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Leslie Vinjamuri

Reports Suggest US Responsibility for Iran School Bombing

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Fox 32 Chicago
Leslie Vinjamuri

"It's absolutely critical that the president speak as a leader, that he accept responsibility, that he apologize, and that he articulate to the American people and to his own troops what's being done to rectify this so that it doesn't happen again," says Council President and CEO Leslie Vinjamuri.

Leslie Vinjamuri speaks in the Fox 32 studio US Foreign Policy

How the Iran War Is Testing the US-UK Relationship

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Sky News
Leslie Vinjamuri

"President Trump has made it extraordinarily difficult to be a partner or an ally of the United States in this moment," Council President and CEO Leslie Vinjamuri tells Sky News.

Leslie Vinjamuri appears on Sky News via video US Foreign Policy

In New Delhi, Crisis Furthers an Embrace of Multipolarity

Analysis
by Leslie Vinjamuri

Across the first two days of the Raisina Dialogue, the Global South and Europe worked to forge a way forward amid profound disruption and uncertainty.

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi listens to a speaker during the inauguration of the second edition of the Raisina Dialogue in New Delhi, India, Tuesday, Jan. 17, 2017. Raisina Dialogue is India's flagship geo-political conference organized annually by the Observer Research Foundation (ORF) in association with the Ministry of External Affairs.
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Global Politics

Are We Headed for a Bigger War with Iran?

Podcast
Deep Dish on Global Affairs Podcast

Is this a contained escalation, or the start of something much bigger? Former US Ambassador to Israel Daniel Shapiro joins from Tel Aviv to unpack what’s driving this moment.

Lebanon Explosions
Hussein Malla / AP
Global Politics

What the US Aims to Achieve in Iran

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NBC 5 Chicago
Leslie Vinjamuri

""I think that President Trump has probably realized he doesn't have the ability to deliver regime change in Iran without committing US troops on the ground," Council President and CEO Leslie Vinjamuri says.

Leslie Vinjamuri speaks via video with NBC 5 Chicago US Foreign Policy

What Is America's Ultimate Objective in Iran?

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WBEZ
Leslie Vinjamuri

"If the ambition is regime change, the means that are being used certainly are insufficient to achieve that," Council President and CEO Leslie Vinjamuri says. "Iran has been succession planning for a very long time."

 President Donald Trump talking with CIA Director John Ratcliffe, Secretary of State Marco Rubio, and White House chief of staff Susie Wiles
Daniel Torok / The White House via AP
US Foreign Policy

In Iran, Trump Abandons a US Strategy of Coercive Diplomacy

Analysis
by Leslie Vinjamuri

The United States and Israel attacked Iran, signaling a departure from nuclear negotiations.

Smoke rises on the skyline after an explosion in Tehran, Iran, Saturday, Feb. 28, 2026.
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US Foreign Policy

Is Japan Entering a New Political Era?

Podcast
Deep Dish on Global Affairs Podcast

What does Japan’s Prime Minister signal for security, alliances, and power in Asia and beyond? Takako Hikotani and Noah Sneider explore from the ground.

Japan Elections
Kim Kyung-Hoon / AP
Global Politics

From Munich to the Board of Peace, the Trump Administration Struggles to Reassure its Transatlantic Partners; The Supreme Court Pushes Back  

Analysis
by Leslie Vinjamuri

The United States and Europe are scrambling to reform their partnership. It is an open question as to whether the transatlantic partnership can continue to be an anchor for international order as the rest of the world presses rapidly ahead.

President Donald Trumpl listens during a Board of Peace meeting at the U.S. Institute of Peace
Mark Schiefelbein / AP
US Foreign Policy

The West Under Pressure: Inside Munich 2026

Podcast
Deep Dish on Global Affairs Podcast

The Observer's Giles Whittell and ECFR's Dr. Jana Puglierin unpack what this year's Munich Security Conference revealed.

Marco Rubio at MSC
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Defense and Security