Journalists Ryan Heath, Carla Anne Robbins, and Philip Stephens join Council President Ivo Daalder to review the news of the week.

European perception of the United States has plummeted as multilateral commitments wane and international tensions rise, recent surveys show.

March 20, 2025, RESEARCH Public Opinion Survey by Lama El Baz and Dina Smeltz, Efrem Lukatsky / AP, Download Report (PDF), While most support providing medevac services to injured peacekeepers, the public is divided over backing a peacekeeping force militarily., UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer hos...

January 3, 2023, RESEARCH Public Opinion Survey by Phillip Meng, Reuters, Download Report (PDF), Great power competition is the organizing principle of President Biden’s new National Security Strategy. Is the American public on board?, Key Findings, American views of Russia and China have hit r...

April 15, 2024, RESEARCH Public Opinion Survey by Lama El Baz , Dina Smeltz , Denis Volkov , and Stepan Goncharov, Alexander Zemlianichenko / AP, Download Report (PDF), Before the Crocus City Hall attack, a plurality of Russian young adults said Russia’s top foreign policy priority should be bo...

The US has used its UN veto power to stop an Israel-Hamas war ceasefire resolution and other measures. Here's how it got veto power and how America has used it.

What do Putin and Trump have in common? Both turn grievance into power, and our guests explain how.

July 12, 2018, RESEARCH Public Opinion Survey by Dina Smeltz , Lily Wojtowicz , Denis Volkov , and Stepan Goncharov, Reuters, Download Report (PDF), Experts on the US-Russian relationship think that decreased communication between the two governments, toxic media coverage, and the natures of both...

The Levada Analytical Center’s Stepan Goncharov joins Council Research Assistant Lama El Baz to explore recent survey findings.

As the end of Putin's presidential term limits draw closer, many international observers wonder what Russia's leadership will look like after 2024.