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Zelenskyy's Speech to Congress Echoes Churchill's Wartime Address

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Global Insight by Matthew Abbott

Like Churchill before him, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy must use his rhetorical gifts to maintain American support for his nation's war effort, writes Matthew Abbott.

Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy
REUTERS
US Foreign Policy

Zelenskyy at White House in First Trip since Russian Invasion

In the News
CNN Newsroom
Ivo H. Daalder

Presidents Zelenskyy and Biden "really want to take the measure of each other," Council President Ivo Daalder tells CNN's Victor Blackwell.

Screenshot of Ivo Daalder speaking next to insert of President Zelenskyy and Biden standing at White House. US Foreign Policy

The Stories That Shaped 2022

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World Review with Ivo Daalder

Karen DeYoung, Steve Erlanger, and Gideon Rachman join Ivo Daalder to discuss the week's top news stories.

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Reuters
Global Politics

US 'War Profiteering' in Ukraine Is a Red Herring

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World Politics Review
Paul Poast

Such accusations ignore the harm the war is doing to the US economy and the potential political peril it has created for the Biden administration, Paul Poast writes.

A US service member prepares cargo in support of Ukraine
EyePress
US Foreign Policy

At US-Africa Leaders Summit, Russia and China Provide Subtext

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Global Insight by Justice Malala

The US-Africa Leaders Summit in Washington, DC, is the first meeting of its kind since 2014. Africa’s shift toward China and Russia will be a subtext of the meeting.

US Secretary of State Blinken meets Democratic Republic of Congo President Jean-Michel Sama Lukonde
REUTERS
Global Politics

Who Has the Advantage in Ukraine?

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Running Numbers by Dina Smeltz

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

A soldier hoists the State Flag of Ukraine in deoccupied Kherson Public Opinion

Emerging Partisan Division on Support to Ukraine

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Running Numbers by Emily Sullivan

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

House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy speaks at a news conference
Reuters
Public Opinion

Poll: Support Slipping for Indefinite US Aid to Ukraine

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Washington Post
Coauthors

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

Military equipment bound for Ukraine are loaded on a plane
EyePress
Public Opinion

Making the Case for a Stronger US Commitment to Human Rights

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Chicago Tribune
Elizabeth Shackelford

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

The Committee to Protect Journalists and other press freedom activists hold a candlelight vigil in front of the Saudi Embassy to mark the anniversary of the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi
Reuters
Human Rights

As Reunification Hopes Fade, South Koreans Favor US Alliance More Than Ever

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NK News
Karl Friedhoff

"Widespread skepticism of Washington has given way to the belief that US forces have a role to play on the peninsula for the foreseeable future," Karl Friedhoff writes.

President Biden and President Yoon pose for a photograph
The White House
Public Opinion