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Jeh Johnson, former secretary of homeland security, discusses the role of agencies such as the Department of Homeland Security in responding to contemporary crises.

Donald Trump has the completely wrong approach. Boosting border security means spending more, not less, in Central America.

security, national economic security [and] national public health or safety.’ Given the importance of such

Security Review (SDSR) of 2015 or in intervening documents such as the National Security Capability

Security Adviser, National Security Council (2015-2017) As we look forward to the 2020s, there

security priority, and is ‘thumbing its nose’ at Trump, the US, and its European

security analysts that the post-Cold War era of unchallenged US hegemony is being supplanted

security rationales for economically-motivated tariffs would have been beyond the pale previously. This is true

security, global governance and democracy, it will also challenge leaders in Europe and Canada and place

security may prevail over science and public health if the quarantine is not coupled with

security challenges not least of which is Russian opportunism, Turkey’s regional intentions, a rising

The UK government seems to have balanced competing interests of the economy, national security and relations with America. But the full US response remains to be seen.

security and rule of law for all.  Moreover, for many the success of this

Following a year of protests, extreme politics and the emergence of new and sophisticated security challenges, Robert Malley and Leslie Vinjamuri examine the International Crisis Group’s Ten Conflicts to Watch in 2020.

securing the homeland; advancing economic growth; promoting democracy and the rule of law; countering

Security Council (e.g. removing Taliban leaders from UN sanctions) and, ultimately, bilateral recognition from individual

The organization was never designed to enforce a political order in its members.

The growth of Chinese wealth and military power, combined with a more diplomatically and militarily active regime in Beijing, represents an epochal change in international politics.

Many middle powers have been warning of the dangers inherent in the decline of the liberal international order. The time has come for these countries to translate their warnings into concerted action.

Chatham House experts examine some of the fault lines in the relationship between the US, the UK and Europe as the US president comes to London.

The US retains tremendous wealth and military strength, but hyper-partisanship is draining the country’s ‘usable power’.

The Cuban autocracy remains a nagging reminder of United States impotence in rooting out Communism.

The current dispute between the US and China goes far beyond trade tariffs and tit-for-tat reprisals: the underlying driver is a race for global technological supremacy. This paper examines the risks of greater strategic competition as well as potential solutions for mitigating the impacts of the US–China economic confrontation.

The popular uprisings in Bolivia, Chile, Ecuador, and Haiti have many different causes and one thing in common: If history is any indicator, the outlook for genuine, lasting change is grim.

As necessary as it remains to improve rules-based systems, the future of international order will also rely on states engaging more creatively with a wider range of constituencies – from citizens and civil society to the private sector and local political actors.

Britain’s EU departure could be used to transform the future of NATO as well as improve the UK’s relationship with the United States.

Seventy years ago, a creative British foreign secretary was instrumental in forming the Atlantic alliance. Now the UK’s leadership is needed again.

In the context of recent developments, this paper reviews US President Donald Trump’s Iran strategy and explores possible pathways to a new nuclear agreement with the Islamic Republic.

As internet governance issues emerge in the wake of innovations such as the Internet of Things and advanced artificial intelligence, there is an urgent need for the EU and US to establish a common, positive multi-stakeholder vision for regulating and governing the internet.

Lindsay Newman and Leslie Vinjamuri survey the damage the president’s latest move has done to US foreign policy.

The Peace to Prosperity plan being promoted by the Trump administration is either naïve or disingenuous, and has no chance of succeeding.

Despite significant financial expenditure and thousands of lives lost, a fundamental shift in policy remains unimaginable at present.

With international institutions being questioned—ironically, by the very nations that created them—NATO’s next seventy years will be a rougher ride than the first seventy.

As Haiti enters its 12th week of political turmoil and economic inactivity, a path forward

A worker inspects a roll of aluminium cable at a plant in Barcarena, Brazil

Foreign Ministers of nations of the Lima Group hold a meeting over the Venezuelan crisis

Democrats would be wise to communicate a clear alternative to Trump’s ‘America First’ policy in the Middle East.

Chatham House's Dr Christopher Sabatini was interviewed alongside a group of experts for the

Santiago, Chile - October 24: Protesters gather in Santiago, 24 October 2019. (Photo by Muhammed Emin

The apparent capacity of centralized state authority to respond effectively and rapidly is making headlines. In the United States, the opposite has been true.

As rallies are canceled and several Republican officials go into self-isolation, it's important to prepare for an eventuality when people won't be able to get to the polls

The urgent need for US leadership to drive forward a coordinated international response to coronavirus is developing rapidly alongside snowballing demands for Washington to step up its efforts at home.

People in Caracas, Venezuela, on April 07, 2020 during the quarantine imposed by government to

Managing relations with China once the COVID-19 crisis abates will be one of the biggest challenges facing political leaders in the United States and Europe – two of the areas worst-hit by the virus that originated in China.

There has been no better example of the political diversity in Latin America than the varying responses of governments to the coronavirus crisis.

Democracy is often depicted as a means to peacefully resolve political conflict and socioeconomic discontent. But what happens when that essential safety valve of elections has been closed off?

Brazil has become an even more dangerous country during the COVID-19 pandemic, with staggering