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In early February 2019, the United States withdrew from the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty. Russia withdrew from the treaty the next day.

As the US and Israel launched strikes on Iran and the conflict intensified, global leaders gathered in New Delhi to debate what comes next. Harsh Pant and Karim Haggag share the takeaways.

Ivo Daalder talks with reporters from some of the world's leading media outlets about the week's most important global affairs news.

Honoring The Right Honourable Justin Trudeau, former prime minister of Canada; Regina Cross, vice president in private wealth management at Goldman Sachs and Council Emerging Leaders alumna; Michael Polsky, Invenergy founder and CEO; and Tanya Polsky, Polsky Foundation president.

America saw inaccurate polling for the House and Senate races across the country, which overestimated Democratic support in a wide range of races.

We explore the tensions between two key US allies in Asia—Japan and South Korea—and what happened in 2019 that led the countries here.

September 16, 2019, RESEARCH Public Opinion Survey by Dina Smeltz , Ivo H. Daalder , Karl Friedhoff , Brendan Helm , and Craig Kafura, Download Report (PDF) Download Data (ZIP), Findings show a majority of Americans reject ideas of the United States retreating from the world, abdicating internati...

The contest to succeed António Guterres is underway. As candidates put forward their visions, the more pressing question is what kind of leader the moment demands.

As the virus spreads, the United States is turning inward. Can the international community contain the outbreak without Washington?