Commentary and Analysis

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

Lee Hockstader, Andrew Roth, and Felicia Schwartz join Ivo Daalder to discuss the week's top news stories.

James Lindsay and Matt Kaminski join Ivo Daalder to discuss the end of Pax Americana.

"It’s no wonder that many see Trump taking US foreign policy in a darker, more coercive direction," Paul Poast argues.

Bobby Ghosh, James Harding, and Carla Anne Robbins join guest host Deborah Amos to discuss the week's top news stories.

The issue that drove Donald Trump’s original presidential bid remains a divider within his party, Council data show.

In 2022, there were about 170,000 troops stationed outside of the U.S. and its territories, according to the Department of Defense. As of June 2023, there were over 30,000 troops stationed in the Middle East alone, before America expanded its military presence following Hamas' attack on Israel in October. 

Milei’s appeal draws attention to an acute problem facing democracies around the world: Good governance and good politics don’t always align.

Though the protection of the Amazon is a top global priority, drugs and deforestation are increasingly linked as threats to the world's largest rainforest.

After decades of research, Brazil has led experiments to recuperate degraded rainforest and help ranchers produce more without toppling any more forest.