican border won’t happen

Elaine Kamarck

Tuesday, April 25, 2017

Military vehicles carry missiles with characters reading "Pukkuksong" during a military parade marking the 105th birth anniversary of country's founding father Kim Il Sung, in this undated photo, released by North Korea's Korean Central News Agency (KCNA), April 16, 2017. Picture taken April 16, 2017. KCNA/via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS PICTURE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY. REUTERS IS UNABLE TO INDEPENDENTLY VERIFY THE AUTHENTICITY, CONTENT, LOCATION OR DATE OF THIS IMAGE. FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY. NOT FOR SALE FOR MARKETING OR ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS. NO THIRD PARTY SALES. NOT FOR USE BY REUTERS THIRD PARTY DISTRIBUTORS. SOUTH KOREA OUT. NO COMMERCIAL OR EDITORIAL SALES IN SOUTH KOREA. THIS PICTURE IS DISTRIBUTED EXACTLY AS RECEIVED BY REUTERS, AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS. - RTS12PR7

Unpacked

The threat from North Korea

Jonathan D. Pollack

Monday, April 24, 2017

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Events

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Experts

Vanda Felbab-Brown

Senior Fellow - Foreign Policy, Center for 21st Century Security and Intelligence

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Bruce Riedel

Senior Fellow - Foreign Policy, Center for 21st Century Security and Intelligence, Center for Middle East Policy

Director - The Intelligence Project

Waheguru Pal Singh Sidhu

Nonresident Senior Fellow - Foreign Policy

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Multimedia

Senator Coons and Strobe Talbott at a Brookings event

Order from Chaos

Are we at war with Russia?

Chris Coons

Friday, April 7, 2017

U.S. President Donald Trump, Wilbur Ross, Trump's pick for Commerce Secretary (C) and Senior advisor and Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner attends a meeting with congressional leaders to discuss trade deals at the at the Roosevelt room of the White House in Washington U.S., February 2, 2017. REUTERS/Carlos Barria - RTX2ZDJK

Unpacked

Trump withdrawing from the Trans-Pacific Partnership

Mireya Solís

Friday, March 24, 2017

Indira Lakshmanan moderates a panel at Brookings

Campaigns & Elections

Election 2016: How the next president can impact the future of U.S. alliances and the international liberal order

Fiona Hill, Thomas Wright, and Indira Lakshmanan

Thursday, October 27, 2016

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[On Trump's little regard toward abuses committed by foreign leaders] he seems very comfortable engaging with leaders that, let’s say, leave a bit to be desired. Trump seems an affinity for those who are divisive . . . leaders who don’t engage in civilities of international discourse.

Jonathan D. Pollack McClatchy Monday, May 1, 2017