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Sanctuary Cities are Critical to Managing the Global Refugee Crisis

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Global Insight by Robert Muggah

Cities are the primary reception point for migrants and refugees, and also the potential antidote to the reactionary nationalism that threatens to close borders.

Refugee camp
Julie Ricard
Global Cities

This Week's Reads: Globalization, Inevitable and Unavoidable

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Global Insight by Ivo H. Daalder

Globalization cannot be stopped, yet we can do a much better job dealing with its consequences by addressing the needs of those most adversely affected.

A man walks in front of shipping containers in Shanghai
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Global Politics

The Foreign Policy Blob Is Bigger Than You Think

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Running Numbers by Dina Smeltz

Survey data shows the American public is more attuned to the view of "The Blob," those working in government, than to President Trump’s views.

US President Donald Trump speaking in Phoenix, Arizona.
Gage Skidmore
Public Opinion

What Is Currency Manipulation, After All?

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Global Insight by Alexander Hitch

Alexander Hitch explains the difference between manipulating and managing a currency and examines the advantages for China to engage in manipulation.

US President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping shake hands
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Global Economy

Global Cities at the End of Globalism: Can They Survive?

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Global Insight by Simon Curtis

Global cities are products of a liberal world order that is under threat from the rise of populist nationalism, protectionism, and growing authoritarianism.

United Nations headquarters
Daryan Shamkhali
Global Cities

No Wall Can Destroy the Bridges our Cities Have Built

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Global Insight by Salomón Chertorivski Woldenberg

As the new administration deemphasizes global engagement, sister cities such as Chicago and Mexico City show walls can't destroy the bridges cities have built.

Central Mexico City
Bhargava Marripati
Global Cities

Don't Blame Trade: Low-Skilled Job Losses Will Not Be Solved by Protectionism

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Global Insight by Alexander Hitch

President Trump should tackle the problem of job dislocation broadly by building a larger retraining system in sectors where the US possesses a comparative advantage.

Workers inside an Audi plant in Mexico, with the frame of a car in the foreground
Carlos Aranda
Global Economy

National Elections and the New American City-State

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Global Insight by Kris Hartley

As the country splinters along geographic and ideological lines, post-election divisions could portend the rise of a new American city-state movement.

Women's march
Josh Howard
Global Cities

Cities, Suburbs, and Immigration: Connected Economies, Divided Politics

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Global Insight by Sara McElmurry

Cities may face some challenges with neighbors in the suburbs while trying to establish policies supporting immigration.

A crowded sidewalk in New York City
Leonard Regazzo
Migration

This Presidential Election Was All about Identity, Not Qualities and Issues

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Running Numbers by Gregory Holyk

Trump's historical victory shows that elections have more to do with identity politics than with traditional criteria used to judge political candidates.

Front view of President elect Trump saluting a crowd after winning the 2016 US elections Public Opinion