International Affairs

FILE PHOTO: Russia's President Vladimir Putin waves as he leaves after the Victory Day Parade in Red Square in Moscow, Russia June 24, 2020. The military parade, marking the 75th anniversary of the victory over Nazi Germany in World War Two, was scheduled for May 9 but postponed due to the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19). REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov - RC2NFH9L23BA/File Photo

Putin 5.0?

Tuesday, July 14, 2020

U.S. President Donald Trump and Mexico's President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador arrive for a dinner at the White House, in Washington, U.S. July 8, 2020. Mexico's Presidency/Handout via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY. NO RESALES. NO ARCHIVES

López Obrador’s Washington visit played straight into Trump’s hands

Arturo Sarukhan

Friday, July 10, 2020

FILE PHOTO: An industrial port is pictured in Tokyo, Japan, May 23, 2019. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon

The post COVID-19 world: Economic nationalism triumphant?

Friday, July 10, 2020

Map showing COVID-19 outbreaks around the world.

Watch: Debating COVID-19’s impacts on the international system

Adam Twardowski

Friday, July 10, 2020

FILE PHOTO: Group of Bosnian refugees from Srebrenica, walk to be transported from eastern Bosnian village of Potocari to Kladanj near Olovo, July 13, 1995. Bosnia will mark the 25th anniversary of the massacre of more than 8,000 Bosnian Muslim men and boys on July 11, 2020, with many relatives unable to attend due to the novel coronavirus pandemic. REUTERS/Stringer/File Photo

25 years later, remembering Srebrenica — So we are not condemned to repeat it

Molly Montgomery

Friday, July 10, 2020

Defense Satellite Communication System with Alaska Range at the Ft. Greely missile defense complex in Fort Greely, Alaska, U.S., April 26, 2018. REUTERS/Mark Meyer

The U.S. Defense Space Strategy works on paper, but will it be implemented?

Monday, July 6, 2020

Iraqi Prime Minister-designate Mustafa al-Kadhimi delivers a speech during the vote on the new government at the parliament headquarters in Baghdad, Iraq, May 7, 2020. Iraqi Parliament Media Office/Handout via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS PICTURE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY.

Was Iraq’s prime minister right to go after an Iranian proxy?

Wednesday, July 1, 2020

Palestinian Americans and supporters demonstrate against U.S. President Donald Trump's recognition of Jerusalem as Israel's capital in Detroit, Michigan, U.S., December 8, 2017. REUTERS/Rebecca Cook

What Americans think about the looming Israeli annexation and Trump’s Middle East plan

Shibley Telhami

Monday, June 29, 2020

Migrants rest in a ditch, after crossing from Turkey to Greece, near the border crossing of Kastanies, Greece, March 2, 2020. REUTERS/Alexandros Avramidis

How trade concessions can improve refugee self-reliance

Monday, June 29, 2020

BRUSSELS, BELGIUM- The President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, attends the 22nd meeting by videoconference of leaders of China and the European Union (EU) in Brussels, Belgium, on June 22, 2020. China and the Union European (EU) reaffirmed this Monday (22) their commitment to conclude a comprehensive bilateral investment agreement in 2020.

The future of trans-Atlantic collaboration on China: What the EU-China summit showed

Friday, June 26, 2020