Past Events

After US-Israel Strikes: What Comes Next for Iran and the Region?

PAST EVENT VIDEO
Rapid Response

A live stream with Lisa Anderson, Daniel Byman, and Leslie Vinjamuri on the emerging developments following the joint US-Israel coordinated strikes on Iran.

US Missile Strike
US Central Command / AP

US-Iran Nuclear Tensions: What Is at Stake and What Comes Next?

PAST EVENT VIDEO
Rapid Response

A live stream with Suzanne Maloney and Vali Nasr on escalating US-Iran nuclear talks and US President Donald Trump’s threat of an imminent US strike.

US Navy Striker in Indian Ocean
Seaman Daniel Kimmelman / US Navy via AP

Commentary

Trump Warns Cuba to Make a Deal or Face "Unfriendly Takeover"

In the News
Fox 32 Chicago
Cécile Shea

"It appears that President Trump has decided that he's going to be the president that brings democracy to Cuba," Council Nonresident Senior Fellow Cécile Shea says. "It's a dangerous goal."

Cecile Shea joins Fox 32 Chicago via video US Foreign Policy

Iran Conflict Could Test NATO Commitments

In the News
Bloomberg
Julianne Smith

"This is already a relationship that's really encountered some turbulence in recent months," Council Distinguished Nonresident Fellow Ambassador Julianne Smith says of the transatlantic alliance. "Adding this Iran war now into the mix is only creating added friction."

Julianne Smith speaks in the Bloomberg studio US Foreign Policy

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

Experts

Rachel Bronson 

Lester Crown Senior Nonresident Fellow, Energy and Geopolitics
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Joshua Busby 

Senior Nonresident Fellow, Public Opinion and Foreign Policy
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