International security challenges and solutions for the road ahead
As President-elect Joe Biden settles into the White House, a COVID-19 vaccine begins to be administered at home and abroad, and the world...
Pandemic Politics and the End of the Old International Order
The COVID-19 crisis is the greatest shock to world order since World War II. Millions have been infected and killed. The economic crash...
COVID-19 in Southeast Asia: Regional pandemic preparedness matters
It has been over a year since COVID-19 spread across the globe, and the situation remains grim. This is in spite of the...
One year into his reign, Oman’s sultan must renegotiate the social contract and prioritize...
Oman’s is set to run out of its current oil and gas reserves in less than two decades, a highly problematic estimation. Indeed,...
A prescription for renewing US global partnership
Abstract
The world of 2021 that awaits the Biden-Harris administration no longer resembles the relatively simple and stable post-World War II international system, nor...
Renewing US global engagement in a changed world
The world of 2021 that awaits the Biden-Harris administration is not the straight-forward frame of post-World War II U.S.-USSR competition, or of the...
Social media companies need better emergency protocols
Online vitriol, especially in the hands of widely-followed, influential, and well-resourced politicians and governments, can have serious — and even deadly — consequences....
Consider the trade-offs, including with other policy areas
When it takes office on January 20, the Biden administration will face an urgent foreign policy choice: whether to abide by the U.S.-Taliban...
A pragmatic view on Yemen’s Houthis
Thanks to Saudi Arabia’s reckless decision to intervene in Yemen six years ago, Iran has acquired a non-state ally in the Arabian Peninsula...
The US must now repair democracy at home and abroad
Wednesday’s insurrection laid bare the fragility of democracy in the United States. It is unsurprising that many Americans feel their confidence in the...