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Israelis and Palestinians sharply disagree over the benefits of Israel's agreement with the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain.

Former US Ambassador to Russia Michael McFaul and Wilson Center’s Lucian Kim explain how Russia’s setbacks in Ukraine have exposed flaws in its claims to be a great power.

"Intentions matter," Council President Ivo Daalder explains in a conversation with CNN's Jim Sciutto after President Biden's first NATO meetings.

Richard Longworth, author of "Chicago and the World: 100 years of the Chicago Council on Global Affairs," talks with Council President Ivo H. Daalder and former Council presidents John E. Rielly and Marshall M. Bouton.

A military strengthened by American training, weapons, and intelligence helped create the very problem US assistance was meant to prevent.

Ivo Daalder discusses the annual Munich Security Conference.

China’s growing contributions to African development should not automatically be feared, but their presence should recalibrate US approaches.

In the world of realpolitik, are Russia's demands of NATO fair? Council President Ivo Daalder discusses with Ghida Fakhry on Inside America.

The 2014 Chicago Council Survey of American public opinion and US foreign policy shows public support for an “Active” Role in world affairs.

Council President Ivo Daalder, former US ambassador to NATO, shares his perspective.

American diplomacy is in shambles, but beneath the daily chaos is an erosion of the postwar order that is even more dangerous.

Recent years have tested the resiliency of farmers with trade wars, catastrophic floods, and now the COVID-19 pandemic, but farmers are still farming.

Michael Woldemariam and Ertharin Cousin join the Chicago Council on Global Affairs’ Deep Dish podcast to discuss the relationship between Ethiopia and Eritrea.

Ivo Daalder, Chuck Hagel, Malcolm Rifkind, and Kevin Rudd join Brian Hanson to explain why the current security environment could restart nuclear proliferation.

China and Russia dominate the future of the transatlantic alliance, Council President Ivo Daalder explains to CNN.

In this episode of #AskIvo, Council President Ivo Daalder explores if China’s investment in Africa a debt trap.

A majority of the US public continues to back current military and financial aid to Kyiv, recent polls find.

In this episode of #AskIvo, Council President Ivo Daalder talks about why cities are critical to understand our future and to solve the shared problems facing humanity.

In lieu of a new World Review, Ivo Daalder talks with Former Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd about the foreign policy objectives of the United States and China and how these superpowers can prevent competition from sparking a conflict.

The American public is increasingly skeptical of the US-China trade relationship, and narrow majorities support increased restrictions on both trade and technological exchanges.

Ivo Daalder makes three encompassing points about the future of Venezuela, in this episode of #AskIvo.

Will gas flow in the Nord Stream 2 pipeline if Russia invades Ukraine? Council President Ivo Daalder argues on CNN it is "inconceivable."

Ivo Daalder discusses President Trump's intent to withdraw the United States from NATO.

Two former US ambassadors to NATO join the Chicago Council on Global Affairs’ Deep Dish podcast to explain why it’s a critical time for NATO.

Sarah Yerkes and Gordon Gray join Deep Dish to discuss why Tunisia is the epicenter of Arab Democracy

The world's democracies need a way to fight back against coercive economic actions by authoritarian governments, argue Ivo Daalder and Anders Fogh Rasmussen.

In his first speech as National Security Advisor, Bolton threatened to sanction International Criminal Court (ICC) judges, bar them from traveling to the US, and use US courts to prosecute them.

Jamil Anderlini and Ambassador Kurt Tong join Deep Dish to examine what China's new national security law in Hong Kong means for the US-China rivalry.

The presidents of the National Democratic Institute and the International Republican Institute join  Deep Dish  to explain why the United States must promote democracy abroad.

What is behind the recent wave of instability between states on Russia’s southern periphery? Joshua Kucera and Madeleine Reeves discuss.

The Council convened a task force to provide recommendations to advance the goals of the 2022 White House Conference on Hunger, Nutrition, and Health.

New data from the Japan Institute of International Affairs and the Council offer insights on how publics in the United States and Japan view the relationship between their countries.

In this episode of #AskIvo, Council President Ivo Daalder looks at three big issues rising to the surface in German politics on the eve of her departure.

Does President Lukashenka's decision to let migrants back over the border into Belarus mean the crisis is over?

Experts James Dobbins and Douglas Lute discuss whether and how an endgame might take shape in America's longest war.

International Crisis Group’s Laurel Miller and former US Ambassador to Afghanistan P. Michael McKinley join Deep Dish to explain what the United States and the world should do to help the Afghan people.

Earl Anthony Wayne, a former US ambassador to Mexico, joins Deep Dish to discuss what can realistically be done about migrants.

Should the United States take a more militarized or diplomatic approach in Taiwan-China relations?