July 23, 2021

The many narratives of the Tokyo 2020 Olympics

Mireya Solís and Laura McGhee examine the unique challenges for this summer's Olympics, from COVID-19 to U.S. tensions with China, and how they interact with Japan’s domestic politics.

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A cool, cautious calm: US-Turkey relations 6 months into the Biden administration

A new report from Nicholas Danforth analyzes "the comfortably dysfunctional contours" of U.S.-Turkey relations under the Biden administration.

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Evaluating the status of US relations with Europe

In the most recent edition of our quarterly assessment of U.S.-Europe relations, Brookings Foreign Policy scholars and other experts look at the impact of America's withdrawal from Afghanistan, the specter of Trumpism, German elections, and more.

View the Trans-Atlantic Scorecard

Americas

Latin America unrest. On an episode of the Dollar & Sense podcast, Santiago Levy joins David Dollar to depict the current economic and political challenges in Latin America, and how the Biden administration should respond.

JFK, Cuba, and North Africa. 60 years after the Bay of Pigs fiasco, Bruce Riedel remembers President Kennedy's approach to Cuba from then to his last foreign crisis, the Algeria-Morocco "War of the Sands."

American democracy. Marvin Kalb analyzes the strength of democracy's core pillars — the sanctity of the law and freedom of the press — in the aftermath of the Trump administration.

Reconstruction and white supremacy. In an article for International Security, Daniel L. Byman explores the reasons Reconstruction in the American South failed, the nation's long history with white supremacy, and lessons for policymaking today.

Asia

Trade with Taiwan. Ryan Hass warns that if Taiwan's voters reverse President Tsai Ing-wen's decision to allow importation of U.S. pork in an upcoming referendum, Taiwan's trade competitiveness could be undermined.

U.S.-China relations. In an interview with the Washington Post's Monkey Cage, Ryan Hass describes China’s strengths and weaknesses as a global power and best practices for the United States to influence Beijing’s behavior moving forward. 

International affairs

Arab diasporas. Noha Aboueldahab advocates for the engagement of post-2011 Arab diasporas around the world to inform policy on conflict resolution in their home states and other issues that affect these communities.

Fragile states. Alexandre Marc and Bruce Jones argue that recent events around the world show the necessity that the West continues to engage with fragile states amidst focus on challenges from China and Russia.

U.S.-German strategizing. As Chancellor Angela Merkel paid a farewell visit to Washington, Constanze Stelzenmüller highlights the stark change in U.S.-German relations between administrations.