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Past Events

Are We Heading Toward a New Nuclear Arms Race?

PAST EVENT VIDEO

Laura S. H. Holgate, Christine E. Wormuth, and Ariane Tabatabai discuss what the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty reveals about the future of arms control.

May 28
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Matthias Schrader / AP

The Digital Battlefield: How Technology Is Transforming War

PAST EVENT VIDEO

Kathleen Hicks and Patrick Tucker discuss the changing nature of warfare and what it means for the future of global defense and security.

Mar 18
Speakers on the Council's stage.
Ana Miyares Photography
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Commentary

Trump, Europe, and the Russia-Ukraine War

In the News
CNN
Leslie Vinjamuri

"Momentum should be on Ukraine's side, if only Europe and the United States could collaborate effectively to really take advantage of this moment," Council President and CEO Leslie Vinjamuri tells CNN International.

Leslie Vinjamuri speaks with a CNN journalist Defense and Security

Is the US Entering a New Era of Global Power?

Podcast
Deep Dish on Global Affairs Podcast

Former Pentagon official Michèle Flournoy breaks down how America’s changing defense strategy could reshape the global order and US power.

Soldiers
Aaron Favila / AP
Defense and Security
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Research

Majority of Americans Say Congress' Approval Needed for US Strikes in Iran

RESEARCH
Public Opinion Survey by Coauthors

While few Americans want to see Iran develop a nuclear weapon, just half expressed support for US airstrikes against Iran’s nuclear facilities—and most believe direct military action would spark a broader regional war.

Plumes of smoke from two simultaneous strikes rise over Tehran, Iran
Mohsen Ganji / AP
US Foreign Policy

Americans See Congress as Weak on Foreign Policy Compared to the President

RESEARCH
Public Opinion Survey by Coauthors

Just three in 10 Americans see the division of foreign policy powers between Congress and the president as “about right.”

President Donald Trump delivers the State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress
Jessica Koscielniak / Pool via AP
Public Opinion
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Experts

Rachel Bronson 

Lester Crown Senior Nonresident Fellow, Energy and Geopolitics, Chicago Council on Global Affairs
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Expertise
Middle East and North Africa
Defense and Security
US Foreign Policy

Ivo H. Daalder 

President Emeritus, Chicago Council on Global Affairs
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Expertise
North America
Europe
Defense and Security
Global Politics
US Foreign Policy
Social Media
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