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Yasmeen Abutaleb, Nirmal Ghosh, and Prashant Rao join Ivo Daalder to discuss the week's top news stories.
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Climate and the Environment
City of Chicago
Emerging Leaders Class of 2024
Introducing the Emerging Leaders Class of 2024! Selected for their ambition and commitment to their community, these 20 members will spend the next year leaning into civil discourse about today’s global challenges and their impact on the city of Chicago. Together, they’ll develop the knowledge, networks, and skills to generate collective change on local and international scales.
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A plurality of Americans—and a majority of Republicans—also say that US leaders are not paying enough attention to US-China competition.
Public Opinion
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US Foreign Policy
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Centers of Expertise
Informing US foreign policy and national security discussions and debates through public opinion research, policy analysis, and public engagement.
Elevating global cities as central actors shaping world affairs and advancing city-based solutions to global challenges.
Identifying opportunities for US leadership in advancing global food security and nutrition and alleviating poverty through agricultural development.
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Explore a series of deep-dive conversations with global leaders from government, business, and civil society on the promises and pitfalls of artificial intelligence and its impacts on cities.
