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Americans Oppose Domestic Use of US Troops

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Running Numbers by Saafya Alnaqib

Republican Party supporters stand out as the only partisans in favor of using the military for domestic law enforcement, to suppress protests, and to control immigration.

Armed National Guard soldiers from West Virginia patrol the Mall near the Capitol in Washington, DC
J. Scott Applewhite / AP
Defense and Security

The Finer Points of Diplomacy That Will Determine Ukraine's Fate

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World Politics Review
Paul Poast

Trump’s recent summits failed to achieve a breakthrough, but the details of the outcomes contain clues as to where the talks are headed, Paul Poast writes.

Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Donald Trump shake hands
Julia Demaree Nikhinson / AP
US Foreign Policy

Trump Pushes for Putin-Zelenskyy Meeting

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CNN
Leslie Vinjamuri

Leslie Vinjamuri weighs in on potential next steps in Russia-Ukraine peace negotiations after President Trump's meeting with Putin in Alaska.

Leslie Vinjamuri appears on CNN US Foreign Policy

What's Next for Russia-Ukraine Peace Talks

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BBC Radio 4
Leslie Vinjamuri

Leslie Vinjamuri joins Westminster Hour to unpack the latest on the Russia-Ukraine war, Trump's meeting with Putin, and Europe's role in future negotiations.

President Donald Trump greets Russia's President Vladimir Putin
Julia Demaree Nikhinson / AP
US Foreign Policy

America's Rising Support for Military Aid to Ukraine is Driven Largely by Republicans, New Poll Shows

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CNN
Coauthors

New Council polling shows Republican support for US military aid to Ukraine has increase 21 percentage points since March.

Ukrainian recruits practice military skills in sunflower field
Andriy Andriyenko / AP
Public Opinion

80 Years After Hiroshima, the Nuclear Taboo Can't Be Taken for Granted

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World Politics Review
Paul Poast

Although the atomic bomb hasn't been used in war since it was dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the possibility of its future use can never be ruled out, Paul Poast writes.

A man stands in a sea of rubble before the shell of a building that once was a movie theater in Hiroshima
Stanley Troutman / AP
Defense and Security

With or Without the Pentagon, Security Conferences Are Overrated

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World Politics Review
Paul Poast

A slew of Pentagon officials backed out of the annual Aspen Security Conference—don't read too much into it, Paul Poast argues.

Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth in front of an American flag
Cliff Owen / AP
US Foreign Policy

Trump Expresses Frustration with Putin over Ukraine

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BBC News
Leslie Vinjamuri

"Clearly we've come a huge way since that very difficult meeting—to put it lightly—between Zelenskyy and Trump in the Oval Office many months ago," Leslie Vinjamuri says.

Leslie Vinjamuri is interviewed on BBC US Foreign Policy

Why Don't the Iranian People Rise Up?

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Foreign Policy
Saeid Golkar

"The regime has invested in creating an extensive suppressive apparatus across Iran, at every level of society," Saeid Golkar and Kasra Aarabi write.

Iranians walk under a mural of the late Iranian revolutionary founder Ayatollah Khomeini
Vahid Salemi / AP
Global Politics

The Differences Between Iraq in 2003 and Iran in 2025 Matter, Too

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World Politics Review
Daniel W. Drezner

"Even if Operation Midnight Hammer proves to be a failure, it will be a more modest and less costly failure than Operation Iraqi Freedom," Daniel Drezner writes.

White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt speaks as an image of President Donald Trump in the Situation Room of the White House is shown on a monitor as he authorized strikes that hit nuclear sites in Iran
Mark Schiefelbein / AP
US Foreign Policy