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A majority support using US troops to defend Seoul should North Korea invade, Council polling shows.

The success of ambitious states will be determined by their ability to shape global infrastructures and the cities they connect around the world.

US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s visit aroused Beijing’s ire—but more important may be the long-term trends in Taiwanese attitudes. 

This Council report indicates Americans support US involvement in Asia and seem to think that US regional efforts positively affect stability.

An important debate has cracked open about the future of the U.S.-China relationship. This was inevitable. But the debate, while increasingly contentious, has been limited to politicians, policymakers, and pundits, largely overlooking what most

Biden-era surveys affirm continued support for the intelligence community but also signal growing partisanship.

Even as the war in Ukraine creates risks, the extensive city-based CEFT network remains resilient from its continued expansion, improved infrastructure, and operational adaptability.

While the US public believes trade is good for the economy, it does favors some restrictions—especially on goods such as semiconductors.

African cities have emerged as proxy arenas where different modes of international relations are given effect through the development of infrastructure.

"Bipartisan consensus (on the scope of the threat) needs to be reconsidered because the wrong diagnosis could yield the wrong, or even dangerous, prescriptions," Paul Heer writes.

"We have to deal with China and the way to deal with it is to engage with it," argues Nonresident Senior Fellow Paul Heer in the Wire China.

Washington has started selling arms that serve a "porcupine" defense strategy to Taiwan. Whether Taipei fully embraces this new approach remains to be seen.

This book provides the non-specialist reader with the background to understand the debates about trade.

President Yoon will likely sell the idea of “lining up major investments coming into South Korea from American companies,” says Karl Friedhoff.

Reflect on the year with highlights from the Council's public opinion research and analysis.

“Both sides continue to pursue policies that appear aimed more at competition and confrontation,” writes Paul Heer in the National Interest.

Blinken’s China visit “could pave the way for a direct summit between US President Joe Biden and Xi,” writes Nonresident Fellow Paul Poast.

China's Zero-COVID policy was "meant to be living proof of a superior system of governance," writes Kris Hartley in the Diplomat.

"The G-7 approach has three facets: ignore Russian intimidation, economically decouple from China and court nations throughout the Global South," Paul Poast writes.

America saw inaccurate polling for the House and Senate races across the country, which overestimated Democratic support in a wide range of races.