Upcoming Events

When Commerce Becomes Coercion: Navigating Weaponized Interdependence

Hybrid EVENT

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.

Photograph of Chinese flag in front of shipping containers
Noah Berger / AP
Mar
24

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

Past Events

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

2026 Global Affairs Pub Quiz

PAST EVENT

Join us for an evening of strategy, teamwork, and competition in support of Global Leadership Programs at the Council.

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Ana Miyares Photography

Commentary

The Pros and Cons of Negotiating in Public

In the News
Foreign Policy
Suzanne Nossel

"Taking negotiations public is like setting sail in a squall: You’re betting you can harness the popular and geopolitical winds to make way, rather than get blown off course," Council Lester Crown Senior Nonresident Fellow Suzanne Nossel writes.

President Donald Trump speaks with reporters aboard Air Force One
Mark Schiefelbein / AP
US Foreign Policy

Trump, Iran, and the Future of American Power

Podcast
Deep Dish on Global Affairs Podcast

Matt Duss unpacks what the widening conflict with Iran could mean for the future of US foreign policy.

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Jose Luis Magana / AP
US Foreign Policy

Research

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

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

Paul Poast 

Senior Nonresident Fellow, Foreign Policy and Public Opinion
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