Commentary

The United Nations General Assembly has asked the organization’s court to give advice on what legal consequences Israel should face for its decades-long occupation of the Palestinian territories.

"Even if Biden is reelected, Europeans are aware that the era of strong transatlantic presidents may be coming to an end," writes Ivo Daalder.

"The answer is yes — but probably not for much longer. The era of Pax Americana is ending," Richard C. Longworth writes.

A new Council study of Republican attitudes helps explain why, Ronald Brownstein writes.

Yasmeen Abutaleb, Prashant Rao, and Peter Spiegel join guest host Carla Anne Robbins to discuss the week's top news stories.

NATO members "should take the idea that a Donald Trump-led United States will not be a reliable ally very seriously," Ivo Daalder says.

"The only question is whether Berlin will step up, leading others in Europe and beyond to begin filling the void a retreating America threatens to leave behind," Ivo Daalder writes.

"In four years as president and the three years since, Trump has refused to get NATO right," writes Ivo Daalder.

Would the United States and the world be better off if Washington sat some things out? Paul Poast weighs in.

Laura Barrón-López, Catherine Philp, and Philip Stephens join Ivo Daalder to discuss the week's top news stories.