Commentary and Analysis

What do Putin and Trump have in common? Both turn grievance into power, and our guests explain how.

The first meeting between US President Donald Trump and South Korean President Lee Jae Myung is a critical moment for Seoul to define its role in a changing region, Karl Friedhoff writes.

"If you’re going to understand the United States, if you’re going to influence the direction of travel, you’ve got to move beyond Washington," Leslie Vinjamuri tells Chicago Tonight.

Most Americans believe the United States has too many interests in Europe to let any one country dominate the region.

"They take it this seriously because they don't want to be next," Cécile Shea explains on Paris on Politics.

Leslie Vinjamuri weighs in on potential next steps in Russia-Ukraine peace negotiations after President Trump's meeting with Putin in Alaska.

Leslie Vinjamuri joins Westminster Hour to unpack the latest on the Russia-Ukraine war, Trump's meeting with Putin, and Europe's role in future negotiations.

"Israel’s worst-case scenario would be to find itself in the same boat as apartheid-era South Africa in the 1980s," Daniel Drezner writes.

New Council polling shows Republican support for US military aid to Ukraine has increase 21 percentage points since March.

"Tariffs will almost certainly make the US market less attractive, making it harder to sell to it, with an impact on the US consumers who have been the beneficiaries of those sales," Paul Poast writes.