International Affairs

A Chinese man looks at the main gate of Zhongnanhai, the Chinese leadership compound, in central Beijing, January 12, 2004. The Chinese Communist Party will launch its first "Party Supervisor Regulation" during a meeting of the Central Discipline Inspection Commission which starts in middle of January. The Commission is the Party's corruption watchdog. The regulation will pave the way for inspection of China's top leaders in the central government and provinces, the semi-official China News Service reported. NO RIGHTS CLEARANCES OR PERMISSIONS ARE REQUIRED FOR THIS IMAGE REUTERS/Guang Niu GN/TW - RP4DRIIDKXAA

How will China’s privacy law apply to the Chinese state?

Jamie P. Horsley

Friday, January 29, 2021

Hand Out photo dated Auguts 26, 2020 of the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Winston S. Churchill (DDG 81), not pictured, executes a passing exercise with Turkish Navy frigates TCG Barbaros (FF 244) and Burgazada (F 513) in the Mediterranean Sea. Tension is simmering in the waters of the Eastern Mediterranean as Greece and Turkey, NATO allies but historic rivals, inch toward a possible military confrontation that could end up engulfing the region. Naval vessels from both countries made a show of force in the contested region of the Eastern Mediterranean this week as a race for gas and oil reserves adds a new point of friction to old disputes. U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Louis Thompson Staats IV via ABACAPRESS.COM

Turkey, Europe, and the Eastern Mediterranean: Charting a way out of the current deadlock

Thursday, January 28, 2021

A Russian Antonov-30B airplane, a twin-engine turboprop aircraft,designed for aerial photography is parked on the tarmac at a militaryairport in Melsbroek August 13, 2002. A Russian military missionarrived in Belgium for a two-day series of observation overflights inaccordance with the "Open Skies Treaty" signed in 1992 by member statesof NATO and the former Warsaw Pact. REUTERS/Francois LenoirHRM/

Saving the Open Skies Treaty

Wednesday, January 27, 2021

United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres is seen on screens during the Libyan Political Dialogue Forum in Tunis, Tunisia November 9, 2020. REUTERS/Zoubeir Souissi

Building peace through subnational governance: The case of Libya

Simona Ross, Stefan Wolff, and Alexandre Marc

Tuesday, January 26, 2021

Municipality workers wearing personal protective equipment (PPE) prepare to burry the coffin of a coronavirus victim at a burial area provided by the government for the victims of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), as the outbreak continues, in Bogor, Indonesia, January 26, 2021. REUTERS/Willy Kurniawan

COVID-19 and democracy in Indonesia: Short-term stability and long-term threats

Thomas Pepinsky

Tuesday, January 26, 2021

A lady is voting in a polling station in Yopougon, an urban commune of Abidjan, the 31th of October 2020. Ivorians go to the polls for the first round of the presidential election. Some 7.5 million voters out of 25 million inhabitants must decide between the four candidates, Kouadio Konan Bertin, Alassane Ouattara, Pascal Affi N'Guessan and Henri Konan Bédié. Photography by Virginie Nguyen Hoang / Hans Lucas.Une ivoirienne vote dans une école de Yopougon, commune urbaine d'Abidjan, le 31 octobre 2020. Les Ivoiriens se rendent aux urnes pour le premier tour de l'élection présidentielle. Quelque 7,5 millions de votants sur 25 millions d'habitants doivent départager les quatre candidats en lice, Kouadio Konan Bertin, Alassane Ouattara, Pascal Affi N'Guessan et Henri Konan Bédié. Photographie de Virginie Nguyen Hoang / Hans Lucas.NO USE FRANCE

Why supporting resilient political systems is key to a successful Biden democracy agenda

Patrick W. Quirk

Tuesday, January 26, 2021

FILE PHOTO: Chinese President Xi Jinping shakes hands with U.S. Vice President Joe Biden (L) inside the Great Hall of the People in Beijing December 4, 2013. REUTERS/Lintao Zhang/Pool/File Photo

Biden can pass his China test

Javier Solana and Eugenio Bregolat

Tuesday, January 26, 2021

FILE PHOTO: Flags of Taiwan and U.S. are placed for a meeting between U.S. House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Ed Royce speaks and with Su Chia-chyuan, President of the Legislative Yuan in Taipei, Taiwan March 27, 2018. REUTERS/Tyrone Siu

The path to protecting bipartisan US support for Taiwan

Monday, January 25, 2021

Various fishing boats arrayed at a harbor prepare for the new fishing season of 2020 which will start in two days, Zhoushan city, east China's Zhejiang province, 14 September 2020. fachaoshiNo Use China. No Use France.

The national security imperative to tackle illegal, unreported, and unregulated fishing

Michael Sinclair

Monday, January 25, 2021

Plenary session devotes part of it to questioning the government about the country's situation and the protests in Tunis, Tunisia on January 20, 2021. The Assembly of the Representatives of the People, agenda includes holding a dialogue with the government about the general situation in the country after the protest movement in the country, in the presence of the Minister of Social Affairs, the Minister of Economy, Finance and Investment Support, and the Minister of National Defense who represents the Prime Minister. (Photo by Mohamed Krit/ SIPA USA)No Use Germany.

Ten years in, Tunisian democracy remains a work in progress

Friday, January 22, 2021