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"The UN’s performance leaves much to be desired, but it has made substantial contributions to world order," says Thomas Weiss.

"The idea of bargaining with Putin was already highly controversial, but now it is virtually impossible," Paul Poast writes.

By shining a light on the crimes Putin has unleashed on Ukraine, we are one step closer to a just world where accountability triumphs.

Roger Thurow discusses what inspired him to focus on hunger and global poverty - and how he has seen the lives of smallholder farmers change for the better.

"Too often, quick agreement on hard problems is a sign of dangerous groupthink," Elizabeth Shackelford writes.

Though partisan support has shifted over time, Council data show the public continues to favor active US engagement in global issues.

FiveThirtyEight draws on Council data in a podcast episode reflecting on the anniversary of the Iraq War.

Putin "goes to his grave being an indicted fugitive of an international criminal tribunal," says Nonresident Senior Fellow David Scheffer.

With 20 years of hindsight, it is now possible to give Bush’s decision to invade a sober judgement, Paul Poast writes.

"Bipartisan consensus (on the scope of the threat) needs to be reconsidered because the wrong diagnosis could yield the wrong, or even dangerous, prescriptions," Paul Heer writes.