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Declaring a Climate Emergency Won’t Save the Planet — Energy Security Could

The Biden administration should shift messaging on climate change by sharpening the focus on economic gains and national security.

Biden’s Weak Stand in Saudi Arabia Could Kick MBS’ Repression Machine Into Overdrive – But It’s Not Too Late to Act

The US could still change course to salvage the relationship, advance mutual interests, and expand overlapping values.

The Tenth NPT Revcon: What’s at Stake for the Global Nuclear Order

The nonproliferation regime is on shaky ground. Experts say this year's delayed review conference offers a chance to shore it up.
Members of the DC National Guard are deployed outside of the US Capitol in Washington DC on January 6, 2021. - Donald Trump's supporters stormed a session of Congress held today, January 6, to certify Joe Biden's election win, triggering unprecedented chaos and violence at the heart of American democracy and accusations the president was attempting a coup.

The Biden Administration’s Senseless Opposition to Congress’s Effort to Prevent Abusive National Guard Deployments

Section 516 of the NDAA is a commonsense reform that would prevent a president from borrowing the National Guard of a political ally to use it as a domestic police force in an…
US soldiers stand to attention at the United States Army military training base in Grafenwoehr, southern Germany, on July 13, 2022.

In Support of Sunsets: Easy Yes Votes on AUMF Reform

Congress and the Biden administration should support inclusion of a reauthorization requirement in any new authorization for use of military force.
Director of Policy Planning Department at the UAE Foreign Ministry Abdulrahman Ali Alneyadi, US Acting Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs Yael Lempert, Director-general at Israels Ministry of Foreign Affairs Alon Ushpiz, Undersecretary for international affairs at the Bahrain Foreign Ministry Sheikh Abdulla bin Ahmed Al Khalifa, Director-general of political affairs at Morocco's foreign ministry Ambassador Fouad Yazourh, and Deputy-assistant Foreign Minister for Egypt Ministers Office Affairs Mohamed Tharwat hold a joint press conference for the Negev Forum first Steering Committee meeting in the town of Zallaq, south of the Bahraini capital Manama on June 27, 2022.

Backgrounder: President Biden’s Middle East Trip

As President Biden travels to the Middle East, the future of important bilateral relationships and multilateral initiatives hang in the balance.

The Biden Administration’s China Policy: An Inventory of Actions to Address the Challenge 

An overview shows a hardline approach partially inherited from Trump merged with an emphasis on working with allies and partners. 
US President Joe Biden walks through the door of the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington, DC on June 21, 2022, as he arrives to speak on Covid-19 vaccines for children under 5. Flags stand on either side of the door.

One Year On: Marking Progress on Biden’s Counter-Domestic Terrorism Strategy

Assessing progress on understanding, preventing, and disrupting threats, and on addressing long-term contributors.
Rescue workers carry the body of a victim killed by aerial attacks carried out by aircraft of the coalition led by Saudi Arabia targeting a prison in the Houthi stronghold Saadah Province, on January 22, 2022 in Saadah, Yemen. The assault reportedly killed at least 90 prisoners and injured more than 100 others. (Photo by Mohammed Hamoud/Getty Images)

US Military Support to the Saudi-Led Coalition in Yemen Amid Civilian Toll: Mapping the Connections

A media-human rights investigation shows the US may be ignoring data showing the likelihood that its aid went to units implicated in abuses.

How Cambodia’s Human Rights Crackdown Undermines Regional Security

The upcoming White House summit with ASEAN offers a chance for the US to press on human rights abuses and costly alliances with China.

Reviving an Idea for the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict: Disengage, then Engage

Might a decade-old idea of `constructive unilateralism' by Israel to delineate a border serve the interests of both sides?
Man (David Satterfield) speaking against blue backdrop

How To Fix the Broken Position of U.S. Special Envoy for the Horn of Africa

The second successive early departure from the role highlights the need for reform.
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