International Affairs

People wearing protective face masks play computer games at the China Digital Entertainment Expo and Conference (ChinaJoy) in Shanghai, following the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, China July 31, 2020. REUTERS/Aly Song

Experts discuss the growth of cyber threats amid the pandemic

Monday, December 28, 2020

Rabat, Morocco.- In the photos, it shows the streets of Rabat during the coronavirus pandemic. Dr. David Nabarro, special adviser to the World Health Organization (WHO) urged governments not to use quarantine as the main strategy to control the spread of COVID-19 and warned of the increase in poverty as a result of the restrictions . "At the World Health Organization we do not advocate quarantines as the main means of controlling this virus," Nabarro said.

Infographic: Cumulative deaths from COVID-19 in the Middle East and North Africa

Paul Dyer, Isaac Schaider, and Andrew Letzkus

Monday, December 28, 2020

FILE PHOTO: U.S. Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Mark Milley gives remarks during the 19th annual September 11 observance ceremony at the Pentagon in Arlington, Virginia, U.S., September 11, 2020. REUTERS/Erin Scott/File Photo

Russia, China, and the risks of war: My conversation with General Mark Milley

Michael E. O’Hanlon

Wednesday, December 23, 2020

Fireworks illuminates the cloudy sky over a large 2000 built up with three Ferris wheels and a 40 meter tall number two at the bank of the river Main in Frankfurt, January 1. Some hundred thousands revelers are expected to celebrate the year 2000 in downtown Frankfurt.KP

Putting the 21st century back on track

Wednesday, December 23, 2020

John Kerry, U.S. President-elect Joe Biden's special presidential envoy for climate appointee, speaks as President-elect Biden announces his national security nominees and appointees at his transition headquarters in Wilmington, Delaware, U.S., November 24, 2020. REUTERS/Joshua Roberts

The risk of John Kerry following his own China policy

Wednesday, December 23, 2020

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Building resilience to the North Korean cyber threat: Experts discuss

Wednesday, December 23, 2020

Egyptians, some of them wearing protective masks, look from the bus windows amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic in Cairo, Egypt December 17, 2020. REUTERS/Amr Abdallah Dalsh

Infographic: The incidence of COVID-19 in the Middle East and North Africa

Paul Dyer, Isaac Schaider, and Andrew Letzkus

Wednesday, December 23, 2020

Rabat, Morocco.- In the photos, it shows the streets of Rabat during the coronavirus pandemic. Dr. David Nabarro, special adviser to the World Health Organization (WHO) urged governments not to use quarantine as the main strategy to control the spread of COVID-19 and warned of the increase in poverty as a result of the restrictions . "At the World Health Organization we do not advocate quarantines as the main means of controlling this virus," Nabarro said.

Coping with COVID-19’s cost: The example of Morocco

Yasmina Abouzzohour

Wednesday, December 23, 2020

Graphic showing COVID hotspots around the world.

Recapping 10 of the biggest foreign policy and national security stories of 2020

Tuesday, December 22, 2020

Mexico's President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador speaks as a screen displays the letter he sent to U.S. President-elect Joe Biden during a news conference at the National Palace, in Mexico City, Mexico December 15, 2020. Mexico's Presidency/Handout via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY. NO RESALES. NO ARCHIVES

A dangerous backtrack on the US-Mexico security relationship

Vanda Felbab-Brown

Monday, December 21, 2020