This week, President Trump is withdrawing the United States from the Paris Accord climate change agreement; a powerful new Ebola vaccine is headed to the Democratic Republic of Congo to fight a small outbreak; Yemen is on the brink of total collapse; and more.
War between the United States and China is not inevitable, but it is possible, writes Graham Allison. China’s disruptive rise creates conditions in which accidental, otherwise inconsequential events could trigger a large-scale conflict.
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Representative Ted Lieu explains why it is absolutely critical that the United States address the connections between climate change and national security.
This week, a suicide bombing during a concert in Manchester kills 22 people; Iranians reelect President Hassan Rouhani to a second term; Brazil’s political crisis continues; and more.
Robert C. O'Brien reports from Taipei on the tenuous relationship between Taiwan and the People's Republic of China.
U.S. Defense Department
This week, North Korean hackers are suspected in the world’s biggest cyber-attack; the United States accuses Syria of using a crematorium to cover up mass executions; several African airlines are blacklisted from flying over European Union skies; and more.
Get to know Rachel Cardone, the Pacific Council's new Global Water Scarcity Project Fellow.
If democracy is in recession across the world, America needs to make every effort to reinvigorate it, argues former U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice.
Republic of Korea
This week, France and South Korea elect new presidents; Puerto Rico’s drinking water is at the brink of crisis; the United States considers expanding the military’s role in Afghanistan to combat a resurgent Taliban; and more.
Gage Skidmore
President Trump’s America First ideas are not those of the America First Committee of the 1940s, writes Kiron Skinner.
