Commentary and Analysis

American perceptions of whether Russia or Ukraine is winning the war are key to support for ongoing US assistance to Kyiv.

Consensus on how long to provide economic and military aid to Ukraine appears to be weakening as the war enters its tenth month.

New Council polling offers insights into where Americans stand as the conflict drags into winter.

The softening of COVID lockdowns in response to protests is a rare victory for popular pressure in China and could have unexpected consequences, argues Chris Morris.

Ravi Agrawal, Bethany Allen-Ebrahimian, and Giles Whittell join Ivo Daalder to discuss the week's top news stories.

"Regulation of the industry could be coming, which could signal its death knell," Paul Poast argues.

"In the past 20 years, the global trend toward greater rights has reversed, with authoritarianism and illiberalism on the rise," Elizabeth Shackelford writes.

On Deep Dish we discuss if protests against zero-COVID mean a change in Chinese attitudes toward political expression.

The prestige and popularity of the World Cup is a political force beyond any nation's control, writes Chris Morris

Nonresident Senior Fellow Saeid Golkar argues that, regardless of the end outcome, the protests in Iran have changed the country dramatically.