Is the threat of a NATO expansion the core issue driving Putin’s aggression towards Ukraine, or are his concerns about legacy to blame?

January 24, 2018, RESEARCH Public Opinion Survey by Dina Smeltz , Lily Wojtowicz , and Stepan Goncharov, Pedro Szekely, Download Report (PDF), Although the US public supports maintaining or increasing US sanctions against Russia, the Russian public does not think the sanctions are a critical thre...

“What Putin wants most of all is to make sure that he can control the destiny of Ukraine,” Council President Ivo Daalder tells CNN’s Larry Madowo.

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Secretary Blinken’s meeting with Russian Minister Lavrov suggest that there is “at least some possibility of having a diplomatic opening,” Council President Ivo Daalder tells CNN.

Emma Ashford and James Goldgeier join Deep Dish to discuss the war in Ukraine from restraint and liberal internationalist perspectives.

March 10, 2020

In 2018, the Council captured public and opinion leader attitudes on some of the most pressing foreign policy issues.