U.S. Foreign Policy

FILE PHOTO: World Health Organization (WHO) Director General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus speaks during a bilateral meeting with Swiss Interior and Health Minister Alain Berset on the sidelines of the opening of the 74th World Health Assembly at the WHO headquarters, in Geneva, Switzerland May 24, 2021. Laurent Gillieron/Pool via REUTERS

Covid and the end of the post 9/11 era

Thomas Wright and Gideon Rachman

The Rachman Review

Thursday, September 9, 2021

A member of the Taliban force stands guard at a checkpoint in Kabul, Afghanistan, September 2, 2021. REUTERS/Stringer

Insurgency is easier than governing: The future of the Taliban in Afghanistan

Vanda Felbab-Brown, Scott R. Anderson, and Doyle Hodges

Horns of a Dilemma

Friday, September 3, 2021

A military helicopter lands at Camp Nathan Smith in Kandahar City, Kandahar Province, Afghanistan.

Why did state-building efforts in Afghanistan fail?

David Dollar and Jennifer Brick Murtazashvili

Monday, August 30, 2021

Afghan collaborators, their families, Spanish soldiers and members of the embassy board a Spanish military plane as part of their evacuation, at the Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul, Afghanistan, August 27, 2021. Ministry of Defense of Spain/Handout via REUTERS THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY. MANDATORY CREDIT. NO RESALES. NO ARCHIVES.

The world reacts to Afghanistan

Constanze Stelzenmüller, Suzanne Maloney, Madiha Afzal, Yun Sun, Bryce Klehm, and Joy Neumeyer

The Lawfare Podcast

Friday, August 27, 2021

Imagen de archivo de personal de seguridad vigilando el exterior del Instituto de Virología de Wuhan durante la visita del equipo de la Organización Mundial de la Salud (OMS) a cargo de investigar los orígenes del COVID-19, en Wuhan, provincia de Hubei, China. 3 de febrero, 2021. REUTERS/Thomas Peter/Archivo

The IC’s report of the origins of the pandemic and the PRC’s hysterical propaganda onslaught

Thomas Wright and Ian Masters

Background Briefing

Wednesday, August 25, 2021

U.S. President Joe Biden greets Iraq's Prime Minister Mustafa Al-Kadhimi during a bilateral meeting in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, U.S., July 26, 2021. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein

What will US combat forces withdrawal mean for Iraq?

Ranj Alaaldin and Adrianna Pita

Thursday, July 29, 2021

A member of Taliban forces inspects the area outside Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul, Afghanistan August 16, 2021. REUTERS/Stringer NO RESALES. NO ARCHIVES TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY

Counterterrorism after the Afghanistan withdrawal

Daniel L. Byman and Cynthia Miller-Idriss

Conversation Six

Thursday, July 29, 2021

U.S. President Joe Biden holds a news conference at the end of the G7 summit, at Cornwall Airport Newquay, Britain.

How should the G-7 respond to China’s BRI?

Howard W. French and David Dollar

Tuesday, July 6, 2021

Pakistan's Prime Minister Imran Khan speaks during an interview with Reuters in Islamabad, Pakistan June 4, 2021. REUTERS/Saiyna Bashir

Pakistan’s foreign policy challenges

Madiha Afzal, Alistair Taylor, Syed Mohammad Ali, and Marvin G. Weinbaum

Middle East Focus

Thursday, June 24, 2021

Bundeskanzlerin Angela Merkel wartet auf die Ankunft der Kommissionspraesidentin Ursula von der Leyen im Kanzleramt in Berlin am 22. Juni 2021. Bundeskanzlerin Merkel trifft EU Kommissionspraesidentin von der Leyen *** German Chancellor Angela Merkel waits for the arrival of European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen at the Chancellery in Berlin on June 22, 2021 German Chancellor Merkel meets EU Commission President von der LeyenNo Use Switzerland. No Use Germany. No Use Japan. No Use Austria

Merkel’s complicated legacy

Constanze Stelzenmüller and Elmira Bayrasli

Project Syndicate

Tuesday, June 22, 2021