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In this Council of Councils global perspectives roundup, members of five leading think tanks reflect on the impact of the January 6 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol. The attacks left, leaders and publics in many democracies stunned, reassured, or determined to play a bigger role in preserving democratic order in the world.

Examining key US foreign policy plans for climate, trade, security, and the Middle East, and the importance of strengthening global relationships and democracy.

Inspired by a President who has stoked division, the mob represents only a slice of Trump's support - most Republicans are aghast

Examining the post-election landscape of the US and analysing how the president-elect should tackle major policy on immigration, trade, and the Middle East.

America is polarised and anxious. The next US president will have to build bridges

With less than two weeks left until the elections, President Donald Trump and former Vice President Joe Biden faced off for the final time on 22 October.

What difference can an election make? A range of leading experts consider the most pressing foreign policy challenges for the next US president, and examine how the outcome of the 2020 election will affect these. 

On 7 October, Vice President Mike Pence and California Senator Kamala Harris went head-to-head in the first and only vice presidential debate.

Trump’s determination to appear strong in the face of physical weakness is redolent of occupants of the Kremlin – the problem for him is that US democracy has been designed to check strongman politics.

On 29 September, US President Donald Trump went head-to-head with Vice President Joe Biden in the first presidential debate of the 2020 US election. Anar Bata spoke with experts across Chatham House to get their views on the key debate moments and the implications for the US election.

180,000 Americans have died from coronavirus – but the president proclaimed his successful record and attacked Biden as a threat to the US.

Joe Biden’s choice of Kamala Harris as his running mate will have a lasting impact on how Americans think about the presidential ticket, and confirms the violent killing of George Floyd unleashed a demand for racial equality that continues to have dramatic impact.

Experts on both sides of the Atlantic give their perspectives on whether the pandemic has changed national understandings, narratives, and foreign policy debates on China.

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.

Britain’s EU departure could be used to transform the future of NATO as well as improve the UK’s relationship with the United States.