U.S. Foreign Policy

Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi uses his mobile phone at his office in Baghdad, Iraq May 9, 2020. Picture taken May 9, 2020. Iraqi Prime Minister Media Office/Handout via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY.

How the US should approach the strategic dialogue with Iraq

Friday, May 29, 2020

Democratic presidential candidate and former Vice President Joe Biden speaks at the SC Democratic Convention in Columbia, South Carolina, U.S., June 22, 2019. REUTERS/Randall Hill - RC161999ACC0

How should Biden handle China?

Thursday, May 28, 2020

A passenger is seen through a window of a tram, which drives past a banner spread out by Greenpeace activists during a protest against the arrival of "Mikhail Dudin" cargo ship reportedly carrying nuclear wastes from Germany in Saint Petersburg, Russia November 28, 2019. REUTERS/Anton Vaganov

Don’t resume nuclear testing

Thursday, May 28, 2020

TABUK, SAUDI ARABIA- Police and military carry out health checks on drivers as a preventive measure against the coronavirus in Tabuk, Saudi Arabia on April 14, 2020. King Salman of Saudi Arabia extended the curfew throughout the country until new notice due to the spread of the new Covid-19 coronavirus, as reported on Sunday (12) by the Interior Ministry. Saudi Arabia placed its capital Riyadh and other major cities under a 24-hour curfew, blocking much of the population from stopping the spread of the Covid-19 coronavirus.

As a global economic crisis wreaks havoc on Saudi Arabia, the kingdom should reduce military spending

Wednesday, May 27, 2020

A fighter from irregular forces loyal to former army general Khalifa Haftar drives an armed vehicle with the Libyan flag 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 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)

Contested stabilization: Competing in post-conflict spaces

Patrick W. Quirk and Jason Fritz

Tuesday, May 26, 2020

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas speaks during a leadership meeting in Ramallah, in the Israeli-occupied West Bank May 19, 2020. Alaa Badarneh/Pool via REUTERS

Years of dereliction has left the PLO facing annexation without a plan

Tuesday, May 26, 2020

Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian speaks at a news conference in Beijing, China April 8, 2020. REUTERS/Carlos Garcia Rawlins

The Kremlin’s disinformation playbook goes to Beijing

Jessica Brandt and Torrey Taussig

Tuesday, May 19, 2020

Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi uses his mobile phone at his office in Baghdad, Iraq May 9, 2020. Picture taken May 9, 2020. Iraqi Prime Minister Media Office/Handout via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY.

Iraq and the US still need each other

Michael E. O’Hanlon and Sara Allawi

Monday, May 18, 2020

Two German Air Force Panavia Tornado's trail a U.S. Air Forces Europe KC-135R Stratotanker April 28 after refueling in support of NATO Operation Allied Force. JbG-32 or Fighter-Bomber Wing Thirty-Two is one of the German Air Forces premier combat aircraft wings.

US nukes in Poland are a truly bad idea

Monday, May 18, 2020

News report on Kim Jong-Un, May 3, 2020 : A screen shows local TV station's report on North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un at a train station in Seoul, South Korea. According to local media, Kim Jong-Un's absence from an annual event marking the April 15 birth anniversary of his late grandfather and the North's founder Kim Il-Sung had spawned media speculation about ill health of the North Korean leader. North Korean media reported on May 2 that Kim attended a ribbon-cutting ceremony at a fertilizer factory. Kim Jong-Un appeared in public for the first time in 20 days last week. (Photo by Lee Jae-Won/AFLO) (SOUTH KOREA) No Use China. No Use Taiwan. No Use Korea. No Use Japan.

Why North Korea-US relations will remain stable unless Kim really needs coronavirus aid

Sheena Chestnut Greitens

Monday, May 18, 2020