Upcoming Events

Global Implications of the Emerging Conflict with Iran

Virtual EVENT

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

Turkey Protests on Iran
Emrah Gural / AP
Mar
31

Is the Global Economy Ready for Another Forever War?

Virtual EVENT

Lord Jim O’Neill, Raghuram Rajan, and Leslie Vinjamuri discuss the mounting and multiplying global economic effects of the Iran war.

A Wall Street screen displaying stock numbers.
Seth Wenig / AP
Apr
21

Past Events

When Commerce Becomes Coercion: Navigating Weaponized Interdependence

PAST EVENT VIDEO

Victor Cha, Paul Heer, and Leslie Vinjamuri discuss how major powers are turning economic interdependence into a geopolitical tool and how other countries can respond.

Speakers on the Council's stage

What Does Iran's Energy Security Crisis Mean for the World?

PAST EVENT VIDEO
Rapid Response

A conversation with the Council's Rachel Bronson, Columbia University's Jason Bordoff, and CSIS's Raad Alkadiri on the global implications of Iran’s energy security crisis and how it could shape the war.

A worker gestures to indicate "no gas" at a gasoline station in the Philippines
Aaron Favila / AP

Commentary

From Oil to Food: How the Iran War Could Disrupt Global Stability

Podcast
Deep Dish on Global Affairs Podcast

Catherine Bertini and Michael Werz explain how the Iran war could ripple from energy markets into global food systems, driving prices higher and worsening global food security.

Lebanon Food Aid
Hassan Ammar / AP
Food and Agriculture

What Would an Abundance Foreign Policy Look Like?

In the News
Foreign Policy
Suzanne Nossel

"A foreign policy of abundance should make US economic strength and broad-based prosperity its first order of business, banking that bounty and stability at home are prerequisites for the United States to thrive in the world," Council Lester Crown Senior Nonresident Fellow Suzanne Nossel writes.

An American flag hangs in front of a store in Colorado
David Zalubowski / AP
US Foreign Policy

Research

In Tariffs Debate, Gen Z and Millennials Favor Lower Prices and More Choices

RESEARCH
Public Opinion Survey by Coauthors

Younger Americans see globalization and free trade not as threats to their jobs, but assets to improve their standard of living and reduce the cost of goods.

A person browses the grocery store
David Zalubowski / AP
Global Economy

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

Paul Poast 

Senior Nonresident Fellow, Foreign Policy and Public Opinion
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