International Affairs

Volunteers from Basij forces wearing protective suits and face masks spray disinfectant in the streets, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) fears, in Tehran, Iran April 3, 2020. WANA (West Asia News Agency)/Ali Khara via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS PICTURE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY

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Iraqi Shia leaders split over loyalty to Iran

Geneive Abdo

Saturday, April 4, 2020

Chinese customs officials carry sacks of pangolins scales they seized on a ship in Shenzhen, Guangdong province, China November 29, 2017. Picture taken November 29, 2017. REUTERS/Stringer ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY. CHINA OUT.

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What coronavirus means for online fraud, forced sex, drug smuggling, and wildlife trafficking

Vanda Felbab-Brown

Friday, April 3, 2020

A Jordanian doctor walks next a mobile clinic that is operated as part of initiative that was launched with the aim of providing Jordanians with field medical services, amid concerns over the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Amman, Jordan, March 30, 2020. Picture taken March 30, 2020. REUTERS/Muhammad Hamed

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Our finest hour

Javier Solana

March 28, 2020

French President Emmanuel Macron wearing face masks during the visit of the military field hospital outside the Emile Muller Hospital in Mulhouse, eastern France, on March 25, 2020, on the tenth day of a strict lockdown in France to stop the spread of COVID-19. Photo by Mathieu Cugnot/Pool/ABACAPRESS.COM

Order from Chaos

France at war against the coronavirus: Politics under anesthesia?

Célia Belin, Agneska Bloch, and Jérôme Nicolaï

Tuesday, March 31, 2020

Reports

Chinese President Xi Jinping (L) and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi attend the group photo session during the BRICS Summit at the Xiamen International Conference and Exhibition Center in Xiamen, southeastern China's Fujian Province, China September 4, 2017. REUTERS/Kenzaburo Fukuhara/Pool

Report

Managing China: Competitive engagement, with Indian characteristics

Tanvi Madan

February 2020

Warships sail in the Sea of Oman during the first day of joint Iran, Russia and China naval war games in Chabahar port, at the Sea of Oman, Iran, December 27, 2019. Picture taken December 27, 2019. Mohsen Ataei/Fars news agency/WANA (West Asia News Agency) via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY

Report

China and the return of great power strategic competition

Bruce Jones

February 2020

U.S. Army and China's People's Liberation Army (PLA) military personnel attend a closing ceremony of an exercise of "Disaster Management Exchange" near Nanjing, Jiangsu province, China November 17, 2018. REUTERS/Aly Song

Report

U.S.-China relations: The search for a new equilibrium

Ryan Hass

February 2020

Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (C) speaks during the G20 summit in Osaka, Japan, on June 29, 2019. Kazuhiro Nogi/Pool via REUTERS

Report

Global China: Great powers

Tarun Chhabra, Rush Doshi, Ryan Hass, and Emilie Kimball

February 2020

A man walks past a stand with binary digits representing digital information during the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona February 27, 2012. The GSMA Mobile World Congress, representing the interests of the worldwide mobile communications industry, will take place from February 27 to March 1 in Barcelona. REUTERS/Albert Gea (SPAIN - Tags: BUSINESS TELECOMS SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY)

Technology & Innovation

Artificial intelligence, geopolitics, and information integrity

John Villasenor

Thursday, January 30, 2020

Blog Posts

Mexico's President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador shakes hands with girlds while visiting towns in the southwestern state of Guerrero, as Mexico's health ministry urged people to mantain a "healthy distance" to avoid infection and the spreading of coronavirus (COVID-19), in Ayutla de los LIbres, Mexico March 15, 2020. Mexico's Presidency/Handout via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY. NO RESALES. NO ARCHIVES

Order from Chaos

AMLO’s feeble response to COVID-19 in Mexico

Vanda Felbab-Brown

Monday, March 30, 2020

General Khalifa Haftar attends a news conference at Benina air base in Benghazi May 24, 2014. Haftar, a former Gaddafi ally who split with the autocrat in the 1980s, is the latest player to emerge in Libya's network of former fighters vying for control over parts of the country. REUTERS/Esam Omran Al-Fetori (LIBYA - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST)

Order from Chaos

A foreign policy toward warlords

Daniel L. Byman and Israa Saber

Monday, March 30, 2020

FILE PHOTO: A banner depicts Benny Gantz, leader of Blue and White party, and Israel Prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu, as part of Blue and White party's campaign ahead of the upcoming election, in Tel Aviv, Israel February 17, 2020. REUTERS/Ammar Awad/File Photo

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In Israel, Benny Gantz decides to join with rival Netanyahu

Natan Sachs and Kevin Huggard

Friday, March 27, 2020

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A demonstrator holds the picture of Qassem Soleimani during a protest against the assassination of the Iranian Major-General Qassem Soleimani, head of the elite Quds Force, and Iraqi militia commander Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis who were killed in an air strike in Baghdad airport, in Tehran, Iran January 3, 2020. WANA (West Asia News Agency)/Nazanin Tabatabaee via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY. TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY

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