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What Is at Stake as UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer Visits China

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BBC News
Leslie Vinjamuri

Council President and CEO Leslie Vinjamuri joins BBC News to discuss Starmer's trip to Beijing and what it signals about the UK-China relationship moving forward.

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Why 'America First' Has Prevailed—Despite Public Opinion

Analysis
by Bruce W. Jentleson

American public opinion is increasingly at odds with US President Donald Trump’s approach to foreign policy. Fifty years of Chicago Council on Global Affairs polling reveals why the "America First" agenda has prevailed—and where it might break down.

The U.S. Capitol is seen from the base of the Washington Monument shortly before sunset, Tuesday, Dec. 16, 2025, in Washington.
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The American Political Environment Is Ripe for a New Foreign Policy Vision

Analysis
by Jordan Tama

Fifty years of Chicago Council on Global Affairs polling reveals significant reservoirs of cross-party agreement and a strong base of public support for a more cooperative approach to world affairs.

An early morning pedestrian is silhouetted against sunrise as he walks through the U.S. Flags on the National Mall and past the US Capitol Building in Washington.
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Could a Dublin-Detroit-Davos Corridor Be an Engine for a Renewal of the Transatlantic Partnership?

Analysis
by Leslie Vinjamuri

News that the World Economic Forum may come down from the mountain is symbolic of the end of an era but also signals the beginning of new thinking about internationalism. In Davos, Trump, Carney, and Zelenskyy offered competing visions for the future international order.

Flags decorate the Congress Center where the Annual Meeting of the World Economy Forum take place in Davos, Switzerland, Monday, Jan. 19, 2026.
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Global Politics

Europe Is the US Establishment's Last Hope

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Foreign Policy
Suzanne Nossel

"Liberal-minded US politicians and foreign-policy experts are now openly pinning their hopes for the free world on a stiffening of the European spine," Council Senior Nonresident Fellow Suzanne Nossel writes.

European Council President Antonio Costa, Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen arrive for an EU Summit
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How Trump's Greenland Moves Are Impacting the Transatlantic Partnership

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BBC News
Leslie Vinjamuri

Council President and CEO Leslie Vinjamuri reflects on recent strains to US-European relations and what is at stake moving forward.

Leslie Vinjamuri speaks with BBC News via video US Foreign Policy

How the World Is Reading US Power

Podcast
Deep Dish on Global Affairs Podcast

From Venezuela to Greenland, the US has dominated global headlines one year into Trump’s second term. But what comes next, and how is the world reacting? Join Emma Ashford and Ryan Hass as we discuss these topics among others.

Greenland Protest
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Trump Says He Reached a Deal on Greenland, Backing off Tariff Threat

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Coauthors

Council Senior Nonresident Fellow Paul Poast and Council Board Member Richard Porter unpack the latest on the Trump administration's plan for Greenland and the future of Arctic security.

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Why Iran’s Regime Didn’t Collapse

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Foreign Policy
Saeid Golkar

"The Islamic Republic was built to withstand sustained unrest," Senior Nonresident Fellow Saeid Golkar writes in Foreign Policy.

The Iranian flag waves in front of the building of the International Atomic Energy Agency, in Vienna, Austria on December 17, 2021.
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Global Politics

Trump’s Announcement of ‘Framework of a Future Deal’ in Greenland Raises Questions

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NBC 5 Chicago
Craig Kafura

"America has had military bases in Greenland for decades,” says Council Director of Public Opinion and Foreign Policy Craig Kafura. "The idea of needing to conquer Greenland, needing Greenland to be part of the United States for U.S. national security just isn't true."

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