Upcoming Events

A Golden Era for US-Central Asia Relations?

Hybrid EVENT

Ajar Chekirova, Elena Son-LaRocco, and Alex Cooley explore Central Asia’s rising role and what it could mean for US engagement and diaspora communities.

Trump Administration meeting with leaders from Central Asia
Jacquelyn Martin / AP
Apr
30

Past Events

Global Implications of the Emerging Conflict with Iran

PAST EVENT VIDEO

Leslie Vinjamuri, Julianne Smith, and Evan Medeiros discuss the escalating US-Iran conflict and its broader implications.

Turkey Protests on Iran
Emrah Gural / AP

Corporate Roundtable on the Geopolitical Implications of US Strikes on Iran

PAST EVENT
Corporate Leadership Conversations

Former US Deputy Secretary of Defense Kathleen Hicks on the strategic risks and potential consequences of the United States’ recent strikes on Iran.

The sun sets behind a plume of smoke rising after a US–Israeli military strike in Tehran, Iran.
Vahid Salemi / AP

Commentary

Why Pakistan is Mediating Between the United States and Iran

Analysis
by Paul Staniland

Thinking about Pakistan as a South Asian power misses the fact that it has regional connections to the Middle East—and global power connections it can leverage.

 President Donald Trump listens as Pakistan's Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif speaks at a podium
Evan Vucci / AP
Global Politics

Behind China's Measured Response to the Middle East Conflict

Analysis
by Leslie Vinjamuri

The Iran war is presenting the greatest test yet of the limits of America's power in an increasingly multipolar world.

President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping
Mark Schiefelbein / AP
Global Politics

Research

Chinese Public Divided on Whether Beijing Should Seek Shared Leadership or Global Dominance

RESEARCH
Public Opinion Survey by Coauthors

Whether Beijing should take any leadership position on the world stage, however, is an overwhelming “yes.”

China's President Xi Jinping remotely addresses the 76th session of the United Nations General Assembly
Mary Altaffer / Pool via AP
Public Opinion

Chinese Public Broadly Confident in China's Economy

RESEARCH
Public Opinion Survey by Coauthors

Everyday Chinese citizens view international trade as good for the economy and job creation, and say China should pursue a policy of global free trade.

People shop at Taikoo Li Sanlitun shopping center in Beijing, China
Vincent Thian / AP
Public Opinion

Experts

Alexander Cooley 

Senior Nonresident Fellow, Eurasia Affairs
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Ivo H. Daalder 

President Emeritus, Chicago Council on Global Affairs
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