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Kamala Harris' Foreign Policy Won't Just Be More of the Same

In the News
World Politics Review
Paul Poast

What will be the “Harris Doctrine”? Paul Poast weighs in.

Democratic presidential nominee Vice President Kamala Harris speaks during the Democratic National Convention
Paul Sancya / AP
US Foreign Policy

The US Divide on Foreign Policy

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Politico
Ivo H. Daalder

This gap between Democrats and Republicans on foreign policy — and America’s role in the world — is one that’s been steadily evolving over the past decade.

A sunrise casts the Lincoln Memorial, Washington Monument, and US Capital in orange on June 21, 2024.
Alex Brandon / AP
US Foreign Policy

Heading toward War? Reevaluating Taiwan's Status Quo

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Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft
Paul Heer

Nonresident Senior Fellow Paul Heer joins an expert panel to discuss the underlying forces that will determine whether the Taiwan situation moves toward conflict or stability.

Paul Heer speaks via a Zoom call US Foreign Policy

Academic IR Can't Save the World, but It's a Good Place to Start

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World Politics Review
Paul Poast

Solutions to global challenges require addressing the underlying political, societal, economic and behavioral factors driving them, Paul Poast writes.

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US Foreign Policy

Poll: Most Americans Don't Want to Send Troops to Defend Israel

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Responsible Statecraft
Dina Smeltz

Council polling finds the lowest level of support in recent years—from both political parties

Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin and Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant meet at the Pentagon
Susan Walsh / AP
Public Opinion

Most Americans Oppose Sending US Troops to Defend Israel, Poll Finds

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Washington Post
Dina Smeltz

Support for such a move has fallen to the lowest level in more than a decade of Council surveys.

American and Israeli flags
Julia Nikhinson / AP
Public Opinion

There Was No Biden Doctrine. That's the Point

In the News
World Politics Review
Paul Poast

"Far from being an idealist driven to spread democracy, commerce, protection of human rights or some other value, Biden is a practitioner of realpolitik," Paul Poast argues.

Joe Biden speaks at Fort Liberty
Susan Walsh / AP
US Foreign Policy

More Americans Call Volume of Immigrants a 'Critical Threat,' Poll Finds

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Washington Post
Craig Kafura

Council polling finds support for Trump’s border wall and use of troops, but wide opposition to his mass-deportation proposal.

A Border Patrol agent leads a group of migrants seeking asylum towards a van
Gregory Bull / AP
Public Opinion

US Global Leadership Is Losing Ground at Home

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World Politics Review
Candace Rondeaux

Candace Rondeaux uses Council-New America data to analyze what demographic shifts might mean for the future of US foreign policy.

light shines through an American flag
Nick Ut / AP
US Foreign Policy

Trump Has Nothing New to Say on Foreign Policy

In the News
World Politics Review
Paul Poast

Trump's foreign policy platform is "essentially a rerun of the script he used the first time around," Paul Poast writes.

Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump speaks at the Turning Point Believers' Summit
Alex Brandon / AP
US Foreign Policy