Commentary and Analysis

On the 20th anniversary of 9/11, new polling finds that Americans still see international terrorism as a critical threat.

New polls find that 52 percent of Americans now favor sending US troops to defend Taiwan if China invades. Craig Kafura talks to Taiwan Plus about what this means.

The Council's Elizabeth Shackelford and Virginia Tech's Amanda Demmer explain how lessons from US military evacuations in South Sudan and Vietnam resonate with the current chaos in Afghanistan.

If left unmitigated, hunger- and climate change-induced suffering in both Afghanistan and Haiti will likely exacerbate current political instability and conflict.

Nonresident Senior Fellow John Austin writes about what the US Industrial Heartland can teach us about American renewal and bridging political divides.

Council President Ivo Daalder discusses the end of the war in Afghanistan with WGN's Paul Lisnek.

Nonresident Fellow Alaina Harkness on how rivers are the "connective tissue" of cities, and how H2NOW monitors the health of Chicago's.

"There is no graceful way to flee a country at war," writes Elizabeth Shackelford. She saw this firsthand in South Sudan and notes what critics today are missing.

Check out our round up of the week's top stories in food, agriculture, and global development!

Karen DeYoung, Stefan Kornelius, and Peter Spiegel join Ivo Daalder to discuss the week's top news stories, from Afghanistan to the upcoming German elections.