Commentary and Analysis

Partisan differences guide assessments of where Washington should turn its attention.

"One must always think of the counterfactual: What would the behavior be without the law?" Paul Poast writes. "In most cases, the answer is, Probably worse."

Ken Moriyasu, Prashant Rao, and Carla Anne Robbins join Ivo Daalder to discuss the week's top news stories.

A joint Council-Ipsos poll offer new insights into how Americans think the United States should respond to the war.

Deborah Amos, Jamil Anderlini, and Ryan Heath join Ivo Daalder to discuss the week's top news stories.

Matt Kaminski, Catherine Philp, and Philip Stephens join Ivo Daalder to discuss the week's top news stories.

Yasmeen Abutaleb, Ravi Agrawal, and Giles Whittell join Ivo Daalder to discuss the week's top news stories.

Paul Poast explores the effectiveness of municipal action on global affairs in the wake of recent city resolutions calling for a ceasefire in Gaza.

In Israel and the Palestinian territories – and other parts of the world suffering from conflict – the holy month has often correlated with heightened tensions and violence.

"The US looks like a lonely hegemon, due to the actions of an ally that it is unable to reel in but unwilling to cut off," Paul Poast writes.