U.S. Foreign Policy

FILE PHOTO: Flags of U.S. and China are displayed at American International Chamber of Commerce (AICC)'s booth during China International Fair for Trade in Services in Beijing, China, May 28, 2019. REUTERS/Jason Lee/File Photo

How America can shore up Asian order: A strategy for restoring balance and legitimacy

Kurt Campbell and Rush Doshi

Tuesday, January 12, 2021

Handout file photo dated April 13, 2012 of sailors aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70) stand by as the ship goes alongside the Indian navy fleet oiler INS Shakti (A57) during a refueling at sea exercise. Carl Vinson and Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 17 are deployed participating in the Malabar Exercise with ships and aircraft from the Indian navy. Australia will join India, the United States and Japan in next month's Malabar naval exercises in the Indian Ocean, in a move that is expected to strengthen the military relationship between the four democracies amid increased tensions with China. Conducted annually since 1992, the maneuvers have grown in size and complexity in recent years to address what the US Navy has previously described as a "variety of shared threats to maritime security in the Indo-Asia Pacific." U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class James R. Evans via ABACAPRESS.COM

After the foundational agreements: An agenda for US-India defense and security cooperation

Joshua T. White

January 2021

(L-R) U.S. Vice President Joe Biden, Deputy National Security Advisor Tony Blinken, National Security Advisor Susan Rice and Secretary of State John Kerry listen as President Barack Obama and Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki address reporters after their meeting in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, November 1, 2013. Obama told visiting Al-Maliki on Friday that the United States wants an inclusive, prosperous Iraq free of violence. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst (UNITED STATES - Tags: POLITICS)

The US must now repair democracy at home and abroad

Monday, January 11, 2021

FILE PHOTO: U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo speaks during a media briefing at the State Department in Washington, U.S., November 10, 2020. Jacquelyn Martin/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo

After lifting restrictions on US-Taiwan relations, what comes next?

Monday, January 11, 2021

Condemnations of violence and a call for President Trump's removal are growing following attacks by Trump supporters on the capitol on Jan. 6. Five people died, including a capitol police officer.Attacks Usa Today

Yes, it was a coup. Here’s why.

Monday, January 11, 2021

The al-Shaab mosque, previously named after the slain former Yemeni President, Ali Abdullah Saleh, is pictured in Sanaa, Yemen March 27, 2018. REUTERS/Khaled Abdullah

A pragmatic view on Yemen’s Houthis

Monday, January 11, 2021

Pro-Trump protesters inside the US Capitol building. On January 6, 2021, Pro-Trump supporters and far-right forces flooded Washington DC to protest Trump's election loss. Hundreds breached the U.S. Capitol Building, aproximately 13 were arrested and one protester was killed. (Photo by Michael Nigro/Sipa USA)No Use UK. No Use Germany.

The United States needs a democracy summit at home

James Goldgeier and Bruce Jentleson

Saturday, January 9, 2021

Pro-Trump protesters storm into the U.S. Capitol during clashes with police, during a rally to contest the certification of the 2020 U.S. presidential election results by the U.S. Congress, in Washington, U.S, January 6, 2021. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton

Around the halls: How leaders and publics around the world are reacting to events at the Capitol

Madiha Afzal, Ranj Alaaldin, Marsin Alshamary, Célia Belin, Charles T. Call, Vanda Felbab-Brown, Lindsey W. Ford, Ryan Hass, Kemal Kirişci, Suzanne Maloney, Michael E. O’Hanlon, Bruce Riedel, Natan Sachs, and Constanze Stelzenmüller

Friday, January 8, 2021

Supporters of Evo Morales demonstrate to protest against the interim government and coup d'etat in Paris, France, on November 17, 2019. Photo by Karim Ait Adjedjou/Avenir Pictures/ABACAPRESS.COMNo Use France Digital. No Use France Print.

No, it’s not a coup — It’s a failed ‘self-coup’ that will undermine US leadership and democracy worldwide

Charles T. Call

Friday, January 8, 2021

United States Vice President Joe Biden talks to reporters at the International Studies Learning Center where he visited with Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping in Los Angeles, California February 17, 2012. Vice President Xi, China's leader-in-waiting to President Hu Jintao, is wrapping up a five-day visit to the United States with a two days of business talks Los Angeles. REUTERS/David McNew (UNITED STATES - Tags: POLITICS EDUCATION)

Biden must make China more accountable for its Belt and Road Initiative

George Ingram and Lester Munson

Thursday, January 7, 2021