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Palestinians and Israeli Public Support for a Two State Solution Reach New Lows

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Running Numbers by Dina Smeltz

A survey  conducted by the Palestinian Center for Policy and Survey Research (PSR) found that just 39 percent of Palestinians continue to support the concept of a two-state solution.

Palestinian Prime Minister Mohammad Shtayyeh 
UN Geneva
Public Opinion

Investing in Innovation: Food, Agriculture and Forestry in Southeast Asia

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Global Food for Thought by Erin Sweeney

Erin Sweeney provides guest commentary on food, agriculture, and forestry in Southeast Asia.

Large rain forest in Indonesia
Tommy Krombacher
Food and Agriculture

Adopting Conserving Agricultural Practices: A Farmer's Perspective

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Global Food for Thought by Coauthors

Farmers’ decisions to change the way they have farmed for years and start using new conserving agricultural practices such as conservation tillage, cover cropping, or buffer strips will depend in large part on how much it will cost.

Field worker in a vegetable field.
Reuters
Food and Agriculture

Intelligence Coup of the Century: Would Americans be on Board?

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Running Numbers by Brendan Helm

What does the American public think of the American intelligence community and its efforts at global surveillance?

The entrance to the CIA New Headquarters Building (NHB) of the George Bush Center for Intelligence.
Central Intelligence Agency
Public Opinion

Boosting Nutrition and Sustainability through Superfoods in Local Food Systems 

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Global Food for Thought by Juan Lucas Restrepo

Our Field Notes series explores how food systems innovation and agricultural research and development can empower farmers and feed the world.

A close-up view of quinoa, a superfood
Pierre Bamin
Food and Agriculture

Do Non-Trump Republicans Diverge with Trump Republicans on Foreign Policy?

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Running Numbers by Jack Benjamin

While Republicans share a similar political worldview overall, Trump and Non-Trump Republicans disagree on key policies for immigration, climate change, and nuclear programs.

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Dispatch From Seoul: City of Transportation Extremes

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Global Insight by Samuel Kling

In October, I visited Seoul with a delegation of Chicago Council Emerging Leaders on a Korea Foundation-funded trip led by Karl Friedhoff, the Council’s Korea specialist.

Metro station in Seoul.
Sebastiaan ter Burg
Global Cities

Biocontrol of the Fall Armyworm: Long-term Resilience for Small-scale Farmers

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Global Food for Thought by Sara Hendery

The fall armyworm is destroying crops throughout Asia and Africa, intensifying the many burdens small-scale farmers are met with every day.

Landscape in Akaki Kality, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia Food and Agriculture

Millennials Not That into Drones

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Running Numbers by Craig Kafura

More Americans felt drone strikes against suspected terrorists makes the US safer. However, Millennials were more skeptical, with nearly half saying they make the US less safe.

An MQ-9 Reaper unmanned aerial vehicle flies a combat mission over southern Afghanistan
Lt. Col. Leslie Pratt
Defense and Security

Exploring the US Navy's Global Role and the Challenge to Remain Supreme

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Global Insight by Matthew Dalton

Do Chicagoans truly understand the role the Navy plays around the world and the increasing challenges it faces?

Four US Navy ships sailing in open water
US Navy
Defense and Security