U.S. Foreign Policy

FILE PHOTO: A U.S. soldier keeps watch at an Afghan National Army (ANA) base in Logar province, Afghanistan August 5, 2018. REUTERS/Omar Sobhani/File Photo

May 2021 should not be seen as a unilateral deadline for the United States to leave Afghanistan

Wednesday, February 10, 2021

FILE PHOTO: Then-U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Samantha Power addresses media at the United Nations in Manhattan, New York City, U.S., December 19, 2016. REUTERS/Andrew Kelly/File Photo

USAID’s policy voice should be heard

J. Brian Atwood and Larry Garber

Wednesday, February 10, 2021

A member of the Mexican National Guard observes as health workers give instructions before administering a dose of the AstraZeneca coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine to Rogelio Villanueva, 90, at his home at Milpa Alta municipality in Mexico City, Mexico February 18, 2021. REUTERS/Henry Romero

The chilling of US-Mexico security collaboration

Vanda Felbab-Brown

Tuesday, February 9, 2021

People rally against the military coup and to demand the release of elected leader Aung San Suu Kyi, in Yangon, Myanmar, February 9, 2021. REUTERS/Stringer

To understand post-coup Myanmar, look to its history of popular resistance — not sanctions

Tuesday, February 9, 2021

US President Joe Biden makes a foreign policy speech at the State Department in Washington, DC, USA, 04 February 2021.Biden announced that he is ending US support for the SaudiâÂÂs offensive operations in Yemen.

Joe Biden and the modest return of self-deprecation

Monday, February 8, 2021

United States Capitol Building in Washington DC USA

The quiet revolution: What Congress should know about foreign assistance today

Kristin M. Lord and Ann Mei Chang

Monday, February 8, 2021

US President Joe Biden makes a foreign policy speech at the State Department in Washington, DC, USA, 04 February 2021.Biden announced that he is ending US support for the Saudis offensive operations in Yemen.No Use Germany.

Around the halls: Brookings experts analyze President Biden’s first foreign policy speech

Pavel K. Baev, Célia Belin, Samuel Denney, Federica Saini Fasanotti, Sadie Frank, James Goldgeier, Ryan Hass, Bruce Jones, Kemal Kirişci, Daniel L. Magruder Jr., Giovanna De Maio, Steven Pifer, Douglas A. Rediker, Constanze Stelzenmüller, Angela Stent, Christopher A. Thomas, David G. Victor, and Constantino Xavier

Friday, February 5, 2021

Campaigners from Amnesty International carrying a batch of five giant dummy missiles to Downing Street in London, to highlight the UK governmentâs refusal to halt exports of UK-manufactured arms to Saudi Arabia, despite the clear risk that they could be used to commit war crimes in Yemen.

It’s time to stop US arms sales to Saudi Arabia

Thursday, February 4, 2021

Please ride motorcycles through a flooded road in Cihanjuang Village.Landslides occurred due to heavy rainfall and unstable soil conditions, at least the latest data caused 18 people injured, 12 people died and dozens of others still missing. (Photo by Algi Febri Sugita / SOPA Images/Sipa USA)No Use UK. No Use Germany.

What climate change will mean for US security and geopolitics

John R. Allen and Bruce Jones

Thursday, February 4, 2021

U.S. Vice President Joe Biden (L) attends a bilateral meeting with Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan in Washington March 31, 2016. REUTERS/Joshua Roberts

Between cooperation and containment: New US policies for a new Turkey

Nicholas Danforth

February 2021