Catherine Bertini and Thomas G. Weiss join Deep Dish to discuss the future of the United Nations and why the United States should lead its renewal.

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

While framing climate change as a national security threat isn’t new, recent reports argue when it comes to security planning, climate is the central concern, not a peripheral issue.

May 9, 2025, RESEARCH Public Opinion Survey by Lama El Baz and Dina Smeltz, Bernat Armangue / AP, Download Report (PDF), To address the Red Sea attacks, Americans would rather use economic sanctions to force the Houthis (and Iran) to concede the waters., On May 6, US President Donald Trump announ...

Does the Sri Lanka crisis foreshadow uprisings across the Global South? Expert Ram Manikkalingam joins Deep Dish to discuss.

Molly Montgomery, former US foreign service officer and special advisor to Vice President Mike Pence, and William Ruger, vice president for research and policy at the Charles Koch Institute, join  Deep Dish  to discuss if dealing with Putin is a lost cause or not.

Related events, research, commentary, and analysis on Afghanistan from the Council.

With Washington prioritizing deal-making over competition, Beijing’s confidence is growing—and the risk of miscalculation is rising. Could China use America’s time-out from strategic competition to surpass it economically, technologically, and geopolitically?

Experts Kathleen Klaus and Murithi Mutiga join Deep Dish to discuss the results of Kenya’s presidential election.