Commentary and Analysis

The public continues to believe such security relationships benefit both the United States and its allies.

Matt Kaminski, Sylvie Kauffmann, and Giles Whittell join Ivo Daalder to discuss the week's top news stories.

Karen DeYoung, Matt Kaminski, and Stefan Kornelius join Ivo Daalder to discuss the week's top news stories.

Paul Poast evaluates the future of the grouping as it holds its 50th meeting.

"Demographic changes will be the key driver of global competition over the next century and beyond," Paul Poast writes.

"The deterrent value of nuclear weapons is unproven and in many ways unprovable, ultimately making them a gamble," Paul Poast argues.

Admiral Lisa Franchetti, Chief of Naval Operations joins the Council’s Ivo Daalder for a special episode of World Review.

When the states with the power to intervene are also the ones that decide when to use it, it creates the possibility of selective neglect, Paul Poast writes.

In Illinois, Chinese investors own only about one square mile of land, while Portuguese, Italian, and Canadian interests hold over 760 square miles combined.

"The security of allies isn’t a question of dollars and cents — it is the key to America’s security as well," argues Ivo Daalder.