U.S. Foreign Policy

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What did the US accomplish with its South China Sea legal statement?

Robert D. Williams

Wednesday, July 22, 2020

The front of the Brookings Institution is pictured.

Bruce Blair, a driven man and a giant in the field of nuclear security

Michael E. O’Hanlon

Tuesday, July 21, 2020

U.S. President Donald Trump speaks as Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, Mexico's president, left, listens during a signing ceremony in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Wednesday, July 8, 2020. Lopez Obrador has carefully built a rapport with Trump, even as the president lambasted Mexico for its drug cartels and crime rates, for migration flows into the U.S. and for allegedly taking advantage of America on trade. Photographer: Al Drago/Pool/Sipa USANo Use UK. No Use Germany.

The damage Trump’s wall causes in Mexico

Vanda Felbab-Brown

Monday, July 20, 2020

Bethesda, USA.- U.S. President Donald Trump wore a mask during a visit to a military hospital on Saturday (11), the first time the president has been seen in public with the type of facial covering recommended by health officials as a precaution against spreading or becoming infected by the novel coronavirus. Trump flew by helicopter to Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in Bethesda, Md., located just outside of Washington, D.C., to meet wounded servicemembers and health care providers caring for COVID-19 patients. As he left the White House, he told reporters: "When you're in a hospital, especially ... I think it's expected to wear a mask."

Why COVID-19 presents a world reordering moment

Thomas Wright and Robert D. Blackwill

Monday, July 20, 2020

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Counterterrorism and the UN: The rise and hapless fall of American leadership

Monday, July 20, 2020

Supporters raise white paper to avoid slogans banned under the national security law as they support arrested anti-law protester, as a prison van leaves Eastern court in Hong Kong, China July 3, 2020. REUTERS/Tyrone Siu

Why now? Understanding Beijing’s new assertiveness in Hong Kong

Friday, July 17, 2020

FILE PHOTO: Russia's President Vladimir Putin waves as he leaves after the Victory Day Parade in Red Square in Moscow, Russia June 24, 2020. The military parade, marking the 75th anniversary of the victory over Nazi Germany in World War Two, was scheduled for May 9 but postponed due to the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19). REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov - RC2NFH9L23BA/File Photo

Putin 5.0?

Tuesday, July 14, 2020

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López Obrador’s Washington visit played straight into Trump’s hands

Arturo Sarukhan

Friday, July 10, 2020

Map showing COVID-19 outbreaks around the world.

Watch: Debating COVID-19’s impacts on the international system

Adam Twardowski

Friday, July 10, 2020

FILE PHOTO: Group of Bosnian refugees from Srebrenica, walk to be transported from eastern Bosnian village of Potocari to Kladanj near Olovo, July 13, 1995. Bosnia will mark the 25th anniversary of the massacre of more than 8,000 Bosnian Muslim men and boys on July 11, 2020, with many relatives unable to attend due to the novel coronavirus pandemic. REUTERS/Stringer/File Photo

25 years later, remembering Srebrenica — So we are not condemned to repeat it

Molly Montgomery

Friday, July 10, 2020