Commentary and Analysis

"It's not just about oil, it's about political isolation," says Council President Ivo Daalder to FP Editor in Chief Ravi Agrawal.

David Scheffer advises on how to collect evidence of Russia's actions in Ukraine with Michel Martin and Chrisitane Amanpour.

USAID announces sweeping changes toward localization addressing questions about the efficacy of development programming modalities.

Fifty years ago, US President Richard Nixon traveled to China and established the basis for a normalization of relations between the two powers. Are we due for another transformation?

“While sanctions make it harder for Russia to pay for the war, military assistance helps raise the cost of continuing it,” writes Elizabeth Shackelford in the Chicago Tribune.

Jamil Anderlini, Stefan Kornelius, and Nahal Toosi join Ivo Daalder to discuss the week's top news stories.

A no-fly zone is "a first step along an escalatory ladder," argues Council President Ivo Daalder on NPR's All Things Considered.

Data suggest that Americans accept some foreign civilian casualties as a necessary cost to counterterrorism, but Republicans and Democrats differ on willingness to use lethal force.

"When you look at South Korea’s imports from Russia, roughly 60% of those imports are either crude petroleum or refined petroleum,” says Karl Friedhoff on CNBC.

"Given recent events in Ukraine the Council's role would seem as relevant now as it was 100 years ago," says Paris Schutz with Ivo Daalder and Richard Longworth on WTTW.