Nation-Building

A member of Taliban (C) stands outside Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul, Afghanistan, August 16, 2021. REUTERS/Stringer

Around the halls: The Taliban retakes Afghanistan

Madiha Afzal, Ranj Alaaldin, Daniel L. Byman, Giovanna De Maio, Vanda Felbab-Brown, Marvin Kalb, Suzanne Maloney, Patrick W. Quirk, Itamar Rabinovich, Douglas A. Rediker, Bruce Riedel, Federica Saini Fasanotti, Constanze Stelzenmüller, and Shibley Telhami

Monday, August 16, 2021

Democracy

Letter: US foreign policy will put governance center stage

Patrick W. Quirk

Thursday, November 26, 2020

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UN relevance depends on US leadership

Jeffrey Feltman

The Foreign Service Journal September 2020

People who fled fighting in South Sudan are seen walking at sunset on arrival at Bidi Bidi refugees resettlement camp near the border with South Sudan, in Yumbe district, northern Uganda December 7, 2016. REUTERS/James Akena - RC1930B69240

Sudan & South Sudan

The old guard are killing the world’s youngest country

Zach Vertin

Friday, June 14, 2019

Reports

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EU election observation policy: A supranationalist transatlantic bridge?

Matteo Garavoglia

Tuesday, February 23, 2016

Report

Egypt’s Difficult Transition: Why the International Community Must Stay Economically Engaged

Hafez Ghanem

Monday, January 27, 2014

Report

Convergence without Coordination: Why Washington and Brussels Must Work Together in North Africa

Ruth Hanau Santini and Emiliano Alessandri

Saturday, June 1, 2013

Report

Democracy, Human Rights and the Emerging Global Order

Ted Piccone

Wednesday, April 10, 2013

Report

Re-Betting on Turkey

Kemal Kirişci

Friday, February 8, 2013

Blog Posts

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Order from Chaos

What should the Senate ask Secretary of State nominee Mike Pompeo?

People displaced by the recent unrest, collect food distributed by aid agencies at an IDP camp at the Mpoko international airport of Bangui February 12, 2014. The United Nations estimates that 1.3 million people - more than a quarter of the population - are in need of urgent food aid after months of communal violence that French and African peacekeepers have been unable to stop. REUTERS/Luc Gnago (CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST) - GM1EA2D01YD01

Up Front

Aid wars: U.S.-Soviet competition in India

Dhruva Jaishankar and Shruti Godbole

Thursday, March 1, 2018

The USS Nimitz, USS Kitty Hawk and USS John C. Stennis Carrier Strike Groups transit in formation during a joint photo exercise during exercise Valiant Shield 2007 in the Pacific Ocean in this August 14, 2007 handout photo. The aerial formation consists of aircraft from the carrier strike groups as well as Air Force aircraft. Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Stephen W. Rowe/U.S. Navy/Handout via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY. - RC1BE2E09CE0

Order from Chaos

On the 2018 National Defense Strategy

Michael E. O’Hanlon

Sunday, January 21, 2018

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Ted Piccone

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Nation-Building

Around the halls: The Taliban retakes Afghanistan

Letter: US foreign policy will put governance center stage

UN relevance depends on US leadership

The old guard are killing the world’s youngest country

Reports

EU election observation policy: A supranationalist transatlantic bridge?

Egypt’s Difficult Transition: Why the International Community Must Stay Economically Engaged

Convergence without Coordination: Why Washington and Brussels Must Work Together in North Africa

Democracy, Human Rights and the Emerging Global Order

Re-Betting on Turkey

Blog Posts

What should the Senate ask Secretary of State nominee Mike Pompeo?

Aid wars: U.S.-Soviet competition in India

On the 2018 National Defense Strategy

Events

Seeking solutions for Somalia

Side of democracy: America’s responsibilities now

How religion and nationalism fuel conflict in Southeast Asia

Related Books

Building Militaries in Fragile States: Challenges for the United States

Freedom’s Unsteady March

Experts

Ted Piccone

Nonresident Senior Fellow - Foreign Policy, Center for Security, Strategy, and Technology

Multimedia

@ Brookings Podcast: U.S.-Egypt Tensions a Year after the Revolution

@ Brookings Podcast: The U.S. Role in Supporting the Libyan Rebels

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