For decades, the United States has been the driving force pushing for new rules to govern world trade. What if the other major countries of the world assumed that mantle in our absence? It’s happening.

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Council surveys find an American public split on the threat of climate change but open to cooperative efforts to limit its effects.

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Join Deep Dish for a look at what the Chinese spy balloon tells us about the readiness of the US air defense system and what type of surveillance should worry us.

Ivo Daalder talks with Bethany Allen-Ebrahimian, Peter Spiegel, and Giles Whittell to get their perspectives on the news of the week and what to keep an eye on in the days ahead.

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

January 24, 2018, RESEARCH Report by Saori N. Katada, Download Report (PDF), Amidst economic uncertainty, Japan must create a robust regional order that supports continued prosperity regardless of the US administration or China’s geopolitical ambitions., Key Findings, In the 21st century, great...

Can an administration that up to this point has been belligerent towards traditional US democratic allies and has rejected many forms of multilateralism be able to turn the page and shift from "America First" to "American Led"?

June 25, 2026