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International Donors Are Complicit in Middle Eastern Elites’ Game
David Linfield, Carnegie | By pushing economic liberalization in the Middle East without requiring transparency and fighting corruption,...
The war between Silicon Valley and Washington takes a new turn
Nancy Scola, Politico | The takedown of President Donald Trump's Twitter account marks an assertion of power by an online industry that...
A China Strategy to Reunite America's Allies
Peter Trubowitz & Charles Kupchan /Chatham House America’s relationships with its core democratic partners are set to rebound...
Global Perceptions of China, Russia, and the United States: The International Scorecard
Anthony H. Cordesman, CSIS | Recent Pew and Gallup polls sound strong warnings that the U.S. has seen a major reduction in partner and...
Europe After Brexit
Sigmar Gabriel /Project Syndicate While remaining wary of geopolitics, Germany has been carrying its weight on internal EU political...
Want to defeat COVID-19? Empower your diplomats
The Hill | Diplomats negotiate bilateral and multilateral arrangements, like the Global Health Security Agenda, represent America in the...
Trends in Terrorism: What’s on the Horizon in 2021?
Colin P. Clarke, Foreign Policy Research Institute | The year 2020 was unprecedented in many ways. Just three days into the year, U.S....
How Biden Can Rebuild a Divided and Distrustful Nation?
Isabel Sawhill, Foreign Affairs | Americans have a new president but not a new country. The United States remains sharply divided: more...
India changes attitude toward multilateral mechanisms for its global ambitions
Hu Shisheng, Global Times | On the one hand, New Delhi hopes to become a leading force to reshape the current international order. On the...
China's rise as a global security actor: implications for NATO
Meia Nouwens & Helena Legarda /International Institute for Strategic Studies In December 2019, for the first time, NATO leaders...
Three geopolitical lessons of 2020
Nigel Gould-Davies /International Institute for Strategic Studies COVID-19 is the story of 2020. It has tested national capacities,...
Climate Change as a National Security and Foreign Policy Priority
Mayesha Alam, Just Security | Biden has pledged to rejoin the 2015 Paris Agreement. Doing so will be an important first step toward...
Israel in the Middle East: The next two decades
Natan Sachs & Kevin Huggard / Brookings Israel enters the 2020s looking toward its region from a position of confidence. Israel recently...
Biden, Grand Strategy & Infrastructure - Global Leadership And A $2.7 Trillion Market
Norman Anderson, Forbes | The absence of infrastructure from the U.S. grand strategy is a fatal flaw. Without a strong foundation at...
How the West should deal with Russia
Alexander Vershbow and Daniel Fried - Atlantic Council Getting along with Russia, as then-candidate Donald J. Trump suggested, would...
To combat climate change and nature loss, multilateralism is key: Nordic countries
Modern Diplomacy | The 2020 consultations between the five Nordic countries – Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, and Sweden – and the...
There’s no need for panic over China’s trade threats
James Laurenceson, The Conversation| With China’s purchasing power over the next decade forecast to grow more than that of the US, Japan,...
Asia-Pacific Nations Set to Sign Massive Regional Trade Deal
Sebastian Strangio, The Diplomat | The creation of the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership will leave the U.S. sitting on the...
Xi Champions Multilateralism at SCO Amid COVID Concerns and Sino-Indian Tensions
Eleanor Albert, The Diplomat | The regional grouping gathered virtually against the backdrop of the ongoing spread of the coronavirus and...
Europe Can’t Blame Donald Trump Anymore
Tom Mctague, The Atlantic | With Joe Biden soon to take over the White House, Europe has lost its unifying bogeyman. The question for the...
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