" We've seen shifts coming for quite some time in American support for Israel," Council President and CEO Leslie Vinjamuri tells DW News. "It's going to take time to wind down existing commitments, but it's undoubtedly a shift that's going to take place."
American presidents have spent decades expanding their executive power to wage war. As a new Congress takes shape during this week’s midterm elections, can lawmakers finally push back? CNN national security analyst Peter Bergen weighs in.
Voters delivered a rebuke of the Trump administration’s approach to Iran, Russia, and tariffs in the US midterm elections. Can the next Congress advance a new foreign policy agenda?
Council Director of Public Opinion and Foreign Policy Craig Kafura joins Fox 32 to discuss how the Iran war, tariffs, and US support for Israel impacted the vote—and what might happen next.
"A boxed-in Trump, with no obvious constructive foreign policy outlet to channel his energy, may well lash out internationally," Council Senior Nonresident Fellow Daniel Drezner and Elizabeth Saunders write.
"I don't see this as a huge foreign policy election," Council President and CEO Leslie Vinjamuri says, pointing to other issues like affordability and corruption. "[But] I think generally people haven't been pleased with foreign policy because it's been disruptive and it's affected them."
"In both parties, there's a generational shift away from Israel," Council Managing Director and Chair of Public Opinion and Foreign Policy Dina Smeltz tells Fox 32.
