Commentary and Analysis

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.

Most Americans believe the United States has too many interests in Europe to let any one country dominate the region.

"They take it this seriously because they don't want to be next," Cécile Shea explains on Paris on Politics.

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

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.

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

"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.

With Operation Spiderweb, Ukraine demonstrated it has a lot of fight left. All that means is that the war is set to rage on, Paul Poast writes.

"Americans place most of the blame for the Russia-Ukraine conflict on Putin rather than Zelenskyy," Dina Smeltz says, pointing to recent Council-Ipsos polling.