Houthi attacks in the Red Sea and drought in the Panama Canal are delaying shipments and could increase emissions.

In the US, student groups are voicing their positions on the war between Hamas and Israel, including a statement by 34 Harvard University groups holding Israel responsible for the violence.

The Abraham Accords didn't provoke a reaction among many Arab states. Why?

Dina Smeltz discusses European opinion of the US post-Trump.

The US has used its UN veto power to stop an Israel-Hamas war ceasefire resolution and other measures. Here's how it got veto power and how America has used it.

Data suggest that Americans accept some foreign civilian casualties as a necessary cost to counterterrorism, but Republicans and Democrats differ on willingness to use lethal force.

December 16, 2025, RESEARCH Public Opinion Survey by Sam Dong , Dina Smeltz , and Lama El Baz, Jane Hahn / AP, Download Report (PDF), The public supports deploying US troops to defend allies, particularly in Europe, but most oppose using them for territorial expansion., In 2024, Donald Trump ran ...

The G20 summit carried on without the United States this year. Here’s what the leaders' declaration reveals about the rest of the world's priorities.

March 26, 2025, RESEARCH Public Opinion Survey by Dina Smeltz , Lama El Baz , and Denis Volkov, Alexander Zemlianichenko / AP, Download Report (PDF), While the public thinks Putin’s foreign policies have improved Moscow’s international influence and the state of the Russian military, fewer no...

March 18, 2024, RESEARCH Public Opinion Survey by Dina Smeltz , Lama El Baz , Denis Volkov , and Stepan Goncharov, Alexander Zemlianichenko / AP, Download Report (PDF), Although a plurality of young Russians say they are anxious about Russia’s political future, few vote or participate political...