Commentary

We spoke with Aida Flores, a member of the 2025 cohort of the Council’s Emerging Leaders Program, about preparing students for a complex, connected world.

Pointing to recent extreme weather events, Joshua Busby makes the case for integrating climate action into national security planning.

Pope Francis wasn't afraid to wield the Catholic Church's moral authority, which remains a potent force in world politics, Paul Poast writes.

Stefanie Bolzen, Bobby Ghosh, and Philip Stephens join Ivo Daalder to discuss the week's top news stories.

"The hard reality is that the application of rules, be they domestic or international, comes down to exercises of power," Paul Poast writes.

Ravi Agrawal, Steven Erlanger, and Carla Anne Robbins join Ivo Daalder to discuss the week's top news stories.

"The way that this war stops is very simple," Ivo Daalder argues. "It is when the pressure on Russia is significant enough that they decide that the benefits of continuing the war are outweighed by the benefits of stopping."

But they’re not ready to bail out of the car just yet.

"Without changes to US policy, China is likely to be better positioned than the United States to reap the benefits of the global shift toward the clean energy economy," Joshua Busby and Greg Pollock argue.

Given Tehran’s weakened state and Washington’s eagerness for a deal, success is possible. However, it’s more likely to resemble the 2015 one Trump abandoned.