U.S. Foreign Policy

--FILE--A bottle of Fentanyl pharmaceuticals is displayed in Anyang city, central China's Henan province, 12 November 2018.China will add fentanyl-related substances to a supplementary list of controlled narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances with non-medical use since May 1. The decision was announced Monday in a joint statement by the Ministry of Public Security, the National Health Commission and the National Medical Products Administration. Fentanyl and its analogues that were previously included in the list of controlled narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances, as well as the related substances in the supplementary list, will remain to be controlled according to relevant regulations, the statement said.No Use China. No Use France.

Biden takes a reformist drug strategy, but the challenge of supply countries remains

Vanda Felbab-Brown

Monday, April 19, 2021

FILE PHOTO: Marine reinforcements fly towards an area somewhere near Kandahar, Afghanistan, December 10, 2001. Earnie Grafton, The San Diego Union-Tribune/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo

Withdrawing troops from Afghanistan: Biden’s unforced error puts America at risk

Madiha Afzal and Michael E. O’Hanlon

Thursday, April 15, 2021

U.S. President Joe Biden delivers remarks on his plan to withdraw American troops from Afghanistan, at the White House, Washington, U.S., April 14, 2021. Andrew Harnik/Pool via REUTERS

The US decision to withdraw from Afghanistan is the right one

Vanda Felbab-Brown

Thursday, April 15, 2021

New Sultan Haitham Bin Tariq Bin Taimour of Oman during a ceremony of receiving new ambassadors letters of credentials, at Al Alam palace in Muscat, Oman, on February 16, 2021. Photo by Balkis Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

Oman: First Arab leader to Washington in 1938, and due for another visit

Wednesday, April 14, 2021

Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga speaks to media after announcing that Tokyo, Kyoto and Okinawa will have pre-emergency status under a new prevention law during a government task force meeting at the prime minister's office, Tokyo, Japan, April 9, 2021. Eugene Hoshiko/Pool via Reuters

Suga-Biden summit to rekindle ‘can-do’ spirit of the US-Japan alliance

Tuesday, April 13, 2021

Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar, the Taliban's deputy leader and negotiator, and other delegation members attend the Afghan peace conference in Moscow, Russia March 18, 2021. Alexander Zemlianichenko/Pool via REUTERS

How the United States can select and work with nonstate armed actors as stabilization partners

Patrick W. Quirk and Prakhar Sharma

Tuesday, April 13, 2021

Pakistan's Prime Minister Imran Khan speaks during a joint news conference with Afghan President Ashraf Ghani (not pictured) at the presidential palace in Kabul, Afghanistan November 19, 2020. REUTERS/Mohammad Ismail

Under Biden, Pakistan and the US face a dilemma about the breadth of their relationship

Monday, April 12, 2021

An unarmed Trident II D5 missile is test-launched from the Ohio-class U.S. Navy ballistic missile submarine USS Nebraska off the coast of California, U.S. March 26, 2018. Picture taken March 26, 2018. U.S. Navy/Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Ronald Gutridge/Handout via REUTERS. ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY

Nuclear arms control in the 2020s

Thursday, April 8, 2021

Women shop at Kourosh mall in western Tehran, Iran June 22, 2019. Picture taken June 22, 2019. Nazanin Tabatabaee/Wana News agency/via REUTERS. ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS PICTURE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY

Iran’s middle class and the nuclear deal

Djavad Salehi-Isfahani

Thursday, April 8, 2021

FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris deliver remarks after meeting with Asian-American leaders to discuss "the ongoing attacks and threats against the community," during a stop at Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia, U.S., March 19, 2021. REUTERS/Carlos Barria/

Joe Biden’s ‘killer’ comment: Undiplomatic, but the end of US-Russia relations?

Friday, April 2, 2021