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US Grand Strategy in a Fractured World

Podcast
Deep Dish on Global Affairs Podcast

Colin Kahl and Tom Wright join Leslie Vinjamuri on Deep Dish to unpack US strategy shifts.

President Donald Trump speaks standing between Secretary of State Marco Rubio, right, and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth during a press conference at the NATO Summit on June 25, 2025.
Markus Schreiber / AP
Global Politics

How Trump’s Latest Tariffs Could Affect Chicagoans

In the News
WBEZ
Cécile Shea

"It's going to hit in ways small and large all across the board. Almost everything that you buy is going to be affected," Cécile Shea says.

Cranes unload shipping containers from trucks at Jakarta International Container Terminal in Indonesia
Tatan Syuflana / AP
Global Economy

Donald Trump Will Be Remembered as a Great Leader—But Not a Good One

In the News
Chicago Tribune
Richard C. Longworth

"Trump is making history by the day, and we need to understand where he fits in this history," Richard Longworth writes.

President Donald Trump speaks with reporters as he arrives on Air Force One
Alex Brandon / AP
US Foreign Policy

How US Approach to Iran-Israel Conflict Could Impact Illinois

In the News
WBEZ
Cécile Shea

"Keeping the Strait of Hormuz open and keeping that region relatively calm is really important to manufacturers in Chicago and to all of us who have to pay for gas," Cécile Shea says.

Reporters take photos of a graphic displaying information on Operation Midnight Hammer
Alex Brandon / AP
US Foreign Policy

Wealth Has Always Offered Outsized Influence in US Politics

In the News
World Politics Review
Paul Poast

The centrality of wealth in US politics under Trump is more a sign of continuity than change. His falling out with Elon Musk only underscores this point, Paul Poast writes.

Guests including Mark Zuckerberg, Jeff Bezos, Sundar Pichai and Elon Musk arrive at Trump's inauguration
Julia Demaree Nikhinson / AP
US Foreign Policy

Ties Unwound: The Rise and Fall of Canada-US Trade Liberalization

BLOG
Running Numbers by Sam Dong

Decades of integration between the two North American neighbors risks coming undone.

In this Nov. 30, 2018 file photo, President Donald Trump, center, sits between Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, right, and Mexico's President Enrique Pena Nieto as they sign a new United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement
Martin Mejia / AP
Global Economy

Trump’s War on the ‘Deep State’ Will Hurt His Own Agenda

In the News
World Politics Review
Daniel W. Drezner

"Even in areas where the administration has not cut staff to the bone, the shallow state is implementing Trump’s preferred policies in a shallow manner," Daniel Drezner argues.

President Donald Trump listens as Elon Musk speaks in the Oval Office at the White House
Alex Brandon / AP
US Foreign Policy

Trump and Putin Are Both Learning the Wrong Lesson from World War II

In the News
World Politics Review
Paul Poast

The US and Russian governments argued last week about who should get the credit for winning World War II. Both have the wrong takeaway, Paul Poast writes.

Russian servicemen attend the Victory Day military parade in Moscow, Russia
RIA Novosti photo by Pelagia Tikhonova via AP
Global Politics

100 Days of Unmaking the World America Made

Video Series
World Review with Ivo Daalder

Stefanie Bolzen, Bobby Ghosh, and Philip Stephens join Ivo Daalder to discuss the week's top news stories.

A protester waves an upside down American flag in front of the Capitol on March 4, 2025.
Julia Demaree Nikhinson / AP
Global Politics

Trump Knows That the Rules Don't Enforce Themselves

In the News
World Politics Review
Paul Poast

"The hard reality is that the application of rules, be they domestic or international, comes down to exercises of power," Paul Poast writes.

Donald Trump speaks along the southern border with Mexico
Evan Vucci / AP
US Foreign Policy