International Affairs

China's flag.

Order from Chaos

Highlights: Experts discuss the domestic drivers and strategic implications of an increasingly global China

Wednesday, October 16, 2019

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Order from Chaos

The fallout from President Trump’s Syria withdrawal: Don’t forget the children

Eric Rosand and Stevan Weine

Wednesday, October 16, 2019

Ethiopia's Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed addresses delegates during the signing of the Sudan's power sharing deal, that paves the way for a transitional government, and eventual elections, following the overthrow of a long-time leader Omar al-Bashir, in Khartoum, Sudan, August 17, 2019. REUTERS/Mohamed Nureldin Abdallah - RC138A0BD790

Order from Chaos

Alfred Nobel catches ‘Abiy-mania’

Tuesday, October 15, 2019

Imran Khan, Prime Minister of Pakistan addresses the 74th session of the United Nations General Assembly at U.N. headquarters in New York, U.S., September 27, 2019. REUTERS/Brendan Mcdermid - HP1EF9R1627O7

Order from Chaos

Imran Khan’s incomplete narrative on the Taliban

Monday, October 14, 2019

Reports

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Southeast Asia

Don’t make us choose: Southeast Asia in the throes of US-China rivalry

Jonathan Stromseth

October 2019

A protester gestures as he blocks the entrance to the United Nations headquarters with other protesters in Colombo July 6, 2010. The protesters on Tuesday blocked the entrance to the UN offices, trapping workers inside, to demand the immediate withdrawal of a panel advising UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon on whether war crimes were committed in the final months of Sri Lanka's war last year against separatist Tamil Tiger rebels. Ban appointed the three-member panel on June 22, 2010. REUTERS/Andrew Caballero-Reynolds (SRI LANKA - Tags: CIVIL UNREST CRIME LAW POLITICS) - GM1E6761CKD01

Report

The purpose of multilateralism

September 2019

International Affairs

Competitive multilateralism

Bruce Jones, Jeffrey Feltman, and Will Moreland

September 2019

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International Affairs

Hostile ally: The Trump challenge and Europe’s inadequate response

Constanze Stelzenmüller

August 2019

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North Korea

US-DPRK negotiations: Time to pivot to an interim agreement

August 2019

Blog Posts

Turkey-backed Syrian rebel fighters walk together in the border town of Akcakale in Sanliurfa province, Turkey, October 11, 2019. REUTERS/Khalil Ashawi - RC151BCB1700

Order from Chaos

What Israel can learn from yet another tremor in the Middle East

Eyal Tsir Cohen

Friday, October 11, 2019

A Kurdish fighter from the People's Protection Units (YPG) fires a 120 mm mortar round in Raqqa, Syria, June 15, 2017. REUTERS/Goran Tomasevic TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY - RC174C20EA30

Order from Chaos

Around the halls: Brookings experts’ reactions to Turkey’s incursion into Syria

Amanda Sloat, Kemal Kirişci, Michael E. O’Hanlon, Ömer Taşpınar, Jeffrey Feltman, and Suzanne Maloney

Thursday, October 10, 2019

A U.S. soldier oversees members of the Syrian Democratic Forces as they demolish a YPG fortification and raise a Tal Abyad Military Council flag over the outpost as part of the security mechanism zone agreement, in Syria September 21, 2019. Picture taken September 21, 2019. U.S. Army/Staff Sgt. Andrew Goedl/Handout via REUTERS. THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY. - RC1745C73700

Order from Chaos

The US played down Turkey’s concerns about Syrian Kurdish forces. That couldn’t last.

Wednesday, October 9, 2019

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Events

In Kissinger’s orbit: A conversation with Ambassador Winston Lord

1:00 PM - 2:30 PM EDT

What is happening in Yemen?

6:30 PM - 8:30 PM AST

America’s role in the world: The future of alliances

5:00 PM - 7:30 PM MDT

Denver, Colorado

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Experts

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Up Front

Are the kids alright? Saving and wealth accumulation among the millennial generation

William G. Gale

Wednesday, March 20, 2019

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Up Front

College sports joins the marketplace, with limits

Robert E. Litan

Tuesday, March 19, 2019

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Fellow - Foreign Policy, Brookings Doha Center

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Multimedia

British Union Jack and EU flags are pictured before the meeting with Britain's Brexit Secretary Stephen Barclay and European Union's chief Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier at the EU Commission headquarters in Brussels, Belgium, September 20, 2019. Kenzo Tribouillard/Pool via REUTERS - RC11CD6EA940

Order from Chaos

Watch: Explaining Brexit and the ‘backstop’

Thursday, October 3, 2019

Lithuanian Military Academy students hold NATO membership states flags during the celebration of the the 15th anniversary of Lithuania's membership in NATO in Vilnius, Lithuania March 30, 2019. REUTERS/Ints Kalnins - RC1B87408B50

Order from Chaos

Highlights: Experts debate the future of America’s alliances

Suzanne Schaefer

Thursday, October 3, 2019

Health workers carry a national flag as they march during a protest calling on President Abdelaziz Bouteflika to quit, in Algiers, Algeria March 19, 2019. REUTERS/Ramzi Boudina TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY - RC16969E1C30

Order from Chaos

Surveying protesters and the military amid Algeria’s uprising

Wednesday, July 24, 2019

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