Transatlantic Publics Lose Confidence That Allies Will Help in Event of Attack

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Running Numbers by Dina Smeltz

But both Americans and Europeans are hopeful that relations will improve in the future.

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Public Opinion

What Winning the AI Race Really Means

Podcast
Deep Dish on Global Affairs Podcast

Everyone is asking whether the US is ahead in the AI race. Anne Neuberger argues that's the wrong question and explains what matters instead.

A factory working lining up a data chip under a machine.
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Tech and Science

The World Cup Amplified Old Tensions and Deferred to New Politics

Analysis
by Alexander Cooley

FIFA is increasingly bending to host countries on domestic politics, raising questions about whether global sporting events can still function as unifying forces.

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Sports Diplomacy

The Shortcomings of US Transactionalism

Analysis
by Leslie Vinjamuri

America’s treatment of its allies is creating a gap that others will fill.

President Donald Trump walks through blue curtains
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US Foreign Policy

What the New World Screwworm Outbreak Reveals About US Agricultural Security

Analysis
by Deborah Rosenblum

The parasite's reappearance for the first time in decades is emblematic of broader vulnerabilities in the agricultural sector.

Cattle graze near a sterile fly dispersal station placed by the US Department of Agriculture to combat the spread of the New World screwworm
Eric Gay / AP
Food and Agriculture

What a Road Trip Across America Reveals About the Country Today

Podcast
Deep Dish on Global Affairs Podcast

From Sing Sing prison to Mar-a-Lago, The Economist's John Prideaux traveled across the country to find out what America looks like at 250.

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US Foreign Policy

‘Iran Is Turning to Old Tactics and the US Is Taking the Bait'

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CNN
Leslie Vinjamuri

Council President and CEO Leslie Vinjamuri speaks with Christiane Amanpour about what options are on the table as the US-Iran ceasefire crumbles.

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How Russia's War on Ukraine is Reshaping Europe's Defense Strategy

Analysis
by Armida van Rij

The conflict offers lessons for how to bolster European security with less support from the United States.

A Ukrainian serviceman shoots towards a drone during training at the polygon, in Zaporizhzhia region, Ukraine.
Andriy Andriyenko / AP
Defense and Security

What the Defense Industry Discussed at the NATO Summit

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by Coauthors

North American and European industry representatives met in Ankara to discuss how to enhance the alliance’s capabilities through increased production, cooperation, and joint procurement.

Participants walk near displays during the NATO Defense Industry Forum
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Defense and Security

President Trump Says Ceasefire with Iran is Over. What Happens Next?

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NPR
Ariane Tabatabai

"Ultimately, I don't think that either the United States or Iran wants to return to March, when we had large-scale operations," says Council Vice President of Research for Security and Defense Ariane Tabatabai. "And so this, in my mind, is the new steady state for the foreseeable future."

President Donald Trump speaks during a media conference at the NATO summit in Ankara, Turkey.
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US Foreign Policy