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For the American Public, Syria Has Become the 'Forgotten War'

In the News
World Politics Review
Paul Poast

"The Syrian war has failed to hold the US public's attention," Paul Poast writes. He explains why in World Politics Review.

A formation of U.S. Navy F-18E Super Hornet aircraft leaves after receiving fuel from an Air Force KC-135 Stratotanker aircraft over northern Iraq after conducting air strikes in Syria Sept. 23, 2014. US Foreign Policy

Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant "Hanging by a Thread"

In the News
MSNBC Andrea Mitchell Reports
Ivo H. Daalder

"This is part of a very deliberate Russian strategy,” says Ivo Daalder, "to take control of the plant, not only physically but the electricity that gets produced.”

Screenshot of Ivo Daalder on MSNBC with Andrea Mitchell and Joseph Cirincione Defense and Security

How Word Games Became War Games in the Taiwan Strait

In the News
The National Interest
Paul Heer

"Pelosi’s visit has exposed the underlying dilemma in US policy toward Taiwan and brought it uncomfortably to the front burner," Paul Heer writes.

Tsai Ing-wen and Nancy Pelosi
Chien Chih-Hung
US Foreign Policy

Remembering Mikhail Gorbachev

In the News
WGN Chicago
Cécile Shea

Mikhail Gorbechav’s peaceful dissolution of the Soviet Union starkly contrasts Putin’s war. Cecile Shea weighs in on WGN's Evening News.

Screenshot of Cecile Shea joining WGN Evening News Defense and Security

Why the US Cares about the War in Ukraine

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NPR
Dina Smeltz

Many Americans feel Russia's invasion is morally wrong and nearly three-quarters back increasing US military aid to Ukraine, Dina Smeltz tells NPR.

Giant Ukrainian flag in central park from
Reuters
Public Opinion

Rewriting How Russia's War in Ukraine Could End

In the News
Chicago Tribune
Elizabeth Shackelford

"A diplomatic solution is far from guaranteed in the near term," Elizabeth Shackelford writes, "but Ukraine must not close the door to it."

Ukrainian President Zelensky stands with a Ukrainian flag in the background US Foreign Policy

Ukrainian Refugees—the Rule or the Exception?

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Running Numbers by Isabelle Grassel

Why are Ukrainians receiving a warmer welcome from the American public than past refugee groups?

Julija, 10, fleeing from Kyiv wears a hair bow in the colours of the Ukrainian national flag as she waits with her relatives on a platform for a train
Reuters
Public Opinion

The US Should Never Even Have Been in Afghanistan in August 2021

In the News
World Politics Review
Paul Poast

"Afghanistan was indeed a failure of US foreign policy," Paul Poast writes. "But it wasn't a failure of the Biden administration."

Marines keep security as civilians wait for processing during the evacuation of non-combatants at Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul, Afghanistan.
Reuters
US Foreign Policy

Who's Winning the Sanctions War?

In the News
Foreign Policy
Bruce Jentleson

The West has inflicted damage on the Russian economy, Bruce Jentleson writes, but Putin has so far contained those costs.

A man looks at the exchange rate at the exchange office in the center of St. Petersburg. February 28, 2022.
Reuters
US Foreign Policy

World Review: Afghanistan One Year On, Attacks on Ukraine Power Plant, Iran Deal

Video Series
World Review with Ivo Daalder

Steve Erlanger, Bobby Ghosh, and Carla Anne Robbins join Ivo Daalder to discuss the week's top news stories.

Three men overlooking a city and sunrise.
Reuters
Global Politics