Commentary and Analysis

"Mass citizen protests have driven the region’s most dramatic political changes in recent years," Paul Staniland writes.

Karl Friedhoff weighs in on the challenges shaping South Korean President Lee Jae Myung's early leadership.

"We do see a high degree of confidence in China, in the Chinese public, in their country, and the direction that the government is taking their country," Dina Smeltz explains, citing new Council-Carter Center data.

"Until the great powers can either agree—or at least agree to disagree—on what comes next, the new world order will remain radically incomplete," Daniel Drezner argues.

“There was a lot more subtlety in the data with a plurality, 48 percent, saying that China’s interested in a shared leadership role,” Paul Heer said of the new Council-Carter Center survey.

Seven in 10 Chinese people consider their country the greatest, per a new Chicago Council-Carter Center survey.

The idea that Trump is swaying Russia’s and India’s foreign policies misses a key point about great power politics, Paul Poast argues.

Is every move against China strengthening the US—or is it just making us weaker? Jessica Chen Weiss breaks it down.

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.

What do Putin and Trump have in common? Both turn grievance into power, and our guests explain how.