Karen DeYoung, Stefan Kornelius, and Peter Spiegel join Ivo Daalder to discuss the week's top news stories, from Afghanistan to the upcoming German elections.

A collaboration between the Council and Ipsos to measure public opinion on the major foreign policy issues of the moment.

With the loss of Angela Merkel, will the EU survive COVID-19, which is yet another institutional and existential blow? ​

Samuel Kling examines the governability of urban areas in times of riots and pandemics.

The United States needs to do more to ensure women are equally represented in legislative bodies.

The West is failing to win over the Global South and the lack of support for the Ukraine war demonstrates why it matters.

Public opinion polling offers insights into what cost incumbent leaders and parties at the polls.

August 21, 2023, RESEARCH Report by Elizabeth Shackelford , Ethan Kessler , and Emma Sanderson, USA AFRICOM, Download Report (PDF), The US strategy toward Africa today is neither effective nor sustainable. It’s time to flip the script., US policy in Africa has for too long prioritized short-ter...

Republicans are more concerned about China's rise than ever before.

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