U.S. Foreign Policy

June 18, 2020; Washington, DC, U.S.A; Ambassador John Bolton sits for an interview with USA TODAY's Washington, DC bureau chief Susan Page in advance of the release of his book, 'In the Room Where It Happened.' Mandatory Credit: Jasper Colt-USA TODAY

Bolton’s book reveals a botched bureaucratic process on Venezuela

Richard E. Feinberg

Wednesday, June 24, 2020

Polish President Andrzej Duda attends election rally in Bialystok, Poland June 20, 2020. Agnieszka Sadowska/Agencja Gazeta via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY. POLAND OUT. NO COMMERCIAL OR EDITORIAL SALES IN POLAND

Why Trump shouldn’t be hosting Polish President Duda

Molly Montgomery

Wednesday, June 24, 2020

Tanks take part in the Amphibious Assault Demonstration during the Cobra Gold multilateral military exercise in Hat Yao Beach, Sattahip District, Chonburi Province, Thailand February 28, 2020. REUTERS/Soe Zeya Tun

The questionable future of amphibious assault

Michael E. O’Hanlon

Tuesday, June 23, 2020

US Department of State Secretary Mike Pompeo(right) and Kosovo President Hashim Thaci(left) hold a meeting today on February 26, 2020 at the Department of State in Washington DC, USA. (Photo by Lenin Nolly/Sipa USA)No Use UK. No Use Germany.

Why a Kosovo-Serbia White House deal could be dangerous

Molly Montgomery

Friday, June 19, 2020

FILE PHOTO: A picture of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad is seen on a door of a butcher shop, during a lockdown to prevent the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Damascus, Syria April 22, 2020. Picture taken April 22, 2020. REUTERS/Yamam Al Shaar/File Photo

The Caesar Act and a pathway out of conflict in Syria

Steven Heydemann

Friday, June 19, 2020

Former U.S. national security advisor John Bolton listens to a question from the moderator during his lecture at Duke University in Durham, North Carolina, U.S. February 17, 2020. REUTERS/Jonathan Drake

What matters most is that Bolton publishes the book before the election

June 18, 2020

Indian army trucks move along a highway leading to Ladakh, at Gagangeer in Kashmir's Ganderbal district June 17, 2020. REUTERS/Danish Ismail

As India and China clash, JFK’s ‘forgotten crisis’ is back

Wednesday, June 17, 2020

French military pilots are preparing for the first flight in the Kiev region May 15, 2001. A French military mission arrived in Ukraine for a two-day series of observation overflights according to" The Open Skies Treaty" signed in 1992 between member states of NATO and the former Warsaw Pact.AS/GB

A farewell to the Open Skies Treaty, and an era of imaginative thinking

Tuesday, June 16, 2020

FILE PHOTO: Workers are seen on a production line manufacturing masks at a factory in Shanghai, China January 31, 2020. Picture taken January 31, 2020. REUTERS/Aly Song/File Photo

Reopening the World: Lessons from China’s economic reopening

Cheng Li and Chen Jian

Tuesday, June 16, 2020

Chinese President Xi Jinping walks past officials wearing face masks following the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak as he arrives for the closing session of the National People's Congress (NPC) at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China May 28, 2020. REUTERS/Carlos Garcia Rawlins

Reopening the World: The fastest route to ending this crisis involves China

Tuesday, June 16, 2020