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Reports that Xi will forgo addressing the United Nations General Assembly ahead of his meeting with Trump in Washington raise uncomfortable questions about the role of multilateral institutions under great power compacts.
Six months into the war against Iran, the Trump administration has realized its strategy isn’t working. Will economic measures succeed where military operations failed?
The Council’s founders believed that the United States should have a positive vision for international engagement—and that the Midwest had a critical role to play.
Rachel Bronson explains how the deal's uranium enrichment terms and apparent bypass of IAEA oversight break from past US nuclear agreements—and what precedent that sets.
New UK leader Andy Burnham is wagering that economic renewal at home, not global strategy, is what stands between Britain and its own populist reckoning.
FIFA is increasingly bending to host countries on domestic politics, raising questions about whether global sporting events can still function as unifying forces.
