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?
In another bid to force Iran to succumb to his will, Donald Trump has launched Operation Economic Outcast against Iran - but is it America that is becoming the international pariah? Leslie Vinjamuri joins the discussion.
Council Distinguished Nonresident Fellow Ambassador Julianne Smith notes that the US should review its European force posture based on security needs—not allies’ political loyalty—to protect NATO, deter Russia, and preserve readiness.
Vice President of Research for Geostrategy and Diplomacy Raymond Kuo asks, “If you’re not even willing to do an exercise with a country you’re formally allied to, are you going to show up when North Korea starts firing missiles at South Koreans?”
"A bargaining war turns on two quantities: what each side can threaten, and what each side can bear," Council Vice President of Research for Security and Defense Ariane Tabatabai and Lawfare's Julia Curlee write.
More people need humanitarian assistance as some of the world’s biggest donors scale back. Mercy Corps CEO Tjada McKenna explains why “the gap is not being plugged” and what could come next.
How can middle powers win without returning to globalization and the same old system? Council Distinguished Nonresident Fellow Ambassador Julianne Smith weighs in.
"[President Trump is] essentially taking Oman and lashing out at them because of the fact that he is unable to close out this war," Council Vice President of Research on Security and Defense Ariane Tabatabai shares on The Daily Blast podcast.
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.
