U.S. State Department
This week, Russian President Vladimir Putin meets with U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson in Moscow; thousands of Venezuelans protest in the streets of Caracas for nearly two weeks; China orders a fleet of North Korean cargo ships carrying coal to return to North Korea because of that country’s repeated missile tests; and more.
U.S. defense planners must guard against warfare becoming so futuristic that the human role in it is dangerously diminished, writes Kiron Skinner.
The best option for the situation on the Korean Peninsula is a combination of further sanctions and intense, boring, frustrating diplomacy, not more tweeting or war, writes Nina Hachigian.
U.S. State Department
Ira Kasoff writes that if President Trump's tweets and executive orders are a guide to what we can expect during this week’s U.S.-China summit, the two countries could be in for a contentious meeting.
Former U.S. Ambassador to Germany John B. Emerson argues that U.S. national security depends on deep engagement with European allies, in both NATO and the EU.
U.S. Pacific Fleet
The wars of the future will be fought with very different kinds of weapons, on very different kinds of battlefields. And we should be wary of them, writes Rosa Brooks.
UN Photo
This week, the Assad regime carries out a chemical attack in a rebel-held Syrian province, leading to a U.S. military airstrike; an explosion in a subway in St. Petersburg kills 14 people; North Korea fires a ballistic missile into the Sea of Japan on the eve of first meeting between U.S. President Donald Trump and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping; and more.
U.S. Navy
U.S. soft power recedes when the United States simply stands by as war crimes are committed, and it grows when the United States takes action in support of the victims of those crimes, writes Phil Seib.
Protesta en Caracas
International involvement in Venezuela's current crisis requires clear strategy and realistic expectations from opposition parties, argues Abraham F. Lowenthal in the New York Times.
This week, British Prime Minister Theresa May officially initiates the U.K.’s withdrawal from the European Union; Pakistan commences production on a 1,500-mile border fence with Afghanistan; impeached South Korean President Park Geun-hye is arrested on charges including bribery, extortion, and abuse of power; and more.
