Commentary and Analysis

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

Council President Ivo Daalder, former US ambassador to NATO, shares his perspective.

"You cannot build good foreign policy on dishonesty. But we keep trying to because no one pays for it," writes Elizabeth Shackelford.

Winning hearts and minds doesn't defeat insurgent groups, author Jacqueline Hazelton argues. So why does the United States still rely on counterinsurgency?

The Council's Cécile Shea joins WTTW's "Chicago Tonight" to explain why she believes Afghanistan's collapse was inevitable—and what could happen next.

The Council's Lizzy Shackelford joins Fox 32 Chicago to analyze the Taliban's Afghanistan takeover and US foreign policy lessons from America's longest war.

The Council's Elizabeth Shackelford joins ABC 7 Chicago to discuss why getting Afghans and US allies out of harm's way is imperative as the crisis deepens.

Elizabeth Shackelford explains why America shouldn’t aim to be so exceptional when it comes to selecting diplomats.

Polling conducted in July for the 2021 Chicago Council Survey found seven out of ten Americans supported the withdrawal of US combat forces from Afghanistan by September 11.

Karen DeYoung, Ryan Heath, and Carla Anne Robbins join Ivo Daalder to discuss the week's top news stories.