Commentary and Analysis

The phrase only serves to highlight the shortcomings of his last presidency, Paul Poast argues.

"My parents instilled in me the sense that the world contains many evil people—but is full of good people, too," Ivo Daalder writes.

The Levada Analytical Center’s Stepan Goncharov joins Council Research Assistant Lama El Baz to explore recent survey findings.

"When the US economy sneezes, the world economy gets a cold," Paul Poast writes.

This gap between Democrats and Republicans on foreign policy — and America’s role in the world — is one that’s been steadily evolving over the past decade.

"Far from being an idealist driven to spread democracy, commerce, protection of human rights or some other value, Biden is a practitioner of realpolitik," Paul Poast argues.

Council polling finds support for Trump’s border wall and use of troops, but wide opposition to his mass-deportation proposal.

Candace Rondeaux uses Council-New America data to analyze what demographic shifts might mean for the future of US foreign policy.

Trump's foreign policy platform is "essentially a rerun of the script he used the first time around," Paul Poast writes.

Dina Smeltz and other experts unpack how America’s 2024 elections will impact domestic politics, foreign policy, and the US-South Korea relationship.