In the News

"The only question is whether Berlin will step up, leading others in Europe and beyond to begin filling the void a retreating America threatens to leave behind," Ivo Daalder writes.

"In four years as president and the three years since, Trump has refused to get NATO right," writes Ivo Daalder.

Would the United States and the world be better off if Washington sat some things out? Paul Poast weighs in.

"The Biden administration’s approach to foreign policy is realpolitik from top to bottom," Paul Poast writes.

Craig Kafura unpacks Council survey findings on US attitudes toward Beijing.

"We will only have peace when America uses force to defend its interests," Saeid Golkar and Kasra Aarabi write.

Paul Poast explores how a changing international system is placing new limits on American power.

Whether a reelected Trump would actually withdraw from the alliance as many fear is beside the point, Ivo Daalder argues.

The issue that drove Donald Trump’s original presidential bid remains a divider within his party, Council data show.

"Conflicts involving nonstate actors are a key reason that the world is presently witnessing a level of conflict not seen in 80 years," Paul Poast writes.