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A survey of American foreign policy experts paints a portrait of a declining Russia, with its broad influence deteriorating as China’s influence rises.

President Joe Biden will host the US-Africa Leaders Summit in Washington, DC, in December 2022. Africa’s shift toward China, Russia will be the meeting subtext.

This Chicago Council on Global Affairs survey signals the US-Russian relationship is challenged by communication, media coverage, and the countries’ presidents.

Authors Dina Esfandiary and Ariane Tabatabai join Deep Dish to discuss the relationship between Iran, Russia, and China.

Senior Fellow Dina Smeltz joins NewsNation to break down recent polling.

"It's a clear sign that he's feeling that his back is up against a wall," Elizabeth Shackelford says of Russian President Vladimir Putin's partial military mobilization.

Why would Putin choose now for a full-scale invasion? Council President Ivo Daalder answers this and more on MSNBC’s Medhi Hasan Show.

“These are momentous changes in policy that required the kind of brutality that Vladimir Putin and his forces are displaying every day to mobilize,” Ivo Daalder tells Christiane Amanpour.

Stefan Kornelius, Catherine Philp, and Peter Spiegel join Ivo Daalder to discuss the week's top news stories.

Which of history's lessons apply best, and how can the West contain Russia's aggression? Council President Ivo Daalder weighs in with BBC Radio 4.

Opinion surveys conducted in both the United States and Russia reflect similar disappointment and continued mistrust among the general publics.

On some of the most significant issues of the day, including how the United States should respond to Russia's invasion of Ukraine, Americans across party lines are in agreement, albeit often for different reasons.