"The next Congress must take practical steps to remove obstacles to defense industrial base integration and make it harder for the administration to take unilateral steps that sabotage alliances," Council Vice President of Research Ariane Tabatabai and John Drennan write.
"We are beginning to see a debate . . . about whether Congress can reassert its control over questions of the use of force," Council President and CEO Leslie Vinjamuri tells CNN.
Council President and CEO Leslie Vinjamuri and Council Lester Crown Senior Nonresident Fellow Peter Trubowitz unpack what the midterm results mean for US President Donald Trump's agenda and the balance of power in Washington.
" We've seen shifts coming for quite some time in American support for Israel," Council President and CEO Leslie Vinjamuri tells DW News. "It's going to take time to wind down existing commitments, but it's undoubtedly a shift that's going to take place."
Council Director of Public Opinion and Foreign Policy Craig Kafura joins Fox 32 to discuss how the Iran war, tariffs, and US support for Israel impacted the vote—and what might happen next.
"A boxed-in Trump, with no obvious constructive foreign policy outlet to channel his energy, may well lash out internationally," Council Senior Nonresident Fellow Daniel Drezner and Elizabeth Saunders write.
"I don't see this as a huge foreign policy election," Council President and CEO Leslie Vinjamuri says, pointing to other issues like affordability and corruption. "[But] I think generally people haven't been pleased with foreign policy because it's been disruptive and it's affected them."
"In both parties, there's a generational shift away from Israel," Council Managing Director and Chair of Public Opinion and Foreign Policy Dina Smeltz tells Fox 32.
