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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

Back to Baseline: Views of China's Development as a Threat Recede

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Running Numbers by Craig Kafura

Four in ten Americans (38%) see the development of China as a world power as a critical threat, in line with how Americans have felt about China’s development since 2004.

President Donald J. Trump joins Xi Jinping, President of the People’s Republic of China, at the G20 Japan Summit Public Opinion

Five Things to Know about the US Midwest in 2020

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Global Insight by Richard C. Longworth

The Midwest possesses huge political and economic power in the United States. Richard C. Longworth explains the five things to know about the Midwest in 2020.

A view of the Chicago skyline from the west
Reuters
Global Cities

Global Cities Respond as US-Iran Relations Intensify

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Global Insight by Kristin Ljungkvist

Following the drone attack that killed Qassim Suleimani, cities across the US intensified local security measures—representing the new era of global affairs.

Demonstrations in Iran over the assassination of Qassem Soleimani.
Fars Fotógrafos
Global Cities

Global Cities in 2020 – Ten Trends to Watch

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Global Insight by Ian Klaus

With so much activity around cities in today's world, there is a lot to track. Here are ten trends in 2020 to watch where cities will be particularly influential on the global stage.

A view of the Los Angeles skyline, with silhouettes of palm trees in the foreground.
Sterling Davis
Global Cities

Taiwan's 2020 Elections and the American Public

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Running Numbers by Brendan Helm

The US will be keeping a close eye on the outcome of Taiwan’s upcoming general election, but Americans don't accord the same importance to Taiwan as does the government.

President Tsai Ing-wen and Vice President Chen Chien-jen attend the 2016 inauguration. Public Opinion

EU-Mercosur FTA: The Unheralded Trade Agreement with Big Implications

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Global Insight by Justin Millar

Overshadowed by global trade conflicts, the pending EU-Mercosur trade pact underlines the shifting global trade landscape away from a US-led international trade order.

The flag of the European Union
Markus Spiske
Global Economy