10 foreign policy questions for the final Clinton-Trump debate (Anna Newby, Brookings)

It’s fitting that the third and final presidential debate between Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton will be held in Las Vegas: The campaign season has been a spectacle, to say the least. But despite the old trope, what happens in Vegas on Wednesday night won’t stay in Vegas—much to the contrary, it’ll be watched with tremendous (huge, even) interest around the world.

https://www.brookings.edu/blog/order-from-chaos/2016/10/17/10-foreign-policy-questions-for-the-final-clinton-trump-debate/

Poll shows American views on Muslims and the Middle East are deeply polarized (Elizabeth McElvein, Anna Newby, Brookings)

A recent public opinion survey conducted by Brookings non-resident senior fellow Shibley Telhamisparked headlines focused on its conclusion that American views of Muslims and Islam have become favorable. However, the survey offered another important finding that is particularly relevant in this political season: evidence that the cleavages between supporters of Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump, respectively, on Muslims, Islam, and the Israeli-Palestinians peace process are much deeper than on most other issues.

http://www.brookings.edu/blogs/markaz/posts/2016/07/27-americans-polarized-middle-east-mcelvein-newby

Understanding Iraq’s anti-ISIS efforts, political deadlock, and economy (Anna Newby, Brookings)

As the Middle East goes, much of the world’s attention is understandably focused on the chaos in Syria. But the United States is much more directly involved—in a variety of capacities—with Iraq next door. How is the military campaign against the Islamic State going in Iraq? What explains the political paralysis in Baghdad, as well as massive recent demonstrations? Is there hope for the economy? And on all of these fronts, is the Kurdish region doing any better?

http://www.brookings.edu/blogs/order-from-chaos/posts/2016/05/19-iraq-isis-politics-economy-newby

Vladimir Putin, explained (Anna Newby, Brookings)

Is the West misreading Russian President Vladimir Putin? Brookings Senior Fellow and Director of the Center for the United States and Europe Fiona Hill sets the record straight in a new article in the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists. Putin oversees a vast nuclear weapons arsenal—so for the sake of international security, it’s important to know who he is, how he thinks, and why. And Western leaders, for their part, will need to learn how to talk with him.

http://www.brookings.edu/blogs/order-from-chaos/posts/2016/05/10-vladimir-putin-explained-newby

Ethiopia’s outsized importance to African security (Anna Newby, Brookings)

Is Ethiopia a rising star in Africa? By some measures, yes: As the second most-populous country on the continent (after Nigeria), it has achieved GDP growth rates above 10 percent for a decade. It is home to the African Union headquarters and a key U.S. ally in the fight against al-Shabab militants in Somalia and in counterterrorism efforts more broadly. In a region where sectarian and ethnic tensions have a tendency to flare up, Ethiopia has achieved remarkable social cohesion. All this, after suffering decades of conflict, drought, famine, and poverty, among other challenges.

http://www.brookings.edu/blogs/order-from-chaos/posts/2016/04/29-ethiopia-security-economics-newby

The case for reinvigorating U.S. efforts in Afghanistan (Anna Newby, Brookings)

http://www.brookings.edu/blogs/order-from-chaos/posts/2016/01/21-reinvigorating-us-efforts-afghanistan-newby

Why there are no good policy options on Syria (Anna Newby, Brookings)

http://www.brookings.edu/blogs/markaz/posts/2016/01/19-no-good-policy-options-on-syria-newby

Recapping 2015, in numbers (Anna Newby, Brookings)

http://www.brookings.edu/blogs/order-from-chaos/posts/2015/12/29-geopolitical-stories-from-2015-in-numbers-newby