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U.S. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) heads to a meeting in the office of U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) to wrap up work on coronavirus economic aid legislation, during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Washington, U.S., March 22, 2020. REUTERS/Mary F. Calvert

117th U.S. Congress

McConnell and Schumer ended their standoff over the new Senate. Who won and what happened?

Sarah A. Binder

The Washington Post Tuesday, January 26, 2021

- 1952 FILE PHOTO - The mushroom cloud of the first test of a hydrogen bomb, "Ivy Mike", as photographed on Enewetak, an atoll in the Pacific Ocean, in 1952, by a member of the United States Air Force's Lookout Mountain 1352d Photographic Squadron. The top secret film studio, then located in Hollywood, California, produced thousands of classified films for the Department of Defence and the Atomic Energy Commission beginning in 1947. A 50th anniversary tribute to these "Atomic Cinematographers" and their work is planned for October 22 in Hollywood. BEST QUALITY AVAILABLE

External Article

Where next on nuclear arms control?

Steven Pifer

The Brown Journal of World Affairs Fall/Winter 2020

A firefighter/paramedic prepares a shot of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccination at the Tequesta Fire Departmenton January 15, 2021 in Tequesta, Florida. The city received 50 doses. There are 1600 residets that are 65 and older. The online appointments were taken in under three minutes. GREG LOVETT/PALM BEACH POSTTequesta Va3

FixGov

COVID-19 vaccinations: Why are some states and localities so much more successful?

William A. Galston

Monday, January 25, 2021

Reports

NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg presents his Annual Report for 2019 during a virtual press conference at NATO headquarters. NATO remains strong, united and able to defend itself despite the current coronavirus pandemic, alliance chief Jens Stoltenberg stressed on Wednesday, ahead of foreign ministers' talks this week.

China

Retooling America’s alliances to manage the China challenge

Lindsey W. Ford and James Goldgeier

Monday, January 25, 2021

A FireEye information analyst works in front of a screen showing a near real-time map tracking cyber threats at the FireEye office in Milpitas, California, December 29, 2014. FireEye is the security firm hired by Sony to investigate last month's cyberattack against Sony Pictures. Picture taken December 29. REUTERS/Beck Diefenbach (UNITED STATES - Tags: BUSINESS SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY CRIME LAW)

Defense & Security

The other 4+1: Biological, nuclear, climatic, digital, and internal dangers

Michael E. O’Hanlon

Monday, January 25, 2021

Admiral Ali Saeed Al Shehri speaks with soldiers during mixed maritime exercise with U.S. Navy and Saudi Royal Navy, at Saudi Military Port, Ras Al Ghar, Eastern Province, in Jubail, Saudi Arabia February 26, 2020. REUTERS/Hamad I Mohammed

Middle East & North Africa

What to do – and what not to do – in the Middle East

Tamara Cofman Wittes

Monday, January 25, 2021

Students wear protective masks as they attend a class at school as the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) continues, in Peshawar, Pakistan November 23, 2020. REUTERS/Fayaz Aziz

Report

A global effort to counter extremism through education

Madiha Afzal

Monday, January 25, 2021

Macaques seen inside the cages during on sale at animals market store in Medan, North Sumatra province, Indonesia on February 22, 2020. Topeng monyet or the monkey mask is a show using monkeys. In some regions of Indonesia this performance is no longer allowed because it is considered torture of animals. Photo by Sutanta Aditya/ABACAPRESS.COM

Global Health

Preventing pandemics through biodiversity conservation and smart wildlife trade regulation

Vanda Felbab-Brown

Monday, January 25, 2021

Blog Posts

210120 Sunrise over the United States Capitol Building ahead of the 2021 U.S. Presidential Inauguration on January 20, 2021 in Washington, DC, USA. Photo: Joel Marklund / BILDBYRÅN / kod JM / JM0063 No Use Sweden. No Use Norway. No Use Austria.

FixGov

Trump is gone but Republican tricks will live on

Thomas E. Patterson

Monday, January 25, 2021

A worker cleans up the West Front of the U.S. Capitol and dismantles the inaugural platform and seating area the day after President Joe Biden was inaugurated as the 46th president of the United States on Capitol Hill in Washington, US, January 21, 2021. REUTERS/Jim Bourg

FixGov

Trump’s last-minute judicial appointments: Impact on norms and on Biden’s appointment opportunities

Russell Wheeler

Friday, January 22, 2021

FILE PHOTO: A militia group with no political affiliation from Michigan, including Joseph Morrison (3rd R), Paul Bellar (2nd R) and Pete Musico (R) who were charged for their involvement in a plot to kidnap Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer, attack the state capitol building and incite violence, stand in front of the governor's office after protesters occupied the state capitol building during a vote to approve the extension of Whitmer's emergency declaration/stay-at-home order due to the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Lansing, Michigan, U.S. April 30, 2020. REUTERS/Seth Herald/File Photo SEARCH "AMERICA IN THE AGE OF TRUMP" FOR THE PHOTOS.

Order from Chaos

How to counter right-wing armed groups in the United States

Vanda Felbab-Brown

Thursday, January 21, 2021

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Sustainable Development Spotlight: Can President Biden reengage on US global leadership?

George Ingram

Thursday, January 21, 2021

Washington DC, United States.- In the photo taken on January 14, 2020, local and federal security officials near the Capitol in Washington, D.C. Is expect about 20,000 National Guard members to be involved for President-elect Joe Biden's inauguration next week. "I think you can expect to see somewhere upwards of beyond 20,000 members of the National Guard that will be here in the footprint of the District of Columbia," Washington Metropolitan Police Chief Robert Contee said on Wednesday.

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After the insurrection, ideas to tackle polarization in America

Darrell West and Fred Dews

Friday, January 15, 2021

Tear gas is released into a crowd of protesters during clashes with Capitol police at a rally to contest the certification of the 2020 U.S. presidential election results by the U.S. Congress, at the U.S. Capitol Building in Washington, U.S, January 6, 2021. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton

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Will Trump be removed from power after Capitol attack?

John Hudak and Adrianna Pita

Thursday, January 7, 2021

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