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NATO Defense Officials Meet in Germany

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NPR
Ivo H. Daalder

"If it is a proxy war, it is such because Russia invaded Ukraine," Council President Ivo Daalder asserts on NPR's Morning Edition with Leila Fadel.

Lloyd Austin, Antony Blinken, and Volodomyr Zelenskyy before US and Ukraine flags.
Reuters
US Foreign Policy

Do Americans Support Fighting in Ukraine? It Depends How You Ask

In the News
Responsible Statecraft
Ethan Kessler

“Just 35 percent of Americans supported sending US troops to Ukraine, a decrease from 50 percent in July 2021,” writes Ethan Kessler in Responsible Statecraft.

US Army troops stand in a line outside near a rectangular building.
Joel Rivera-Camach0
US Foreign Policy

Putin's Nuclear Threat Would Be "Earth Changing"

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Fox Business
Ivo H. Daalder

Putin's use of a nuclear weapon would "fundamentally change the nature of the conflict and the threat that he poses to global security," Ivo Daalder tells Fox Business.

Screenshot of Ivo Daalder on Fox Business. Global Politics

Assessing the Russian-Ukraine Weapons Outlook

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MSNBC
Ivo H. Daalder

"If Russia uses nuclear or chemical weapons, the US willingness to engage will change as a result," Council President Ivo Daalder tells MSNBC's Andrea Mitchell.

US Foreign Policy

Japanese More Confident than Americans in US Power

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Running Numbers by Craig Kafura

New Chicago Council-Japan Institute of International Affairs data find the Japanese public has greater confidence in US economic and military power than do Americans.

Washington Monument seen through Japanese cherry blossoms.
Reuters
Public Opinion

Is Mexico Neutral in the Russia-Ukraine War?

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Newsy
Cécile Shea

Why has Mexico failed to stand up to Russia, and what role do vaccines play? Nonresident Senior Fellow Cécile Shea weighs in on Newsy.

Screenshot of Cecile Shea on Newsy. Defense and Security

Subnational Diplomacy Evolves: From Urban Arenas to City Partners

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Columbia Journal of International Affairs
Ian Klaus

Ian Klaus explains how subnational diplomacy is being rediscovered by foreign policymakers, diplomats, and scholars alike.

US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken at an event on June 1, 2022.
Reuters
US Foreign Policy

US Public Perceptions of the Russian-Ukrainian War

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War on the Rocks
Dina Smeltz

How have US attitudes toward the war in Ukraine, and Washington’s response, evolved? Senior Fellow Dina Smelts unpacks with War on the Rocks.

Protesters hold signs against Putin in NYC.
Reuters
Public Opinion

New Paths to Heartland Prosperity Can Change Our Politics

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The National Interest
John Austin

“Transatlantic effort to accelerate economic change in industrial heartland regions has huge implications,” cowrites John Austin in the National Interest.

Smokestacks on the horizon of a field with stormy skies.
Ronnie Fleming
Global Cities

NATO Enlargement Didn't Go Far Enough

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The Economist
Ivo H. Daalder

After six weeks of Russia's violence in Ukraine, “still to blame NATO is, frankly, absurd,” argues Ivo Daalder. He explains why in the Economist.

Reuters
Reuters
US Foreign Policy