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If Invaded, Will the Taiwan Public Fight? Don't Look to Polls for an Answer

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Running Numbers by Paul Huang

Public surveys about Taiwan's willingness to fight an invasion by China don't reveal as much as one might think.

Army reservist troop takes part in shooting training at a camp base in Nanshipu
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Public Opinion

The War Against Ukraine's Cities

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Global Insight by Kristin Ljungkvist

Kyiv, a capital city under siege, falters under the dangers of urbicide. As the victor emerges, so too does a new world order.

Destruction shown before a city skyline in Kyiv.
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Global Cities

Ukraine Crisis: Averting a Global Food Catastrophe

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Global Food for Thought by Ertharin Cousin

Former Executive Director of the UN World Food Programme Ertharin Cousin joins Paul Polman as co-author of this issue of "Becoming Net Positive".

Volunteers distribute food for animals carried by Ukrainian refugees fleeing the Russian invasion of Ukraine, at a train station in Krakow, Poland.
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Food and Agriculture

New USAID Policy Strengthens Local Focus

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Global Food for Thought by Samanta Dunford

USAID announces sweeping changes toward localization addressing questions about the efficacy of development programming modalities.

USAID vaccine clinics in Peru.
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Food and Agriculture

What Nixon's 1972 China Trip Says About US-China Relations Today

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Running Numbers by Craig Kafura

Fifty years ago, US President Richard Nixon traveled to China and established the basis for a normalization of relations between the two powers. Are we due for another transformation?

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Public Opinion

Public Opinion on Civilian Casualties in the War on Terror

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Running Numbers by Kyle Lynaugh

Data suggest that Americans accept some foreign civilian casualties as a necessary cost to counterterrorism, but Republicans and Democrats differ on willingness to use lethal force.

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Public Opinion

Europeans Support Ukraine—To a Point

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Running Numbers by Coauthors

Europeans may draw the line at military engagement with Russia, recent data show.

Protests in London on March 6, 2022 against the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
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Public Opinion

Russians and Ukrainians Prefer to Remain Independent States

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Running Numbers by Coauthors

As the Russian invasion of Ukraine continues, new public opinion data shows that the conflict likely came as a surprise to many on both sides.

A man prepares barriers made of sandbags as members of the Ukrainian Territorial Defence Forces guard in central Kyiv
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Public Opinion

Guns vs. Butter: Gender Differences on National Budget

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Running Numbers by Emily Sullivan

Chicago Council data support academic findings on differing national budget preferences between women and men.

Crowd of legislators separated by gender.
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Public Opinion

Refugee Apartheid and Ukraine

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Global Insight by John Slocum

Over a million Ukrainian citizens have fled to other European countries. African, Asian, Caribbean nationals living in Ukraine may not be able to do the same.

Burned car in Ukraine
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