International Affairs

Indonesian President Joko Widodo and his running mate for the 2019 presidential election Islamic cleric Ma'ruf Amin wave after registering for the election at the General Election Commission in Jakarta, Indonesia August 10, 2018 in this photo taken by Antara Foto. Antara Foto/Akbar Nugroho Gumay/via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY. MANDATORY CREDIT. INDONESIA OUT. - RC16976DBB40

Is Islam an increasingly polarizing political cleavage in Indonesia?

Alexander R. Arifianto

Thursday, April 25, 2019

President John F. Kennedy greets Prime Minister of Algeria, Ahmed Ben Bella, upon the Prime Minister's arrival at the White House for a ceremony in his honor. 1962. Credit: JFK Library: https://www.jfklibrary.org/asset-viewer/archives/JFKWHP/1962/Month%2010/Day%2015/JFKWHP-1962-10-15-A

Algeria and America: A complicated past, an uncertain future

Thursday, April 25, 2019

DATE IMPORTED: April 01, 2019 People walk past by AK Party billboards with pictures of Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan and mayoral candidate Binali Yildirim in Istanbul, Turkey, April 1, 2019. The billboards read: " Thank you Istanbul ". REUTERS/Huseyin Aldemir

Turkey’s democracy wakes up

Ömer Taşpınar

Wednesday, April 24, 2019

Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu hugs U.S. President Donald Trump as they talk during meetings at the White House in Washington, U.S., March 25, 2019. REUTERS/Carlos Barria - RC15FD644460

The US blind spot in the Israeli-Palestinian peace process

Wednesday, April 24, 2019

India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi (R) gestures as Iranian President Hassan Rouhani smiles during Rouhani's ceremonial reception in New Delhi, India, February 17, 2018. REUTERS/Adnan Abidi - RC13B40C5DB0

Trump tightens sanctions on Iran’s oil exports—How India will respond

Tuesday, April 23, 2019

A gas flare on an oil production platform in the Soroush oil fields is seen alongside an Iranian flag in the Gulf July 25, 2005. REUTERS/Raheb Homavandi/File Photo - GF10000386922

Around the halls: How Trump’s latest Iran sanctions decision could affect markets and key countries

Samantha Gross, Ryan Hass, Tanvi Madan, Suzanne Maloney, and Jeffrey Feltman

Tuesday, April 23, 2019

A coffin of a victim is carried, two days after a string of suicide bomb attacks on churches and luxury hotels across the island on Easter Sunday, in Negombo, Sri Lanka April 23, 2019. REUTERS/Thomas Peter - RC1DB235C800

The attacks in Sri Lanka and the threat of foreign fighters

Daniel L. Byman

Tuesday, April 23, 2019

An Iranian man works on an oil production platform at the Soroush oil fields in the Persian Gulf, south of the capital Tehran, July 25, 2005. REUTERS/File Photo - S1AETIFZPAAA

As Trump moves to cut off Iran’s oil revenues, what’s his endgame?

Suzanne Maloney

Monday, April 22, 2019

A voter holds a ballot while walking out of a booth at a polling station during the second round of a presidential election in Kiev, Ukraine April 21, 2019. REUTERS/Valentyn Ogirenko - RC1248C64FB0

The four “I”s undermining democracy

Dhruva Jaishankar

Monday, April 22, 2019

A girl stands near a wall covered with Placards of Cameroon President Paul Biya, who runs for reelection scheduled for October 7, in Yaounde, Cameroon October 5, 2018. REUTERS/Zohra Bensemra - RC1BA30D24C0

Bouteflika, Bashir—and Biya?

Jeffrey Feltman

Monday, April 22, 2019