Commentary

Milorad Dodik, the Serb member of the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina, is leveraging nationalist sentiments to make a move towards succession. Will it spark a new conflict?

Chicago Council Surveys have found that Americans are largely supportive of humanitarian intervention, but this varies in specific cases.

“The choice really now is Moscow. It can either engage in diplomacy or see the kinds of measures that President Biden laid out,” Ivo Daalder explains on CNN.

Cécile Shea discusses Russia-Ukraine tensions and the call between President Joe Biden and Russian President Vladimir Putin on Chicago Tonight.

Bruce Jentleson coauthors four suggestions for mitigating the pitfalls and maybe even pulling off a success at the Summit for Democracy in Politico.

“The potential flashpoints for a major power war this century all revolve around territory,” writes Nonresident Fellow Paul Poast in War on the Rocks.

Nirmal Ghosh, Gideon Rachman, and Nahal Toosi join Council President Ivo Daalder to review the news of the week.

“The biggest cost of the nationalist reaction [to omicron] is its damage to future global cooperation,” writes Elizabeth Shackelford in the Chicago Tribune.

Matt Abbott recommends several steps the US can take to promote more effective engagement with North Korea with the National Committee on American Foreign Policy.

Public opinion data show relatively warm feelings between the United States, Mexico, and Canada.