Analysis

The two leaders left the US-China summit without any agreement on technology competition, trade, or Taiwan.

Julianne Smith, Deborah Rosenblum, and Ariane Tabatabai discuss how the US-Denmark-Greenland agreement will impact US force posture, intra-NATO tensions, and Trump’s push to acquire Greenland.

Without buy-in from Washington and Beijing, proposals aimed at reining in artificial intelligence are unlikely to move the needle.

Though internally divided, the grouping normalizes an international landscape where the United States is not at the table.

Reports that Xi will forgo addressing the United Nations General Assembly ahead of his meeting with Trump in Washington raise uncomfortable questions about the role of multilateral institutions under great power compacts.

As the midterm elections approach, the Trump administration has realized its strategy isn’t working. Will economic measures succeed where military operations failed?

The Council’s founders believed that the United States should have a positive vision for international engagement—and that the Midwest had a critical role to play.

The Mecca Joint Defense Agreement is not just a response to Iran but the divergence between states over theories of power.

Answers to the questions on what comes next, from the Iran war to the midterm elections.

Trump can disrupt wars and force pauses but has yet to close one. The gap is creating space for middle powers—and an opening for China.