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The brutal killing of George Floyd in one of America’s most progressive cities has catapulted race politics to the top of the national agenda.

The COVID-19 pandemic has intensified the debate over whether authoritarian states are gaining the upper hand across the world. In contrast, democracies are showing capacity for innovation and adaptation.

The urgent need for US leadership to drive forward a coordinated international response to coronavirus is developing rapidly alongside snowballing demands for Washington to step up its efforts at home.

The apparent capacity of centralized state authority to respond effectively and rapidly is making headlines. In the United States, the opposite has been true.

The UK government seems to have balanced competing interests of the economy, national security and relations with America. But the full US response remains to be seen.

The US and Americas Programme at Chatham House and foreign policy experts from across the United States and Europe share their views on United States foreign policy in 2020: As we look ahead to the next decade, what is a pivotal US foreign policy issue you will be watching? How do you imagine this issue could be addressed?  

Lindsay Newman and Leslie Vinjamuri survey the damage the president’s latest move has done to US foreign policy.

Chatham House experts examine how the latest presidential scandal might play out in US domestic politics, in Ukraine and in international affairs.

Chatham House experts examine some of the fault lines in the relationship between the US, the UK and Europe as the US president comes to London.