U.S. Foreign Policy

Chancellors, guests and graduates attend the first graduation ceremony of NYU Shanghai, the first Sino-US joint research university, in Shanghai, China, 28 May 2017.On May 28th, the pioneering class of 2017 at NYU Shanghai earned their NYU bachelor¡¯s degrees as well as their NYU Shanghai diplomas. The 264 graduates, who hail from China, the United States and 31 other countries, led the way into the hall of Shanghai¡¯s Oriental Arts Center packed with professors, friends, siblings and proud parents who travelled from around the world to celebrate the very first graduation of the first Sino-US joint research university. Chancellor Yu Lizhong and Vice Chancellor Jeff Lehman offered the commencement remarks. Yu asked the graduates to carry forward NYU Shanghai¡¯s academic values of independent thinking, innovation and creativity as well as its spirit of openness and inclusiveness to the advance of human beings and our society. On a day of many firsts for NYU Shanghai, both Chancellors also awarded the university¡¯s newly minted Medal of Honor to two prominent figures, China¡¯s former ambassador to the United States, Zhou Wenzhong, and real estate developer, Wang Shi. Both made brief congratulatory remarks to the graduating students, their families and dignitaries in attendance.No Use China. No Use France.

The deception and detriment of US-China cultural and educational decoupling

Cheng Li and Ryan McElveen

Wednesday, October 14, 2020

U.S. Army soldiers with the 1st platoon, 2nd Battalion, 508th Parachute Infantry Regiment, part of the 82nd Airborne Division, patrol in Mainjui as local women walk by in Arghandab valley in Kandahar province, southern Afghanistan, May 9, 2010. U.S. forces are massing on the outskirts of Kandahar for the biggest military offensive of the nearly nine-year-old war, in the hope of turning the tide against a strengthening Taliban insurgency. REUTERS/Yannis Behrakis (AFGHANISTAN - Tags: MILITARY CONFLICT CIVIL UNREST)

America should stay in Afghanistan until an intra-Afghan deal is reached — not forever

Tuesday, October 13, 2020

U.S. military personnel greet U.S. President Donald Trump following his remarks to U.S. troops in an unannounced visit to Bagram Air Base, Afghanistan, November 28, 2019. REUTERS/Tom Brenner

Trump wants the troops home from Afghanistan by Christmas

Michael E. O’Hanlon

Friday, October 9, 2020

India's Foreign Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar, Japan's counterpart Toshimitsu Motegi, Japan's Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga, Australian Foreign Minister Marise Payne and U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo attend the meeting at the prime miniter's office in Tokyo, Japan October 6, 2020. Nicolas Datiche/Pool via REUTERS

This week’s Quad ministerial meeting, in four charts

Thursday, October 8, 2020

India's Foreign Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar, Japan's Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi, Australian Foreign Minister Marise Payne and U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo pose for a picture as they attend a meeting in Tokyo, Japan October 6, 2020. Charly Triballeau/Pool via REUTERS

What you need to know about the “Quad,” in charts

Monday, October 5, 2020

Sep 29, 2020; Cleveland, OH, USA; Democratic presidential candidate, former Vice President Joe Biden debates President Donald Trump in the first Presidential debate in the Sheila and Eric Samson Pavilion at the Cleveland Clinic, Tuesday, Sept. 29, 2020, in Cleveland. Mandatory Credit: Meg Vogel/Cincinnati Enquirer via USA TODAY NETWORK

Between restoration and change

Thursday, October 1, 2020

U.S. President Donald Trump is silhouetted as he delivers a speech while campaigning at Dayton International Airport in Dayton, Ohio, U.S., September 21, 2020. REUTERS/Tom Brenner

What a second Trump term would mean for the world

Thursday, October 1, 2020

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and European Council President Charles Michel (not pictured), connected via video with German Chancellor Angela Merkel, hold a news conference after a virtual summit with China's President Xi Jinping, in Brussels, Belgium, September 14, 2020. REUTERS/Yves Herman/Pool

Bonding over Beijing

Erik Brattberg and Torrey Taussig

Wednesday, September 30, 2020

An ethnic Armenian soldier fires an artillery piece during fighting with Azerbaijan's forces in the breakaway region of Nagorno-Karabakh, in this handout picture released September 29, 2020. Defence Ministry of Armenia/Handout via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY. NO RESALES. NO ARCHIVES. MANDATORY CREDIT. PICTURE WATERMARKED AT SOURCE. TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY

No peacemakers for the new/old Caucasian war

Wednesday, September 30, 2020

Sep 21, 2020; Vandalia, OH, USA; President Donald Trump acknowledges the crowd after finishing his speech during the Fighting for the American Worker rally on Monday, Sept. 21, 2020 at the Wright Bros. Aero Hangar at the Dayton International Airport in Vandalia, Ohio. Mandatory Credit: Joshua A. Bickel/Columbus Dispatch-USA TODAY NETWORK

TechTank Podcast Episode 5: Will disinformation and voter suppression help Trump win reelection?

Darrell M. West, Elaine Kamarck, and Chris Meserole

Wednesday, September 30, 2020