“I had never seen the Middle East as chaotic, as dangerous, as spiraling out of control as it is today.” Fawaz Gerges on why he believes the region is entering a much more dangerous phase.

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North Korea and Iran possessing nuclear weapons, just as we do with China and Russia

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These declines could signal a greater Republican focus on China, rather than Russia

Russia relations at their lowest point in years, Elizabeth Jones, former U.S ... ways in which Europe and the Obama administration can work productively with Russia ... Tbilisi, Georgia, to discuss the origins of the crisis between Georgia and Russia

Movie producer Lynda Obst and Orville Schell of the Asia Society join Deep Dish to examine how China is changing the US box office.

Richard Wike joins the Council's Dina Smeltz and Brian Hanson to examine the current global perception of American foreign policy.

US politics, public opinion, and global implications.

Experts James Dobbins and Douglas Lute discuss whether and how an endgame might take shape in America's longest war.