International Affairs

The main gate at Naval Air Station Pensacola is seen on Navy Boulevard in Pensacola, Florida, U.S. March 16, 2016. Picture taken March 16, 2016. U.S. Navy/Patrick Nichols/Handout via REUTERS. THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY. - RC2RPD9BC4N8

The Pensacola attack by a Saudi pilot: Implications for US-Saudi ties

Daniel L. Byman and Tamara Cofman Wittes

Friday, December 6, 2019

A tractor cleans debris outside a damaged building in Mezzah, Damascus, Syria November 12, 2019. REUTERS/Omar Sanadiki - RC2J9D9H43XW

What can we learn from the escalating Israeli raids in Syria?

Eyal Tsir Cohen and Kevin Huggard

Friday, December 6, 2019

A man reads a copy of the day's newspaper whose front page shows a photo of suspected suicide bomber Humam Khalil Abu-Mulal al-Balawi in Amman January 9, 2010. A Pakistan television station on Saturday showed what it said was the suicide bomber double agent who killed CIA agents in Afghanistan sitting with the Pakistani Taliban leader, and reported he shared U.S. and Jordanian state secrets with militants. REUTERS/Ali Jarekji (JORDAN - Tags: CIVIL UNREST CRIME LAW POLITICS) - GM1E6191K0J01

The remarkable case of the triple agent and the bombing in Khost, Afghanistan

Friday, December 6, 2019

A Myanmar border guard police officer stands guard in front of the remains of a house burned down in a clash between suspected militants and security forces in Tin May village, Buthidaung township, northern Rakhine state, Myanmar July 14, 2017. Picture taken July 14, 2017. REUTERS/Simon Lewis - RC17166738A0

Peace and war in Myanmar

Friday, December 6, 2019

BBC presenter Nick Robinson speaks in front of Plaid Cymru leader Adam Price, former Green Party co-leader Caroline Lucas, Labour Party's shadow business secretary Rebecca Long Bailey, Conservative Party's Chief Secretary to the Treasury Rishi Sunak, Brexit Party chairman Richard Tice, SNP leader and Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon and Liberal Democrat leader Jo Swinson before a general election debate in Cardiff, Britain November 29, 2019. REUTERS/Hannah McKay/Pool - RC27LD97TG7M

Britain goes to the polls in a high-stakes election

Thursday, December 5, 2019

A Ukrainian national flag flies over the parliament building (Verkhovna Rada) during a parliament session to review a proposal by President Petro Poroshenko to introduce martial law for 60 days after Russia seized Ukrainian naval ships off the coast of Russia-annexed Crimea, in Kiev, Ukraine, November 26, 2018. REUTERS/Gleb Garanich - RC1BD2505A10

Why care about Ukraine and the Budapest Memorandum

Thursday, December 5, 2019

Pakistan's Army Chief of Staff General Qamar Javed Bajwa, walks as he arrives to attend the Pakistan Day military parade in Islamabad, Pakistan March 23, 2019. Picture taken March 23, 2019. REUTERS/Akhtar Soomro - RC1250AFD490

The curious case of the Pakistani army chief’s extension

Wednesday, December 4, 2019

GCC leaders pose for a photo during the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) summit in Mecca, Saudi Arabia May 30, 2019. Picture taken May 30, 2019. Bandar Algaloud/Courtesy of Saudi Royal Court/Handout via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY. - RC1AC05BD4F0

GCC News Roundup: Saudis release Houthi prisoners, Gulf countries hint at easing tensions (November 1-31)

Wednesday, December 4, 2019

U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attend a meeting in Jerusalem, Friday, October 18, 2019. Sebastian Scheiner/Pool via REUTERS *** Local Caption *** - RC15280D3A20

Recognizing Israeli settlements is about sovereignty, and that’s a game-changer

Monday, November 25, 2019

Hungarians place flowers and a flag October 23 2000, onto the statue of late Prime Minister Imre Nagy, who was a leader of the 1956 anti-communist revolution. LB/ - RP2DRHZTNZAA

History in the (un)making: Historical revisionism in Viktor Orbán’s Hungary

Meilin Scanish and Norman Eisen

Monday, November 25, 2019