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Does the U.S. Nuclear Umbrella Still Protect America's Allies?

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Foreign Policy
Ivo H. Daalder

The next president should move swiftly to reassure allies that the U.S. nuclear guarantee remains credible—or risk rapid nuclear proliferation.

Photo from North Korea's official Korean Central News Agency showing North Korea's intermediate-range strategic ballistic missile Hwasong-12 lifting off at an undisclosed location near Pyongyang on Aug. 29, 2017
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US Foreign Policy

Will the US Return to Global Stage or Pull Further Inward?

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Chicago Tribune
Ivo H. Daalder

US presidential elections rarely turn on voters' views on foreign policy. Domestic issues such as the economy and health care, including the coronavirus pandemic this year, are almost always seen as more important by voters.

A woman and her granddaughter visit an early voting site at the Dr. Martin Luther King Community Service Center in Chicago on Nov. 1, 2020
Chicago Tribune
US Foreign Policy

Ivo Daalder On How Republicans And Democrats Diverge On Foreign Policy

In the News
The Big Picture with Olivier Knox
Ivo H. Daalder

Ivo Daalder, President of the Chicago Council on Global Affairs, on The Big Picture with Olivier Knox.

American flags wave in a blue sky Public Opinion

Most Americans want more global engagement

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Chicago Tribune
Coauthors

Rather than moving to cut ties with the rest of the world during the COVID-19 pandemic, majorities of Americans continue to prefer active U.S. engagement and shared leadership in world affairs.

President Donald Trump arrives to speak at a campaign rally Sept. 21, 2020, at Dayton International Airport in Ohio. Public Opinion

While the West dithers, Russia stays busy

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Chicago Tribune
Ivo H. Daalder

When it comes to Russia, the West remains mostly divided—and no one has stepped up to lead the way to collective action.

 Protesters gather near Independence Palace, residence of Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko, in Minsk on Sept. 6 US Foreign Policy

Mike Pompeo Challenges China's Governing Regime

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The National Interest
Paul Heer

The Secretary of State’s approach to Beijing risks confirming its suspicions about U.S. subversion while simultaneously alienating the very Chinese people that he aspires to "engage and empower."

Mike Pompeo Defense and Security

A Group Interview...in the Series, 'Shaking the Global Order'

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Global Summitry
Bruce Jentleson

Global affairs experts thought deeply on the questions of the Liberal Order and the consequences to American foreign policy in the Age of Trump.

UN Members' flags - the UN Headquarters, New York
Aotearoa
US Foreign Policy

To Secure His Legacy, Khamenei Is Packing Iran's Government With Young Radicals

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Foreign Policy
Saeid Golkar

The supreme leader’s youth-washing strategy could keep detente with the United States off the table for years.

Iranian women holding national flags and pictures of Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, take part a pro-government demonstration in Tehran on Nov. 25, 2019. US Foreign Policy

Trump's Rejection of WHO and Other Global Pacts Leaves America on Its Own

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Chicago Tribune
Ivo H. Daalder

President Trump’s announcement that he would terminate U.S. membership in the World Health Organization is but the latest in a long list of decisions he has made to walk away from international institutions and agreements.

U.S. President Donald Trump takes questions as he addresses the daily coronavirus task force briefing in the Rose Garden at the White House in Washington, U.S., April 15, 2020
Reuters
US Foreign Policy

Vox Populi: What Americans Think About Foreign Policy

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Carnegie Council Podcasts
Dina Smeltz

Dina Smeltz shares survey results covering the role that Americans think the United States should be playing in the world.

An American flag curls over a map of Eastern Europe.
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US Foreign Policy