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Munich Debrief: Takeaways from the Munich Security Conference

PAST EVENT

Ambassador Julianne Smith joins Leslie Vinjamuri to analyze this year's Munich Security Conference and the future of transatlantic security.

German President at MSC
Matthias Schrader / AP

Is Competition without Conflict Possible? Mapping the Views of Chinese and Americans on Foreign Policy Issues

PAST EVENT

At the Munich Security Conference, the Council and the Carter Center present their groundbreaking research and results from recent public opinion surveys examining Chinese and American perspectives on international security, trade relations, and China’s global role.

US-China Flags
Andy Wong / AP

Commentary

The Age of Kleptocracy

In the News
Foreign Affairs
Alexander Cooley

"US foreign policy is now largely subordinate to the private interests of the president and his retainers," Council Senior Nonresident Fellow Alexander Cooley and Daniel Nexon write.

A gold presidential seal in the Oval Office
Alex Brandon / AP
US Foreign Policy

Trump Admin Reveals First-of-Its-Kind Funding Data in Elite College Crackdown

In the News
Axios
Alexander Cooley

Senior Nonresident Fellow Alexander Cooley tells Axios that the Department of Education painting foreign funds to US colleges as a national security issue is "misleading."

 President Donald Trump holds a signed an executive order relating to school discipline policies as Education Secretary Linda McMahon stands behind him at the Oval Office.
Alex Brandon / AP
US Foreign Policy

Research

Americans Oppose Ceding the Donbas to Russia Amid Push for Peace Deal

RESEARCH
Public Opinion Survey by Coauthors

They are also divided on the United States’ participation in Europe’s “Coalition of the Willing” to defend a ceasefire in Ukraine.

A Ukrainian soldier near the front lines of the Russia-Ukraine war
Iryna Rybakova / Ukraine's 93rd Mechanized Brigade via AP
Public Opinion

The Growing Partisan Divide on US Foreign Policy

RESEARCH
Public Opinion Survey by Coauthors

Results and analysis of the Council's 2025 annual survey of American views on foreign policy.

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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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