President Donald Trump has come up with a new solution for the Middle East, “I think that NATO should be expanded, and we should include the Middle East."
Council president Ivo Daalder talks about the need for diplomacy amid the changing political situation in Iraq, President Trump's demand for more NATO involvement in the region, and the next steps for the US-Iran relationship.
Iran’s missile attack on two U.S. air bases in Iraq was the latest step bringing the United States and Iran to the brink of war. Yet, President Donald Trump decided to back away from further military confrontation.
After an overnight Iranian missile attack on an Iraqi base housing US troops, US President Donald Trump made a statement Wednesday regarding tensions between the US and Iran.
Saeid Golkar examines the escalating tension between Iran and the United States after Iranian missiles struck two US bases in Iraq following the US missile strike that killed Iranian general Soleimani.
Former U.S. Ambassador to NATO Ivo Daalder, who now leads the Chicago Council on Global Affairs, called the decision to kill Soleimani “strategically a very unwise decision.”
McNamara was tragically wrong about Vietnam. Now history repeats itself. The Trump administration seems determined to follow McNamara’s list of follies, again point by point.
We enter the ’20s at a time when American power and influence continues to wane, China’s is increasing and people all around the world are making clear that their voices need to be heard.
Asylum protections and work authorization are critical, but if recent policy proposals from the Department of Homeland Security come to fruition, the future is bleak for asylum-seekers—and for local employers who would benefit from their talents.
Ian Klaus unpacks a French writer's short publication from 1975 and points out, "nearly half a century later, it's a remarkable document of what’s since changed, and also of what hasn't."
