International Affairs

General view of Thule Air Base, Greenland, Denmark October 31, 2018. Picture taken October 31, 2018. Ritzau Scanpix/Linda Kastrup via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY. DENMARK OUT. NO COMMERCIAL OR EDITORIAL SALES IN DENMARK. - RC1192531590

Punishing Denmark over Greenland shows Trump has defected to the autocrats

Thursday, August 22, 2019

Anti-government protesters stand at a barricade made of trolleys during a demonstration at Hong Kong Airport, China August 13, 2019. REUTERS/Issei Kato - RC1DF4546CB0

Trump’s foreign policy crisis arrives

Friday, August 16, 2019

Anti-Brexit campaigners, Borders Against Brexit place placards in protest outside Irish Government buildings in Dublin, Ireland April 25, 2017. REUTERS/Clodagh Kilcoyne - RC14D205A310

Brexit, the Irish backstop, and the Good Friday Agreement

Jacques Mistral

Thursday, August 15, 2019

Conservative MP Boris Johnson speaks at the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) annual party conference in Belfast, Northern Ireland November 24, 2018. REUTERS/Clodagh Kilcoyne - RC14F3D93BA0

How Boris Johnson and President Trump risk destabilizing Northern Ireland

Monday, August 5, 2019

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GCC News Roundup: UAE oil tanker seized, Saudi Arabia releases Qatar national (July 1-31)

Monday, August 5, 2019

REFILE - CORRECTING NAME AND REMOVING POSITIONING Chinese Vice Premier Liu He with United States Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin are seen before the start of talks at the Xijiao Conference Center in Shanghai, China July 31, 2019. Ng Han Guan/Pool via REUTERS - RC1EB94296F0

What a US-China trade deal could look like

Thursday, August 1, 2019

A photograph circulated by the U.S. State Departments Twitter account to announce a $1 million USD reward for al Qaeda key leader Hamza bin Laden, son of Osama bin Laden, is seen March 1, 2019. State Department/Handout via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY. - RC19395BB9E0

The death of Hamza bin Laden and the weakness of al-Qaida

Daniel L. Byman

Thursday, August 1, 2019

REFILE - ADDING INFORMATION Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson holds his first Cabinet meeting at Downing Street in London, Britain, July 25, 2019 Aaron Chown/Pool via REUTERS - RC1E33F5C480

What Boris Johnson means for US-UK relations

Wednesday, July 31, 2019

A screen is seen in a show room of 5G technology in Huawei's headquarters in Shenzhen, Guangdong province, China May 29, 2019. Picture taken May 29, 2019. REUTERS/Jason Lee - RC1AC1C11160

From the iPhone to Huawei: The new geopolitics of technology

Dhruva Jaishankar

Wednesday, July 31, 2019

Pro-democracy protesters use umbrellas to protect themselves from tear gas during a protest against police violence during previous marches, near China's Liaison Office, Hong Kong, China July 28, 2019. REUTERS/Tyrone Siu - RC1304E1DFD0

On Hong Kong, the US must find its voice

Ryan Hass and Susan A. Thornton

Tuesday, July 30, 2019