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After months of punitive US tariffs, President Trump and Prime Minister Modi announced a trade deal between the world’s two largest democracies. But India has been following a now familiar pattern—building resilience in the face of a disruptive Washington.
The new strategy "suggests a very geographically grounded way of thinking about defense," former US Deputy Secretary of Defense Kathleen Hicks told the Council. She explains what it could mean for China, the war in Ukraine, and US alliances—and what comes next.
The free trade agreement between India and the European Union is a bold statement by middle powers, demonstrating to both the US and China that there could be better alternatives in a multipolar world.
American public opinion is increasingly at odds with US President Donald Trump’s approach to foreign policy. Fifty years of Chicago Council on Global Affairs polling reveals why the "America First" agenda has prevailed—and where it might break down.
Fifty years of Chicago Council on Global Affairs polling reveals significant reservoirs of cross-party agreement and a strong base of public support for a more cooperative approach to world affairs.
News that the World Economic Forum may come down from the mountain is symbolic of the end of an era but also signals the beginning of new thinking about internationalism. In Davos, Trump, Carney, and Zelenskyy offered competing visions for the future international order.
With the death toll rising in Iran amid a crackdown on protests, US President Donald Trump is weighing a strike against the nation. Iran’s capacity to respond to such an action is far more limited than its leaders suggest.
As foreign ministers from Denmark and Greenland prepare to meet with Trump officials, Ambassador Julianne Smith explains what US actions to acquire the autonomous territory could mean for the United States’ most important alliance.
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney and Chinese President Xi Jinping are set to meet this week in Beijing, with bilateral trade high on the agenda. What does it mean for Trump’s efforts to exert control over the Western Hemisphere?
