U.S. Foreign Policy

People living near the Trump wall between San Diego and Tijuana. Tijuana - Mexico - November 2019. Des gens vivent près du mur de Trump délimitant la frontière entre les Etats-Unis et le Mexique. Tijuana - Mexico - Novembre 2019.NO USE FRANCE

Reopening the World: Walling off Mexico will not work

Vanda Felbab-Brown

Tuesday, June 16, 2020

UN peacekeepers (UNIFIL) patrol in southern Lebanese town of Ramyah, Lebanon September 9, 2019. REUTERS/Ali Hashisho

Debating UN peacekeeping in Lebanon

Jeffrey Feltman

Monday, June 15, 2020

Iranian lawmakers attend the opening ceremony of Iran's 11th parliament, practicing social distancing as the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) continues, in Tehran, Iran, May 27, 2020. WANA (West Asia News Agency) via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS PICTURE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY

What explains the decline of Iran’s moderates? It’s not Trump

Ali Fathollah-Nejad and Amin Naeni

Monday, June 15, 2020

Irregular forces loyal to former army general Khalifa Haftar stand by an armed vehicle during clashes with Islamist militants in the eastern city of Benghazi June 2, 2014. Eight people were killed and 15 wounded when fighting broke out on Monday between the Libyan army and Islamist militants in the eastern city of Benghazi, medical sources said. The Ansar al-Sharia militant group attacked a camp on Monday belonging to army special forces, residents there said. Forces of the renegade general fighting Islamists later joined the battle, using combat helicopters, they added. REUTERS/Stringer (LIBYA - Tags: CIVIL UNREST POLITICS)

Libya’s proxy sponsors face a dilemma

Ranj Alaaldin and Emadeddin Badi

Monday, June 15, 2020

Protesters applaud during a rally against racial inequality in the aftermath of the death in Minneapolis police custody of George Floyd, at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, U.S., June 10, 2020. REUTERS/Erin Scott

Inequality, the SDGs, and the human rights movement in the US and around the world

Sarah E. Mendelson

Friday, June 12, 2020

The International Criminal Court building is seen in The Hague, Netherlands, January 16, 2019. REUTERS/Piroschka van de Wouw

The danger of Trump’s new sanctions on the International Criminal Court and human rights defenders

William Burke-White

Thursday, June 11, 2020

JERUSALEM, ISRAEL- US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo (left) during a meeting with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (right) in Jerusalem, Israel on May 13, 2020. Pompeo arrived in Israel on Wednesday (13) for a lightning visit during the which will talk about the Iran issue and the proposed annexation by the occupied West Bank.

Israel’s annexation puzzle in the age of great power competition

Eyal Tsir Cohen

Wednesday, June 10, 2020

NANGARHAR, AFGHANISTAN.- Taliban fighters attend a surrender ceremony in Jalalabad city, capital of Nangarhar province, Afghanistan, Feb. 8, 2020. A total of 28 Taliban fighters have given up fighting and surrendered to security forces in the eastern Nangarhar province on Saturday, provincial governor Shah Mahmoud Miakhil said.

The U.N. exposes the limits of the Trump peace plan with the Taliban

Monday, June 8, 2020

A White House staff member gestures to move the press corps back as U.S. President Donald Trump walks between lines of riot police for a photo opportunity at St John's Church during ongoing protests over racial inequality in the wake of the death of George Floyd while in Minneapolis police custody, near the White House in Washington, U.S., June 1, 2020. REUTERS/Tom Brenner

We’ve now entered the final phase of the Trump era

Thursday, June 4, 2020

People demonstrate in commemoration of George Floyd near the American embassy at Pariser Platz in Berlin, Germany, May 31, 2020. About 200 people gathered in front of the Brandenburg Gate in the German capital to protest against police brutality racism and hate. 46-year-old African-American, George Floyd died on May 25, 2020 after a Minneapolis police officer was kneeling on his neck for several minutes during his arrest. The controversial act of police brutality sparked violent demonstrations throughout the U.S with reports of riots in Minnesota, California, New-York and more. Reports also mention that Derek Chauvin, one of the police officers allegedly involved in the incident was arrested and will be charged with Third-degree murder. (Photo by: Omer Messinger)No Use UK. No Use Germany.

Promoting human rights abroad when they’re being trampled at home

Tamara Cofman Wittes

Wednesday, June 3, 2020