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Joe Manchin: The Voice of Moderate Democrats? Or a Party Outlier?

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Running Numbers by Coauthors

As President Biden heads to the UN climate summit, one Senator has gutted his plans for clean energy reform.

Reuters
Climate and the Environment

AUKUS Is Awkward, but Not Abnormal

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War on the Rocks
Coauthors

The Council surveyed US foreign policy experts to learn how AUKUS had such an effect on US-French relations. Dina Smeltz, Sibel Oktay, Paul Post, and Craig Kafura explain in War on the Rocks.

President Biden and French President Emmanuel Macron exchange words at a table with microphones.
Reuters
Public Opinion

Some Aussies Overlook Link Between Climate Change and Drought

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Running Numbers by Katherine Stiplosek

Australians are more concerned about severe weather events than the climate crisis causing them. But is tackling the former alone just putting out fires?

dry cracked earth in Australian drought
Reuters
Climate and the Environment

One-quarter of South Koreans Ready to Wear Masks Indefinitely

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Running Numbers by Karl Friedhoff

While Americans continue a culture war on the necessity and effectiveness of masks, one-quarter of the South Korean public is ready to wear them indefinitely.

A pharmacist in Seoul ringing up masks.
Reuters
Public Opinion

Generational Gaps Close on Sense of Threat from Climate Change

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Running Numbers by Katherine Stiplosek

Concern for the state of the planet spans generations, 2021 Chicago Council Survey data show.

Crowd kneels at a climate protest.
Reuters
Climate and the Environment

For the American Public, Military Conflict Is the New Normal

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The Hill
Coauthors

Dina Smeltz and Elizabeth Shackelford write in the Hill on the consequences of an American public desensitized to military action abroad, and what we must do about it.

.50 caliber machine gun fires on top of a tank during a combined arms live-fire exercise at night.
Sgt. Henry Villarama
US Foreign Policy

A Foreign Policy for the Middle Class?

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The Un-Diplomatic Podcast
Craig Kafura

What does the American public think about China, internal v. external threats, and who benefits from US foreign policy? Craig Kafura joins the Un-Diplomatic Podcast to discuss.

Screenshot of Un-Diplomatic Podcast episode 102 artwork. Public Opinion

Europeans and Americans Divided on the Transatlantic Relationship

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The Diplomat
Dina Smeltz

“New polling data shows that the American public is much more likely to sense a natural alliance with European countries than the reverse,” writes Dina Smeltz in the Diplomat.

Camera pointed at Biden, Ursula Von der Leyen, and Charles Michel.
Reuters
Public Opinion

Americans on Their Allies, Partners, and Rivals

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Running Numbers by Craig Kafura

The Biden administration emphasizes strengthening ties with America's global allies and partners. Which countries do Americans view as their allies—and adversaries?

Flags on a desk below a screen showing US leaders in an online defense council meeting.
NATO
Public Opinion

The Persistently Internationalist American Public

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Washington Post
Daniel W. Drezner

2021 Council data show where Biden's ideas overlap with the American middle class— and where they don't. Nonresident Senior Fellow Dan Drezner details in the Washington Post.

President Biden in a Jeep Wrangler.
Adam Schultz
US Foreign Policy