"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.
“Both sides appear more inclined to score points against each other than to acknowledge their mistakes,” says Nonresident Senior Fellow Paul Heer.
Although the agreement is unpopular among South Koreans, it hasn't had much impact on the president's approval rating, Karl Friedhoff writes.
Senior Fellow Elizabeth Shackelford discusses the disparity between diplomatic and military spending on the Problem with Jon Stewart.
Ongoing protests to safeguard democracy and a potential war with Iran could call into question US unconditional support for Israel, Paul Poast writes.
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