Commentary and Analysis

Critical minerals are central to innovation and security. The United States is dependent on China for them. Karl Friedhoff explains why that is becoming a problem.

Cécile Shea discusses whether this breakthrough could mark the beginning of a lasting peace in the Middle East.

Cécile Shea lays out the potential timeline for the release of hostages and unpacks the challenges ahead.

At least half of all partisans see government corruption and weakening democracy as critical threats, but they are deeply divided on climate change and immigration.

"With . . . an American public growing more and more hostile to Israel as the war has progressed, Trump has little to lose by bullying Netanyahu—and a fair amount to gain," Dan Drezner argues.

"There is more potential for a deal now than there has been for probably the last year or so," Cécile Shea says.

Paul Poast unpacks President Donald Trump's pivot on the conflict after meeting with Ukrainian Volodymyr Zelenskyy on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly.

After meeting with Zelenskyy during the UN General Assembly, "Trump has moved so dramatically from being what felt, for a very long time, like he was in Vladimir Putin's corner to being very much in Ukraine's corner," Leslie Vinjamuri says.

Roughly six in 10 favor using US troops if Russia were to invade a NATO ally like Poland or Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia.

But nearly a quarter century after the September 11 attacks, Americans still view international terrorism as among the most critical threats to the United States.