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Upcoming Events

America's Choice: A Post-Election Town Hall

In-Person EVENT

Council members are invited to join us for a town hall with Council CEO Ivo Daalder, former US ambassador to NATO, as we discuss the results of the 2024 presidential election and the implications for US foreign policy and global engagement.  

A sign reads "To Vote" above an arrow pointing right as an American flag flies in the background.
Paul Sancya / AP
Nov
13

Past Events

The Israel-Hamas War: One Year On

PAST EVENT VIDEO

Council CEO Ivo Daalder leads a conversation with Brandeis University's Shai Feldman, Egyptian Senator Abdel Monem Said Aly, and Khalil Shikaki of the Palestinian Center for Policy and Survey Research on the political and humanitarian implications of the Israel-Hamas war and prospects for peace.

Council CEO Ivo Daalder leads a conversation with Brandeis University's Shai Feldman, Egyptian Senator Abdel Monem Said Aly, and Khalil Shikaki of the Palestinian Center for Policy and Survey Research on the political and humanitarian implications of the Israel-Hamas war and prospects for peace.
Ana Miyares Photography

Tehran's Tactics: Iran, Its Proxies, and US Middle East Policy

PAST EVENT VIDEO
Election 2024

Suzanne Maloney of the Brookings Institution leads a conversation with Behnam Ben Taleblu of the Foundation for Defense of Democracies and Michael Singh of the Washington Institute for Near East Policy on how the outcome of the US presidential election may shape US policy toward Iran and the broader Middle East.

Suzanne Maloney of the Brookings Institution leads a conversation with Behnam Ben Taleblu of the Foundation for Defense of Democracies and Michael Singh of the Washington Institute for Near East Policy on how the outcome of the US presidential election may shape US policy toward Iran and the broader Middle East.
Ana Miyares Photography

Commentary & Analysis

North Korea Sends Troops to Russia for Training

In the News
WGN 9
Karl Friedhoff

"They may be preparing to better operate with Russia as they square off against South Korea," Karl Friedhoff says.

Karl Friedhoff appears on WGN Global Politics

A World Free of Nuclear Weapons Is More Aspirational Than Realistic

In the News
World Politics Review
Paul Poast

"Pandora’s Box has been opened, and there is no shutting it," Paul Poast writes.

he Cenotaph for the Victims of the Atomic Bomb and the The Atomic Bomb Dome are seen at the Peace Memorial Park in Hiroshima
Brendan Smialowski / AP
Defense and Security

Research

Americans Fear Recent Assassinations in Middle East Will Spark Wider War

RESEARCH
Public Opinion Survey by Coauthors

The US public is now equally split on whether Israel’s war against Hamas in Gaza is justified or not.

A Hezbollah supporter waves the Palestinian flag during the funeral procession of top commander Fouad Shukur who was killed by an Israeli airstrike
Hussein Malla / AP
US Foreign Policy

Young Russians See Brighter Future Than Young Americans Do

RESEARCH
Public Opinion Survey by Coauthors

Russian young adults have a more positive economic and political outlook than their American counterparts, yet both youth populations think equally about emigrating.

People walk along closed empty Red Square with the Kremlin Wall
Alexander Zemlianichenko / AP
Public Opinion

Experts

Daniel W. Drezner 

Nonresident Senior Fellow, Public Opinion and Foreign Policy
Council expert Daniel W. Drezner